May 24, 2017 Australian minister calls for tougher rules on refugees Australia's immigration minister on Tuesday urged tougher refugee rules that would deport refugees who took vacations in countries where they claimed to fear persecution.
May 24, 2017 The Latest: Security Council condemns NKorea missile test The latest on North Korea's missile launch (all times local): 7:55 a.m.
May 24, 2017 New Zealand's ambitious plan to save birds: Kill every rat New Zealand has set itself an environmental goal so ambitious it's been compared to putting a man on the moon: ridding the entire nation of every last rat, opossum and stoat.
May 24, 2017 Australian state apologizes to men convicted for gay sex An Australian state parliament has apologized to hundreds of men convicted for having homosexual sex as the government introduced legislation to throw out their criminal records.
May 24, 2017 New Zealand ratifies Pacific trade deal after US withdrawal New Zealand has become the second nation after Japan to ratify a Pacific trade deal that will need changes to proceed after the United States pulled out.
May 23, 2017 Australian senator breastfeeds baby on floor of Parliament An Australian senator has made history by breastfeeding her infant daughter on the floor of the country's Parliament.
May 23, 2017 Rare French flowers destroyed in Australian quarantine drama Australian quarantine officials have acknowledged that they reacted a bit too hastily when they destroyed a rare, centuries-old collection of plants from France due to paperwork problems.
May 23, 2017 Prime minister says IS fighter's son can return to Australia Australia's prime minister says a 6-year-old Australian boy photographed making an Islamic State movement salute in front of a human body hanging from a cross somewhere in the Middle East is entitled to return to Australia with his siblings.
May 23, 2017 Indonesia seeks $2B compensation for Thai firm's oil spill The Indonesian government is seeking $2 billion in compensation from Thailand's state oil company and its Australian unit for an oil spill in the Timor Sea nearly eight years ago.
May 23, 2017 Australian mom won't stand trial for murdering 8 children A judge has ruled that a mother who stabbed to death her seven children and a niece in northern Australia in 2014 will not stand trial for murder because she was suffering cannabis-induced schizophrenia when she lost control.