Australia

A tourist and his 11-year-old son worked with locals from a small Australian town to rescued a stranded great white shark.

Three men saved a distressed great white shark from a sand bank, moving it into deeper water after an almost hour-long rescue effort Tuesday in Australia.

The Australian host of a weekend family lunch is on trial charged with murdering her estranged husband’s parents and an aunt and attempting to murder an uncle with poisonous mushrooms.

Australian identical twin sisters have captured the internet’s attention after a video of them recounting a frightening experience with a carjacker went viral.

A 60,000-seat stadium for the Brisbane Olympics has been unveiled as part of a major overhaul of planning for the 2032 Summer Games.

An American influencer who sparked outrage after posting a video of her snatching a baby wombat from its mother while in Australia apologized for her actions, saying she had acted out of concern for the young animal’s welfare. Australian authorities had threatened Sam Jones with deportation after she posted a video on her Instagram account of the incident. On Saturday,...

An Australian high school discovered that a boulder which had sat in the parking lot for over 20 years contained fossilized footprints of the three-toed Pisanosaurus.

A 17-year-old boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane in Australia before being restrained by a pilot and two passengers, police said Friday.

The Matildas, after losing to Japan and the USWNT in the SheBelieves Cup, were the subject of a bizarre and offensive rant by host Marty Sheargold.

The dolphin species were found beached on Australia’s island state of Tasmania Tuesday afternoon.

The bungling pyromaniac suffered some instant karma when they set a fast-food outlet on fire.

A surveillance video captured the moment that suspects poured a flammable liquid over the front of a fast food store.

Australia’s ice hockey federation has pulled out of hosting a men’s world championship featuring Israel’s national team, citing security concerns.

Auckland was the first major city in the world to ring in the New Year, 18 hours before the ball drops in New York’s Times Square.

A man was seen with his tongue stuck to a block of ice at a mall in Australia.

The Australian government says it will tax large digital platforms and search engines unless they agree to share revenue with Australian news media organizations.

She said that felt something on her foot, only to look down to see a tiger snake slithering up her leg, according to Victoria state police.

It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools and other governments have attempted with varying degrees of success: keeping kids off social media until they turn 16.

Australia’s prime minister said the legislation is for parents who are “worried sick” like him about the harm of social media.

Rachael Gunn, better known as Raygun, said backlash to her performances at the Paris Olympics has made it “really difficult” for her to continue her breaking career.