July 1, 2016 Assad: Western nations quietly collaborating with Syria Syrian President Bashar Assad says Western nations publicly critical of his regime have been quietly sending security officials to collaborate with his war-ravaged country.
July 1, 2016 Australia could soon elect 5th prime minister in 3 years Australians go to the polls Saturday with the opposition leader vying to become the country's fifth prime minister in three years.
July 1, 2016 Australian opposition leader weathers high and low in polls Bill Shorten has bounced between highs and lows in opinion polling in the three years he has been the opposition leader in Australia.
July 1, 2016 Australian prime minister welcomes 'exciting' era of change "There has never been a more exciting time to be an Australian," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull often says.
June 30, 2016 Lebanon judge indicts 3 over Australian kids' abduction Lebanon's state-run news agency says a judge has indicted three people in the case of a botched attempt to kidnap two Australian-Lebanese children caught up in a custody battle earlier this year.
June 30, 2016 Australian man goes on trial in Indonesia in child abuse The trial of an Australian man has begun in Indonesia on charges he sexually abused 16 girls on the tourist island of Bali in 2014 and 2015.
June 30, 2016 Australia teen pleads guilty to plot to kill policeman A teenager pleaded guilty Thursday to plotting to run over and behead a police officer as part of an Islamic State group-inspired attack on an Australian Veterans' Day ceremony.
June 30, 2016 Vietnam sentences Australian to death for heroin trafficking A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced an Australian citizen to death for heroin trafficking.
June 28, 2016 Indonesian court to proceed with trial in cyanide murder An Indonesian court has decided to proceed with the trial of a woman accused of murdering her friend by lacing her coffee with cyanide.
June 27, 2016 Security forces rescue 3 kidnapped foreigners in Nigeria Police say security forces have rescued three foreigners and a Nigerian who were among seven construction workers kidnapped in an ambush on a police convoy in southeastern Nigeria that killed a driver.