April 17, 2019 Australian prime minister greets woman in Chinese who corrects him: ‘No, I’m Korean’ Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was called out on his flub after he greeted a voter in Chinese who corrected him that she was in fact Korean.
April 17, 2019 Iraqi war games: Army trains in desert, defeats 'militants' The "militants" were holding on stubbornly to their position in the scabrous desert outside Baghdad, blocking the Iraqi troops' advance when an infantry unit sprung out of the right flank, forcing the enemy into a hasty retreat.
April 17, 2019 Timeline of police response to New Zealand mosque attacks New Zealand police on Wednesday released a detailed timeline of their response to the March 15 shootings that left 50 dead at two Christchurch mosques, confirming they arrested the suspected shooter 18 minutes after receiving the first emergency call.
April 16, 2019 Australia PM: Islamic State orphans face hurdles to return Australia's prime minister says hurdles remain to repatriating three orphaned Australian children of a convicted terrorist from a Syrian refugee camp and national security interests must come first.
April 16, 2019 New Zealand, Red Cross at odds over naming captive nurse New Zealand's government did not approve an aid agency's decision to release the name of a New Zealand nurse held captive by the Islamic State group in Syria, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday.
April 15, 2019 Media lawyers in Australian court over Cardinal gag order Dozens of high-profile Australian journalists and major media organizations have been represented by lawyers in a court on charges relating to breaches of a gag order on reporting about Cardinal George Pell's convictions for sexually molesting two choirboys.
April 15, 2019 6 appear in court on charges they sent mosque attack images Six people have appeared in a New Zealand court on charges they illegally redistributed the livestreamed footage of a gunman shooting worshippers at two mosques last month.
April 14, 2019 Red Cross, New Zealand hope for info on nurse held in Syria New Zealand's foreign minister has confirmed a New Zealand nurse has been held captive by the Islamic State group in Syria for almost six years, information long kept secret for fear her life might be at risk.
April 14, 2019 American extradited to Australia charged with murder of Thai Australian police on Sunday charged a man extradited from the United States with murder in the death of a Thai national, whose body was found bound and gagged on the side of a Sydney road.
April 13, 2019 At least 2 wounded in shooting at Australia nightclub Police say a shooting outside a Melbourne nightclub in Australia has left at least two people critically wounded.