“Cuddle chemical” oxytocin may be famous as the hormone that helps maintain mother-child love but it can promote negative emotions as well, a new research claims.

Australian bomb squad officers were on Wednesday working to defuse a ‘suspicious device’ at a Sydney house that media reports said was strapped around the neck of a terrified teenager.

Police were al

Australian bomb squad officers on Wednesday safely removed a teenager from a "suspicious device" media reports said had been strapped around her neck, ending a 10-hour drama.

Police were alerted by t

Australia on Monday released a list of the most wanted criminals in the country, its first national operation to track down fugitives who flee from state to state.

The list in Operation Roam comprise

Victims of sexual abuse by an Australian priest told a court on Monday he robbed them of their innocence and destroyed their childhood. He even told one victim: "If you tell anyone what happened I'll

British actress Googie Withers, a Hollywood golden age staple best known for her appearance in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes, has died at her home in Australia. She was 94. Born Georgette Lizette Withers in what was then British India, she was given her lifetime nickname by her Indian nanny. Her fa-mily moved back to Britain where she began acting at age 12.

Retired Australian umpire Daryl Harper has accused cricket authorities of being too lenient on India's player and claimed their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had put undue pressure on him in last month

After Michelle Obama and Lady Gaga, golfer Tiger Woods has become the latest celebrity to get his own unauthorised biography in a comic book.

Publisher Bluewater Productions Inc will release its one-

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had fought off prostate cancer, has been advised by his doctor that he can have sex six times a week but to take one day off to rest.

His personal doctor

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has signed with new Tasmanian franchise Hobart Hurricanes for the Twenty20 Big Bash League, Cricket Tasmania said on Thursday.