April 29, 2016 Australian believed to have been kidnapped in Afghanistan Australian officials say an Australian aid worker is believed to have been kidnapped in Afghanistan.
April 29, 2016 Iranian refugee dies after setting himself on fire on Nauru An Iranian refugee who set himself on fire at Australia's immigration detention camp on the Pacific island nation of Nauru has died of his injuries.
April 28, 2016 Kerber wins on another distracting day at Australian Open Angelique Kerber and Victoria Azarenka were warming up for their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open on Wednesday when, in a media interview room underneath Rod Laver Arena, the action that has attracted unwanted attention at this year's tournament had already begun.
April 28, 2016 Lleyton Hewitt retires in farewell at Australian Open Baseball cap turned backward, pumping himself up with cries of "C'MON!" Lleyton Hewitt fought one last feisty encounter.
April 28, 2016 Serena Williams, Federer into 3rd round at Australian Open Serena Williams has had so much success for such a long time that even in a second-round match she can set a record at the season's first Grand Slam event.
April 28, 2016 Report: Lego denial of Ai Weiwei order due to mistake Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, whose family owns the Lego group, says "an internal mistake" led the company to deny a bulk order last year from Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, who wanted toy bricks for an exhibition in Australia.
April 27, 2016 Ruling leaves refugees at Papua New Guinea camp in limbo The fate of hundreds of asylum seekers being held in a detention center in Papua New Guinea is in limbo as Australian government officials scramble to respond to a court ruling that Australia's detention of the men on the island nation is illegal.
April 26, 2016 1 Albanian arrested, 2 at large in human trafficking scam Albanian police say they have arrested a man and are hunting for two women for allegedly defrauding more than two dozen people in a human trafficking scam.
April 26, 2016 Papua New Guinea: Australian refugee detention camp illegal Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has ruled that Australia's detention of asylum seekers at a facility on the country's Manus Island is unconstitutional.
April 26, 2016 Australia says French company wins huge submarine contract Australia has announced that a French company DCNS had beat bidders from Japan and Germany to build its next generation of submarines DCNS, German's ThysennKrupp Marine Systems and Japan's Mitsubishi were in the running to build 12 conventional submarines that the Australian navy expects will cost at least 56 billion Australian dollars ($43 billion).