May 13, 2016 Australian couple whose children died on MH17 welcome baby An Australian couple whose three children were killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine two years ago has welcomed a new baby.
May 13, 2016 Security worker dies at Australian Embassy in Baghdad An Australian security contractor working at the Australian Embassy in Baghdad has died, officials said Friday.
May 12, 2016 Papua New Guinea reportedly allows migrants to leave camp Australia's conservative government is warning that tough immigration policies could soften if the opposition wins elections.
May 12, 2016 A look at the debris found so far in the hunt for Flight 370 Malaysia's confirmation on Thursday that debris found in South Africa and an island off Mauritius came from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 brings to five the number of parts that have been recovered from the aircraft that vanished two years ago.
May 12, 2016 46 people abandon ship during Great Barrier Reef fire Police say all 46 people aboard a tourist catamaran have been rescued after the vessel caught fire and sank on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
May 11, 2016 New Zealand's 2 main newspaper groups discuss merging Facing declining revenues and changing reader habits, New Zealand's two main newspaper groups are discussing a merger that could end decades of competition and result in hundreds of job losses.
May 11, 2016 Police allege 5 radicals planned to leave Australia by boat Five men have been arrested on suspicion that they planned to leave Australia in a seven-meter (23-foot) boat to fight in Syria, police said Wednesday.
May 10, 2016 Panama Papers list of offshore companies to go live The investigative journalists who reported on a trove of data about offshore companies of the rich and powerful are making the names of 200,000 entities available in a searchable database.
May 9, 2016 Royal Botanical Gardens: Mixed report on the world's plants A report billed as the first comprehensive look at world's plants finds a planet slowly being ravaged by changing land use, mostly conversion of forests to agriculture to feed a growing population, and climate change.
May 9, 2016 The Latest: Panama Papers offshore companies list published The Latest on the release of a database listing offshore companies named in the Panama Papers (all times local): 8:45 p.m.