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).
April 26, 2016 Australian teen pleads not guilty to plotting terror attack A teenager pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to plotting a terrorist attack on an Australian Veteran's Day ceremony.
April 24, 2016 Australian teen charged with plotting alleged terror attack A teenager was charged with plotting a terrorist attack on an Australian Veteran's Day ceremony, police said Monday, the second year in a row authorities say they have thwarted an attack linked to the national holiday.
April 24, 2016 Philippine mayor widens lead ahead of May 9 vote A tough-talking Philippine mayor has widened his lead in a poll ahead of May 9 presidential elections, but analysts say his chances will likely be hurt by a storm of criticism over a rape joke and offensive remarks against foreign allies.
April 24, 2016 Sunwolves rebound with 1st win in Super Rugby A week after suffering one of the worst defeats in the history of Super Rugby, Japan's Sunwolves rebounded with its first-ever win in the tournament, beating Argentina's Jaguares 36-28.