Tag: Australia
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Sydney man gets 12 years for murdering gay American in 1988
An Australian man was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison yesterday for the 1988 murder of an American who fell off a Sydney ... -
China considers imposing tariffs on Australian wine
China today (Tuesday) launched an investigation into whether Australia is exporting wine at improperly low prices in a new dispute between major trading partners that could ... -
Chinese in Sydney fall victim to ‘virtual kidnapping’ scam
Australian police have revealed that Chinese students based in Sydney are being forced to stage photos and video of themselves bound and blindfolded in an extortion ... -
Breaking News: Australia and East Timor settle bitter border differences
Australia and East Timor will sign a treaty that draws the first-ever maritime border between the neighbors, resolving years of bitter wrangling with a deal that ... -
Australia | Gov’t detains Malaysian killer but won’t allow execution
A fugitive detained in Australia has created a diplomatic problem for the Australian government which cannot by law extradite someone who could face capital punishment. Sirul ... -
Australia | Swelters through its third-hottest year in 2014
Australia sweltered through its third-hottest year on record in 2014, following a record hot 2013, weather authorities reported yesterday. The southern spring from September through November last ... -
Australia | Sydney siege spurs demand to know why gunman was on bail
Australian authorities are probing why the gunman responsible for a deadly Sydney hostage-taking was free on bail and not on a watchlist, despite his history ... -
Australia | Abbot pledges support for Ukraine
Australia pledged its support for Ukraine during a visit by the nation’s president yesterday, with Australia’s prime minister calling for an end to the bloody conflict in ... -
AUSTRALIA | Gov’t plans ban on foreign ‘hate preachers’
Australia will soon introduce a system to ban foreign “hate preachers” from entering the country and will attempt to outlaw the radical Islamic group Hizb-ut-Tahrir under proposed ... -
Australia funds rice processing plant in Timor Leste
A rice processing factory, which will benefit about 300 farmers in Timor-Leste (East Timor), has been inaugurated in Baucau, in the east of the country, the ... -
AUSTRALIA | Terror suspect had passport canceled
A terror suspect shot dead after he stabbed two Australian counter-terrorism police officers had his passport canceled on national security grounds and had recently displayed what ... -
AUSTRALIA | Abbott warns jihadists they face prison
Australia’s prime minister warned yesterday that Australians who fight with the Islamic State group in the Middle East will be “jailed for a very long time” ... -
AUSTRALIA | Gov’t to prohibit secret service torture
The Australian government has bent to public pressure by proposing a specific prohibition on secret service officers torturing suspected terrorists. The government had planned to indemnify ... -
TERRORISM | Australian police raids thwart beheading plot
Police said they thwarted a plot to carry out beheadings in Australia by supporters of the radical Islamic State group by detaining 15 people and raiding ... -
AUSTRALIA | Shark kills man despite rescue bid
A man was killed in a shark attack yesterday at the popular tourist destination of Byron Bay on Australia’s east coast despite a beachgoer’s brave rescue ... -
MALAYSIA | Gov’t to send team to Ukraine jet crash site
Malaysia aims to send a search team to the crash site in Ukraine of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 before winter sets in to gather physical evidence to prove ... -
AVIATION | Malaysia Airlines scraps ‘bucket list’ promo title
Malaysia Airlines has scrapped the title of a competition asking people what activities and destinations are on their “bucket list,” acknowledging it was inappropriate given the two ... -
AUSTRALIA | Tycoon lawmaker apologizes to China for racist tirade
Australian mining magnate turned lawmaker Clive Palmer has apologized to China over an extraordinary tirade on national television in which he called the Chinese “bastards” and “mongrels” ... -
AUSTRALIA | Tycoon lawmaker calls Chinese ‘bastards’ and ‘mongrels’ in TV tirade
A larger-than-life Australian mining magnate turned lawmaker, Clive Palmer, was widely accused yesterday of threatening Australia’s relationship with its biggest trading partner through an extraordinary tirade ... -
TERRORISM | Report: Islamic State attracting SE Asian fighters
Islamic State is attracting a growing number of militants from Southeast Asia to fight in Iraq and Syria, raising the risk they will return to ... -
AUSTRALIA| US secretary of state condemns severed head image
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday described a photograph of a Sydney-born 7-year-old boy clutching the severed head of a Syrian soldier as “disturbing” ... -
US, Australia sign military cooperation pact
Lolita C. Baldor, Sydney The U.S. and Australia signed an agreement yesterday that will allow the two countries’ militaries to train and work better together as U.S. Marines ... -
AUSTRALIA Newspaper: Terrorist’s son poses in gruesome photo
An Australian newspaper yesterday published a photograph of a child it said was the son of an Australian convicted terrorist holding aloft the severed head of ... -
THAILAND | Australia may intervene in surrogate baby case
Australia’s government is considering intervening in the case of a baby with Down syndrome who was left with a Thai surrogate mother by his Australian biological ... -
Sri Lankan asylum seekers fly to Australia
More than 150 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who languished on an Australian customs vessel for weeks have been temporarily brought to a detention center on Australia’s ... -
AUSTRALIA | AIDS conference honors victims of jet crash
An international AIDS conference opened in Australia yesterday with a tribute to several delegates who were killed en route to the gathering when their plane was ... -
Australia says new Japanese ties won’t slow China trade deal
Australia’s agreements with Japan over security and commerce aren’t hampering efforts to strike a free-trade deal this year with China, its biggest economic partner, according to ... -
Australia, Japan sign free trade, defense deals
Kristen Gelineau, Sydney Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe met with his Australian counterpart yesterday to sign agreements bolstering defense and trade ties between the countries. The ... -
INDONESIA | Country divided in close presidential race
Niniek Karmini, Jakarta As the world’s third-largest democracy prepares to elect a new president today, Indonesians are divided between two very different choices: a one-time furniture ... -
Australia returns asylum seekers to Sri Lanka
Kristen Gelineau, Sydney Australia’s government confirmed yesterday that it had handed over a boatload of asylum seekers to Sri Lankan authorities in a transfer at sea, ...
