Papua New Guinea was rattled by a strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake on Monday, seismologists said, but the deep tremor was unlikely to have caused damage or sparked a tsunami.

Australian intelligence agencies fear Israel may launch a military strike on Iran to knock out its nuclear facilities, which they said could lead to nuclear war, leaked US diplomatic cables showed on

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange defended his Internet publishing site on Wednesday, saying it was crucial to spreading democracy and likening himself to global media baron Rupert Murdoch in the quest

Australia's Qantas Airways will put one of its airbus A380 superjumbos back in the skies Saturday, three weeks after a mid-air engine blast grounded the fleet for intensive safety checks.

Rescuers plan to send a robot into the coal mine in New Zealand where 29 miners remain trapped once gas levels have dropped, a local newspaper reported on Monday.

Up to half of the Airbus superjumbo engines of the type that disintegrated in flight on a Qantas plane may need to be replaced in the fleets of carriers from Australia, Singapore and Germany, the Qant

Monarchists in Australia on Wednesday seized the opportunity to knock back their republican rivals as news of Prince William’s engagement to Kate Middleton was cheered in the Asia-Pacific.

Australia’s Qantas airlines was plagued with more engine problems on Saturday, with a plane carrying 234 passengers to Melbourne forced to return to Perth, making it the third such incident this month

The International Cricket Council is reportedly considering a radical plan of creating a team of undercover agents, who will pose as illegal bookmakers.

Australia on Monday said there was a "high risk of terrorism" during next month's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, in a stark travel warning after gunmen wounded two tourists outside a famous mosque.