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.
May 23, 2017 North Korea: US bomber flight pushes two countries on brink of nuclear war North Korea on Tuesday said the United States’ decision to fly two supersonic B-11B Lancer bombers in the area in a training drill is a provocation and puts the two countries on the brink of a nuclear war.
May 23, 2017 Uber suspends driver in Australia over bomb plot allegation Uber says the ride-hailing company has suspended a driver in Australia while police investigate allegations he told a passenger he led an organization related to the Islamic State movement and planned to blow up Parliament House.
May 23, 2017 Japan destroyer leaves port reportedly to escort US warships Japan's navy has dispatched its largest destroyer reportedly tasked with escorting U.S. military ships off the Japanese coast amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula.
May 23, 2017 US Air Force launches another long-range missile into Pacific For the second time in a week, the U.S. Air Force test launched another long-range ballistic missile on Wednesday morning, flying more than 4,000 miles from a base in California before splashing down in the Pacific near the Marshall Islands.
May 22, 2017 Australian woman says she was detained at Hawaii airport, sent home after officials read her diary An Australian woman claimed her dream trip to visit her boyfriend in Hawaii turned into a nightmare when she was detained and put on a flight back home because officials read her diary and determined she was trying to immigrate to the United States illegally.
May 19, 2017 US: Chinese jets intercepted radiation-detecting plane over East China Sea The U.S. said Thursday that two Chinese SU-30 jets conducted an “unprofessional” maneuver over international airspace above the East China Sea.