April 3, 2017 Australia pledges support during Afghan president's visit Australia pledged ongoing support to Afghanistan during a visit by the Afghan president on Monday, after hundreds of protesters demanded a better deal for the Hazara ethnic minority.
April 3, 2017 Man rescued after shark attacks kayak off Australian coast A police boat rescued a man after a shark bit the back off his kayak and left him sinking off the Australian coast, police said.
April 3, 2017 Demonstrators protest Afghan president's Australia visit Hundreds of protesters demonstrated against the Afghan president's visit to Australia on Monday, calling for his government to end discrimination against the Hazara ethnic minority and to refuse to repatriate asylum seekers rejected by Australia.
April 2, 2017 Professor detained in China returns to Australia The lawyer for a Sydney-based professor who was prevented from leaving China says his client has been allowed to return to Australia.
April 2, 2017 Guam Catholic Church sees a "perfect storm" of controversy The Catholic Church on the Pacific island of Guam has been devastated by allegations that its longtime archbishop sexually abused altar boys.
April 1, 2017 Ship carrying 16 Filipinos, 8 South Koreans missing near Uruguay South Korea's government said Saturday that a cargo ship being used by a South Korean shipping company has gone missing in seas near Uruguay with 24 crew members.
March 31, 2017 British, French, Dutch officials 'visit' Credit Suisse sites Credit Suisse says its offices in London, Paris and Amsterdam have received "visits" by local authorities in connection with unspecified client tax issues.
March 31, 2017 Arctic 'doomsday' seed vault receives 50,000 new deposits Nearly 10 years after a "doomsday" seed vault opened on an Arctic island, some 50,000 new samples from seed collections around the world have been deposited in the world's largest repository built to safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out global food crops.
March 31, 2017 Australia finds no proof its World Vision aid went to Hamas The Australian government says it has had found no evidence that any of its donations to the Christian charity World Vision have been siphoned to Islamic militant group Hamas.
March 31, 2017 New Zealand to review building design standards after quake New Zealand's government says the partial collapse of a modern office building's interior floors during an earthquake last November was unacceptable and could have killed people.