Large-scale protests have engulfed Turkey and Brazil, which are thousands of miles apart, but share some traits such as being new democ…
Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns into a convoy carrying goods to the Afghan capital on Mond…
Australian accountant Sabirhan Hasanoff's scouting of the New York Stock Exchange for a potential al-Qaeda terrorist attack h…
Serena Williams has apologised for comments she made in a forthcoming interview in which she appeared to assign blame to a 16…
Just days after Chile's bloody 1973 military coup, popular songwriter and theater director Victor Jara was dragged down to t…
An ex-gangster who admitted killing 20 people was unemotional Monday when describing his line of work at the trial of his fo…
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top Ameri…
The green grass looks inviting, but few people have the courage to enter the only public square in Uganda's capital. Most si…
A funeral home in Papua New Guinea has been accused of burning unclaimed bodies - including dead babies - from Port Moresby G…
A memorial in North Carolina for murdered disabled Australian schoolgirl Zahra Baker has been looted by thieves.The theft has…
Japan's nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants on Wednesday, paving the…
The World Food Prize Foundation on Wednesday took the bold step of awarding this year's prize to three pioneers of plant bio…
The U.S. team will face Spain in the Under-20 World Cup on Friday, with FIFA promising increased security following anti-gov…
One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgli…
The historic wave of protests that has swept across Brazil in recent days has gained some important allies — the players o…
Leaders in Brazil's two biggest cities said Wednesday that they reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited an…
President Barack Obama raised the prospect Wednesday that Europe might need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high y…
There are to be cutbacks on court circuits for regional South Australia to save money. District Court Judge Paul Muscat comm…
Community groups have raised concerns about the conditions for women inside Canberra's jail.…
A Palm Island woman has lost her High Court appeal against her conviction for smuggling alcohol into a restricted area.…
Management at Brisbane's Wesley Hospital say it was a mistake not to tell the public about a man's death from legionnaires' d…
The family of murdered ABC staffer Jill Meagher will face Adrian Bayley for a final time today when he is sentenced in the Vi…
An Australian businessman and former senior DFAT diplomat is being held in Indonesia after a business deal turned sour, despi…
A social media expert has praised a new website designed to connect Tasmanians during natural disasters.…
The man who killed a woman in a hit and run accident outside Canberra Hospital has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in priso…
Senior federal ministers have rallied behind Prime Minister Julia Gillard as MPs begin the final sittings of Parliament befor…
The Federal Group is considering hiring armed guards.…
A Senate inquiry has heard extraordinary allegations that Tasmanian forestry contractors who were paid by the Government to l…
A western Queensland drover says history will be made when 18,000 cattle are walked from Queensland to New South Wales over t…
A fire at the headquarters of collapsed Tasmanian timber company Gunns is being treated as suspicious.…
A Tasmanian woman who sustained a head injury that left her speaking with what sounds like a French accent says the rare cond…
Tasmania Police have not ruled out alcohol as a factor in a fatal collision in the state's south.…
A $10,000 reward has been posted by hoteliers over an armed robbery at a hotel in Hobart's northern suburbs.…
The Queensland Coroner has found a police officer acted reasonably when he shot a man dead in Brisbane last year.…
A man has been rescued from floodwaters in the Aberfeldy area of Gippsland. SES and police secured the man with a line to pr…
Former abattoir worker Malcolm Naden has been jailed for life without parole for the brutal murders of two women. Naden was …
Porsche is the top performer in an annual survey of new vehicle quality. J.D. Power questioned more than 83,000 U.S. car owners about …
The UK is introducing a labelling scheme which colour codes foods according to how healthy they are.…
Cyprus' president has warned the country's international creditors that its largest bank's cash reserves are running dangero…
Adobe's stock surged in premarket trading Wednesday as the software maker said that its Creative Cloud subscriptions continu…
Stocks are edging lower in early trading on Wall Street as investors hold back ahead of a policy announcement from the Feder…
Chinese property and cinema conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group said Wednesday it is buying British yacht maker Sunseeker and wi…
Airbus raked in orders Wednesday for its new A350, announcing 59 sales of the wide-body jet that flew for the first time las…
Fed chairman's cautious optimism sparks sell-off on Wall Street, provides boost to US dollar.…
The former head of Italian aerospace and defense giant Finmeccanica , accused by prosecutors of making bribery part of the c…
Spain faces the prospect of of high unemployment and sluggish growth lasting years unless the country and Europe take "urgen…
Men's Wearhouse doesn't like the way its founder looks anymore. The men's clothier said Wednesday that it fired executive ch…
The European Union has fined Danish pharmaceuticals multinational Lundbeck and several other producers a combined 146 millio…
FedEx Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 45 percent as international customers traded down to less-expensive delivery option…
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig touted the progress the league has made in racial hiring practices while stress…
U.S. stock futures are mixed in light trading with investors holding back before the Federal Reserve reveals its stance on t…
After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tank…
New News Corp has had an inglorious debut on the Australian share market, with its stock falling.The share price of the newly…
Spain faces the prospect of of high unemployment and sluggish growth lasting years unless the country and Europe take "urgen…
On the Internet, no one can save you from yourself. That is a lesson many Japanese politicians have learned recently in pain…
For a lesson in what Hasan Rowhani's reformist-backed presidency could mean for Iran, a promise Sunday by the ultra-powerful Revolutio…
The Oregon House passed a bill Tuesday that would set up a public database to track 19 toxic chemicals used in children's to…
The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to ca…
Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of r…
The surprising victory of a reformist candidate in Iran's presidential election has put Israel in a difficult position as it…
The State Opposition says the government should face a public inquiry over its decision to revive the 46-year-old Muja Power …
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has criticised the Courier Mail newspaper for publishing transcripts of conversations alle…
Educators in Australia can expect a surge of Chinese students over the next decade, a new survey has found.An HSBC survey con…
Federal Parliament has paused to pay respect to Liberal stalwart Michael Hodgman who died at a Hobart aged care home on Wedne…
Qld Premier Campbell Newman says he was disturbed by revelations that Brisbane's Wesley Hospital kept quiet about a fatal cas…
Tensions were high on the third day of Budget Estimates hearings in Darwin after a lengthy overnight session which saw two po…
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has defended the coalition's branding of an Egyptian asylum seeker as a convicted murderer and …
The State Government will push ahead with plans for an LNG precinct at James Price Point in the Kimberley.…
News of a confidential agreement to allow permit-free fishing in some waters around the Tiwi Islands have been leaked from an…
Mayors and local councillors across WA have received a substantial pay rise, following a ruling by the Salaries and Allowance…
The New South Wales Parliament has passed new laws covering childcare centres and vaccination.…
The State Opposition says the government should face a public inquiry over its decision to revive the 46-year-old Muja Power …
Telstra chief executive David Thodey says he does not know when work will resume on remediation of asbestos-affected telecomm…
Unmanned aircraft have helped rescue stranded hikers, worked to contain wildfires and gathered data at nuclear accidents. On…
Illegal immigration into the United States would decrease by only 25 percent under a far-reaching Senate immigration bill, a…
Cricket remains Australia's favourite sport, according to a new report, but rugby league has enjoyed a rebound in popularity.…
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has criticised the Courier Mail newspaper for publishing transcripts of conversations alle…
The Australian dollar has fallen to its lowest level for almost two years, dipping below 93 US cents this morning after the U…
The Block Sky High won the renovation show ratings arm wrestle with the Seven Network's House Rules on Wednesday.House Rules …
A Florida-based thrill ride developer is seeking federal approval for air space to allow a 650-foot-tall roller coaster on t…
Melbourne and NSW back-rower Ryan Hoffman says he is in no need of babysitting on a night out, but admits employing minders c…
Educators in Australia can expect a surge of Chinese students over the next decade, a new survey has found.An HSBC survey con…
There are concerns the Federal Government's new approach for Tasmania's wine industry could be devastating.…
Radio station 2Day FM is trying to block further investigation of its infamous royal prank call, Australia's communications w…
We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left. That was my unpleasant welcome to Michigan by Hertz. I had a reservation. …
This is the end. Unless that is the end. Since opening last week, the apocalyptic comedy "This Is the End" has earned $33 million at t…
Emmy award-winning US actor James Gandolfini, the star of the long-running mafia drama The Sopranos, has died at the age of 5…
Unmanned aircraft have helped rescue stranded hikers, worked to contain wildfires and gathered data at nuclear accidents. On…
The Block Sky High won the renovation show ratings arm wrestle with the Seven Network's House Rules on Wednesday.House Rules …
Radio station 2Day FM is trying to block further investigation of its infamous royal prank call, Australia's communications w…
Denmark's royal couple will be on hand to help the Sydney Opera House celebrate its 40th birthday.Crown Princess Mary and hus…
The Skywhale balloon created to celebrate Canberra's centenary has finally been launched in Hobart.…
Melissa Doyle is leaving the Seven's Sunrise program after nearly 15 years to host a primetime program on the network."I've b…
FIFA is considering scrapping 3-D broadcasts of the next World Cup, describing ESPN's decision to abandon the format as anot…
A Milan court on Wednesday convicted the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. They were found guilty…
Airbus raked in orders Wednesday for its new A350, announcing 59 sales of the wide-body jet that flew for the first time las…
ABC News "Nightline" anchor Terry Moran is getting a new posting as the network's London-based chief foreign correspondent. …
Jim McCarthy doesn't just think it's fun to go out and see a play or a comedy show or a basketball game. He thinks it actual…
EDS: Attention language in sixth par.SYDNEY, June 19 AAP - A tough prime minister needs tough allies, and who better than the…
The former leader singer of Yothu Yindi will be honoured with a state funeral in the Northern Territory later this month.The …
A chef who worked for Michael Jackson has described the home lives of the children during the final months of the singer's l…
The triumphant Socceroos have celebrated booking a place in next year's World Cup in Brazil with hundreds of fans in Sydney o…
Years of talk about building an arena capable of hosting professional sports and big-name concerts yielded an announcement T…
Educators in Australia can expect a surge of Chinese students over the next decade, a new survey has found.An HSBC survey con…
Well, that was close. Or was it? Shortly after wrapping up one of the most peaceful Group of Eight summits in recent memory,…
Just days after Chile's bloody 1973 military coup, popular songwriter and theater director Victor Jara was dragged down to the basemen…
The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens…
Seems Warner Bros. has taken movie marketing to a whole new level — even higher than a bird or a plane. The studio enliste…
The Oregon House passed a bill Tuesday that would set up a public database to track 19 toxic chemicals used in children's to…
The minute professional diver Mohammed Ibrahim, a Syrian, heard that Egypt's president had cut relations with Syria and clos…
The newest piece of Chicago's vast transit puzzle will not rumble between skyscrapers on its 100-year-old elevated rail line…
There is still no sign of a man missing, feared drowned, at a lagoon near Walpole on the state's south coast.…
A Perth property analyst is predicting an over-supply of city offices and a delay in the development of Elizabeth Quay if the…
The Egyptian asylum seeker at the centre of a political slanging match says he is innocent of all charges listed on his Inter…
The New South Wales Parliament has passed new laws covering childcare centres and vaccination.…
Labor backbencher Susan Close has introduced a bill to the South Australian Parliament seeking to allow same-sex marriage. D…
Mining support company Hastings Deering has announced plans to cut 200 jobs from its Australian workforce.…
Illegal immigration into the United States would decrease by only 25 percent under a far-reaching Senate immigration bill, a…
New South Wales Upper House MPs may be forced to take a sobriety test before entering the chamber.…
The New South Wales parliament will this morning resume debate on privatising the Port of Newcastle, after legislation passed…
Danielle Powell was going through a hard time in the spring of 2011, just months away from graduating from a conservative Ch…
The UK is introducing a labelling scheme which colour codes foods according to how healthy they are.…
The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens…
Qld Premier Campbell Newman says he was disturbed by revelations that Brisbane's Wesley Hospital kept quiet about a fatal cas…
Five potentially life-saving projects have been short-listed for millions of dollars of funding from the Australian Cancer Re…
Kellogg's has been ordered to stop broadcasting a television commercial for Coco Pops.…
News of a confidential agreement to allow permit-free fishing in some waters around the Tiwi Islands have been leaked from an…
A Foodland store in Adelaide has been fined $200,000 for selling expired food and failing hygiene standards. Foodland Port N…
The New South Wales Parliament has passed new laws covering childcare centres and vaccination.…
The World Food Prize Foundation on Wednesday took the bold step of awarding this year's prize to three pioneers of plant bio…
A drop in referrals is being blamed for the loss of dozens of district nursing jobs in SA.…
The Aboriginal Health Council of WA has welcomed continued funding for a program to improve the health and wellbeing of indig…
Australia is leading the search for a drug to treat the cause of Huntington's disease, a rare genetic disorder that leads to …
New South Wales Upper House MPs may be forced to take a sobriety test before entering the chamber.…
More than 200 patients at the state's largest mental health facility may have been treated by an unauthorised doctor who was …
The World Food Prize Foundation on Wednesday took the bold step of awarding this year's prize to three pioneers of plant biotechnology…
Cricket Australia has poured cold water on suggestions that Channel Nine will have influence over team selections.…
FIFA is considering scrapping 3-D broadcasts of the next World Cup, describing ESPN's decision to abandon the format as anot…
Japan's nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants on Wednesday, paving the…
Jim McCarthy doesn't just think it's fun to go out and see a play or a comedy show or a basketball game. He thinks it actual…
A year ago, Julian Assange skipped out on a date with Swedish justice. Rather than comply with a British order that he go to…
A solar-powered plane nearing the close of a cross-continental journey landed at Dulles International Airport outside the na…
It's a message busy New Yorkers hate to get: the low-battery message on your cellphone when there's no charger in sight. Now…
It sounds like something straight from a horror film.Australian scientists are using state-of-the art technology to create su…
EUROPEAN CAR SALES: European car sales in May were the worst in 20 years as the region's recession drags on. More than half o…
A newspaper seller said News Limited had taken a sales hit by adding a surcharge to the price of its publications on Eyre Pen…
In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the nation's capital, residents long joked that the government sp…
He really is more than a businessman. Jay-Z's partnership with Samsung for his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," is anoth…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has met South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul to discuss ways to stimulate entrepreneur…
A consumer fraud forum in Melbourne has been told online shopping licences for people who wish to purchase goods on the inter…
The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized balsa wood toy airplane. Whe…
Google has resolved a shareholder lawsuit blocking a long-delayed stock split, clearing the way for the Internet search lead…
Across the dizzying, colorful show floor at last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, there were games on display where pla…
A Florida-based thrill ride developer is seeking federal approval for air space to allow a 650-foot-tall roller coaster on t…
We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left. That was my unpleasant welcome to Michigan by Hertz. I had a reservation. …
Illegal immigration into the United States would decrease by only 25 percent under a far-reaching Senate immigration bill, according t…
Boeing Co. won major orders from five customers for a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet at the Paris A…
Angry tourism workers and activists in Luxor threatened Monday to block a newly appointed Islamist governor from his office …
As soon as the decades-old Twin Otter landed at Lukla airport, passengers burst out in applause. They do that for nearly eve…
Preservationists are using computer sensors and other high-tech methods to protect massive iron Civil War guns at a fort in …
From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millio…
Welsh star Leigh Halfpenny scored two tries and kicked 20 points in a flawless display as the British and Irish Lions defeat…
After years of gridlock, this may be the moment when Congress at last does something about the millions of immigrants living…
Airbus sent a new wide-body plane into the skies Friday that sets the stage for intensifying competition with U.S. rival Boe…
Two 10th century Cambodian stone statues displayed for nearly two decades at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art were retu…
America's biggest theme parks will pack in around 120 million people this year. That's a lot of standing in long lines for ro…
The Vatican put a new coin on sale last week to commemorate its historic papal transition. Too bad overseas collectors won't…
After Cuban scientists studied the effects of climate change on this island's 3,500 miles (5,630 kilometers) of coastline, t…
British officials are hoping that the impending royal birth will produce a bouncing baby buoy for the economy. With the Duch…
From blockbuster movies to hit TV shows to greater Olympic exposure, archery seems to be hitting all the right targets. Elit…
Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington's National Mall that will document African-America…
The confetti has been swept away, the hangovers from the street parties have been slept off, and now that the Asian teams for the 2014…
Alberto Zaccheroni tried to get his Japanese players to play like the Spanish, and they nearly pulled it off. The veteran co…
On a hot and humid tropical evening, Italy sweated out a 4-3 victory over Japan. And by their own account, the Azzurri were …
Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is not getting too excited despite Brazil's second consecutive win at the Confederations Cup, ackn…
FIFA is considering scrapping 3-D broadcasts of the next World Cup, describing ESPN's decision to abandon the format as anot…
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb left the hospital and went home Sunday, one day after he was hit in the right ear by a line…
After eight innings of offensive frustration against CC Sabathia, the Los Angeles Angels broke through with five hits and fi…
France have changed more than half their starting side as they look to avoid a series whitewash in the third and final rugby …
Police clashed with protesters trying to get near the stadium where Brazil will play Mexico in the Confederations Cup on Wed…
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig touted the progress the league has made in racial hiring practices while stress…
Neymar scored one goal and set up another for Jo to lift Brazil to a 2-0 win over Mexico on Wednesday and all but secure a s…
John Force ended a 31-event winless streak Sunday in the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, beating Cruz Pedregon in the final r…
Roger Federer found the perfect place to end his title drought — a small town in western Germany that has a big tennis sta…
Pretty much everything about Stephen Strasburg's return from the disabled list went well except the result. Washington's ace…
Greg Biffle gave Ford a milestone victory — right down the road from company headquarters. Biffle raced to his second stra…
The San Antonio Spurs are hoping the road to recovery from an incredible collapse in Game 6 goes through their stomachs. Aft…
LeBron James could not sleep after Game 6. Imagine, then, how frayed his emotions will be going into Game 7. So much is at s…
