June 16, 2016 Australia's opposition leader says he won't welcome refugees Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten rejected a newspaper report Thursday saying his center-left Labor Party would lay out a welcome mat for asylum seekers if it wins next month's national election.
June 15, 2016 Australian navy sailor dies during shore leave in Oman Officials say an Australian navy sailor has died during shore leave in the Oman port town of Muscat.
June 15, 2016 Defense: No solid evidence Indonesian woman killed friend with cyanide in coffee Lawyers for an Indonesian woman accused of murder told an overflowing courtroom that the evidence she poisoned her friend with cyanide was vague and illogical.
June 15, 2016 Islamic cleric leaves Australia before visa canceled An Islamic cleric has left Australia after comments he made against homosexuality sparked a government review of his visa, officials said Wednesday.
June 15, 2016 Australia releases prisoner convicted in China of fraud An official says Australia has granted early release to an Australian businessman convicted in China of financial crimes and transferred home under a prisoner exchange agreement.
June 15, 2016 Police identify body found off Sydney beach as US student Police have identified a body found of Sydney's Bondi Beach as American student Endicott Ackerman, who became the fourth person killed in recent storms on the Australian east coast.
June 15, 2016 New Zealand to pay record amount to wrongfully convicted man New Zealand's government has agreed to pay a record amount to a man who spent more than 20 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit.
June 14, 2016 New Zealand police say busted RV contained half-ton of meth New Zealand police say they've made the nation's largest-ever methamphetamine bust after pulling over an RV loaded with a half-ton of the drug, which was likely manufactured overseas.
June 10, 2016 Debris from MH370 may have washed ashore in Madagascar and Australia Debris found washed ashore in Madagascar by a man who previously found a part from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will be examined by investigators to see if it, too, came from the missing plane, officials said Friday.
June 10, 2016 The Latest: Guam Catholics devastated, resilient in faith The Latest on the Guam Archbishop accused of sexually abuse (all times local): 2:20 p.m.