A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

The quake

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake on Saturday struck off the Pacific nation of Tonga, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

The quake

Australian firefighters on Thursday performed one of their most unusual rescues - freeing an elderly woman whose fingers got stuck in a bank ATM.

The fire service was called to a hospital in Sydney a

Australian flag carrier Qantas is still considering Singapore as the base for a premium carrier in Asia, chief executive Alan Joyce said in a report published Monday.

Qantas' Asian plans, which it se

An Australian girl who suffered severe brain damage and was left paralysed by food poisoning won a court case against fast food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken, in a judgment published on Saturday.

Moni

Australia said on Friday it was making representations to the United States about the potential prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his treatment there.

Attorney-General Nicola Roxon

Australia will bring its troops home from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned with most soldiers withdrawn in 2013, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Tuesday.

Canberra, a key coalition ally of th

A 7.0-magnitude quake struck off the northeast of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning issued.

The quake hit at 5:13 pm (0713 GMT) 141 kilometr

An Australian two-year-old spent up to five days home alone with the body of her dead mother, according to officials who said on Monday she may have survived on chocolate Easter eggs.

The severely de

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning.

There were no immediate repor