US President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly stepped back from threats to impose tariffs on European allies that opposed his plans to seize Greenland.
Ruling out use of force to acquire the Arctic island, Trump said a deal was in sight to end the (...)
Dozens of beaches along Australia's east coast, including in Sydney, closed on Tuesday after four shark attacks in two days, as heavy rains left waters murky and more likely to attract the animals.
Beaches around Port Macquarie, around 400 north of (...)
Australia's parliament has voted in favor of a national gun buyback, tighter background checks for gun licences and a crackdown on hate crimes, a month after the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach.
Introducing the gun reforms, Home Affairs Minister Tony (...)
The UK on Tuesday defended its deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius saying it secured the future of a key US-UK military base on the Indian Ocean archipelago.
The British government said the deal was made precisely for national security (...)
Organizers of Australia's much-loved literary festival canceled the event Tuesday after more than 180 writers and speakers withdrew to protest the scrapping of an appearance by a Palestinian-Australian writer and academic.
The annual Adelaide (...)
Social media giant Meta has shut down about half a million accounts belonging to children in compliance with Australia's new social media law.
The landmark law came into effect on December 10 and bans social media accounts for children under the age (...)
One person has died and at least 300 homes and buildings have been destroyed as bushfires tore across south-east Australia, authorities said on Sunday.
The fires have been burning for several days across dozens of locations, mostly in the state of (...)
France and the United Kingdom have confirmed their intention to deploy their soldiers on Ukrainian soil in the event of a peace deal as part of a broader package of security guarantees for Kyiv to avoid a repeat of Russia's full-scale invasion in (...)
When Stephen Scheeler became Facebook's Australia chief in the early 2010s, he was a true believer in the power of the internet, and social media, for public good.
It would herald a new era of global connection and democratise learning. It would let (...)
A former nurse has been found guilty of the high-profile murder of Toyah Cordingley, whose body was found on a popular tropical beach in Australia seven years ago.
Toyah Cordingley was stabbed at least 26 times while out on a Sunday afternoon walk (...)
Japan and Australia called for calm Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar on Japanese fighter jets near Okinawa, escalating tensions already heightened by recent remarks from Japan's prime minister on Taiwan.
Defense Minister Shinjiro (...)
Younger Australian teenagers on Instagram, Facebook and Threads are being told their accounts will be shut down ahead of the country's social media ban for under-16s.
Meta, which owns the three brands, said it had begun notifying users it believes (...)
A South African man who was seen attending a neo-Nazi rally outside an Australian state parliament has had his visa revoked.
Matthew Gruter, who has been in Australia since 2022, took part in an anti-Jewish protest outside the New South Wales (...)
US rapper Eminem has taken legal action against an Australian beachwear company called Swim Shady, saying its name is too similar to his trademarked rap pseudonym Slim Shady.
In September, Eminem – whose real name is Marshall B Mathers III – filed a (...)
What would you do if you were training for a race in a sport you'd never tried, in a climate you don't live in, using equipment that takes five minutes to put on — with your coach's help? What if you were considered too old to start, no one believed (...)
US President Donald Trump is planning to receive Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House this week with all the trappings of a state visit, sources familiar with the matter said, including a welcome ceremony in the morning (...)
Strong winds of up to 155km/h (96mph) in New Zealand has left around 90,000 homes without power and forced authorities to cancel more than 100 flights, report local media.
The winds are affecting the whole of the South Island and the southern parts (...)
One and a half million Australians living in coastal areas are at risk from rising sea levels by 2050, a landmark climate report has warned.
Australia's first National Climate Risk Assessment predicted more frequent and severe climate hazards like (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not ruled out further strikes on Hamas leaders following last week's attack in Qatar, saying they would not have immunity "wherever they are".
Speaking at a joint press conference with US Secretary of (...)
The Duke of Sussex reunited with his father, King Charles III, for their first face-to-face meeting in 19 months on Wednesday, triggering speculation the royal family's long-running rift might soon come to an end. CNN understands that the King had a (...)
JEDDAH — The skies over Saudi Arabia witnessed a rare Blood Moon total lunar eclipse on Sunday evening. The moon turns a deep crimson as the earth's shadow passes over it, visible across Saudi Arabia and much of the Arab world.
The lunar eclipse was (...)
The Australian woman convicted of killing three lunch guests with the world's most toxic mushrooms was sentenced to three life sentences with a non-parole period of 33 years on Monday, bookending a real-life crime drama that's gripped Australia and (...)
It was a scene that might have provoked outrage in Brussels.
Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, joyfully holding hands with Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia and chief promoter of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, while attending (...)
The biggest online video game stores crashed on Thursday as they struggled to deal with high demand for Hollow Knight: Silksong — one of the most-anticipated games of the year.
Thousands of users reported they were unable to buy the game on PC store (...)
Hundreds of thousands of Australians forced to pay back welfare debts created by an illegal automated system have won the largest payout in the country's history. Known as "Robodebt", the scheme wrongly told welfare recipients they had been overpaid (...)
