Australia and Oceania

Royals Harry and Meghan go barefoot on Bondi

  by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- British royals Harry and Meghan kicked off their shoes…

Australia mulling embassy move to Jerusalem: PM

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia is considering moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Prime Minister Scott…

UPDATED: Tsunami threat as 7.0-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea's New Britain island on Thursday, triggering a tsunami warning.…

Body found inside plane days after it ditched into Pacific lagoon

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- A male passenger's body has been found inside an airliner that ditched and sank in…

10 Filipinos among 47 passengers, crew rescued from plane that crashed at sea off Micronesia

    By Alfred Acenas Eagle News Service EBC Hawaii Bureau (Eagle News) – Ten Filipinos were among the 47…

Plane ditches into Pacific lagoon

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday when an airliner ditched into a…

Chairman ousted as Australia’s public TV hit by politics scandal

  by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's much-loved public broadcaster scrambled to safeguard its hard-won…

New Zealand PM makes UN history with first baby

by Catherine Triomphe Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — New Zealand's prime minister has been proclaimed a…

Strawberry sabotage akin to ‘terrorism’: Australia PM

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The tainting of supermarket strawberries with sewing needles is comparable to "terrorism", Australia's prime minister said…

Husband ‘kills wife, toddler children’ in Australia home

PERTH, Australia (AFP) -- A 24-year-old man has been accused of killing his wife, three toddlers and mother-in-law with a…

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