April 13, 2016 Australian leader supports detained TV crew linked to kidnapping attempt Australian government was providing top-level consular support to an Australian television crew facing charges after being caught up in a mother's bungled child-snatching attempt in Lebanon, Australia's prime minister said on Wednesday.
April 12, 2016 TV crew detained in Lebanon accused of negotiating to kidnap children A contractor said Tuesday that he negotiated with an Australian television network to snatch two Lebanese-Australian children from their father's family in Beirut but the network chose a cheaper option.
April 11, 2016 Lebanon expected to press charges against Australian mother A Lebanese judicial official says kidnapping charges are expected to be filed against an Australian woman and eight others for attempting to take the woman's two children away from her Lebanese ex-husband and spirit them back to Australia.
April 11, 2016 TV news crew, mother detained in alleged kidnapping attempt in Lebanon An Australian television crew from a popular public affairs program has been detained in Lebanon along with the mother of two children who were living with their father in the country, in connection with an alleged child abduction attempt, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
April 10, 2016 Australian veteran injured by Islamic radical cell mate An Australian state has ordered a review of how radicalized prisoners are managed after a teenage inmate reportedly carved an Islamic State motto on his army veteran cell mate's forehead.
April 8, 2016 Former Indonesian leader chides US for lack of transparency A former Indonesian president has accused the United States and Australia of lacking transparency over President Barack Obama's decision five years ago to rotate U.S. Marines through the Australian city of Darwin as part of the U.S. military pivot to Asia.
April 8, 2016 Australia to send biggest-ever business delegation to China Australia's prime minister will lead the country's biggest-ever business delegation to China next week.
April 8, 2016 4 Australians detained in Lebanon on kidnapping suspicion Lebanese police say authorities have detained four Australian citizens on suspicion they were involved in the kidnapping of two children.
April 6, 2016 Strong earthquake rattles Vanuatu; no tsunami threat A strong earthquake has rattled the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, but there was no tsunami threat and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
April 6, 2016 Australian court rules man didn't deliberately spread HIV A Zimbabwean circus acrobat who infected his girlfriend with HIV through frequent unprotected sex won an appeal in Australia's highest court on Wednesday against a conviction for deliberately passing on the virus that causes AIDS.