February 16, 2017 Vatican sends conservative cardinal to Guam as investigator The Vatican has sent a Rome-based cardinal who has clashed repeatedly with Pope Francis to the Pacific island of Guam to investigate an important case of sexual abuse.
February 16, 2017 New Zealand wildfires prompt hundreds of evacuations Hundreds of homes in the New Zealand city of Christchurch have been evacuated as wildfires threaten some suburbs.
February 15, 2017 Memorial ceremony marks fall of Singapore to Japanese troops It was 75 years ago that Singapore, the island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula that had been a key strategic outpost of Britain's colonial empire, fell to invading Japanese troops.
February 13, 2017 Homes destroyed in fierce Australian wildfires Officials say several homes have been destroyed by huge wildfires that tore across Australia's most populous state over the weekend.
February 11, 2017 More whales swim aground in New Zealand, bringing total to 650 A new pod of 240 whales swam aground at a remote New Zealand beach on Saturday just hours after weary volunteers managed to refloat a different group of whales following an earlier mass stranding.
February 11, 2017 New Zealanders refloat 100 pilot whales after 400 stranded Volunteers in New Zealand have managed to refloat about 100 surviving pilot whales and are hoping they will swim back out to sea after more than 400 of the creatures swam aground at a remote beach.
February 10, 2017 Race to save whales after 400 stranded, 275 die on New Zealand beach Rescuers were engaged in a heartbreaking race against time on Friday to save the lives of a large group of whales, after more than 400 of the animals swam aground along a remote beach in New Zealand.
February 10, 2017 Volunteers race to save stranded pilot whales in New Zealand Volunteers attend to some of the hundreds of stranded pilot whales still alive after one of the country's largest recorded mass whale stranding, in Golden Bay, at the top of New Zealand's South Island.
February 9, 2017 Indonesia military accepts Australian apology for insult The Indonesian military says it has accepted an apology from Australia's army chief over a purported insult to Indonesia's state ideology that caused a spat between the two countries.
February 7, 2017 Australia mail chief makes $4.3M, 10 times more than the PM An Australian Senate committee has revealed that that country's mail chief is the nation's highest paid public servant and made 5.6 million Australian ($4.3 million) last year.