Australia and Oceania

Islamic State jihadists claim Melbourne hostage incident

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for taking a woman hostage in a Melbourne apartment…

Great white shark jumps into Australian fisherman’s boat

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- An elderly Australian fisherman has lived to tell the tale after a great white shark leapt…

US fears nuclear arms race in Asia-Pacific: Australia

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Senior Trump administration officials fear a nuclear arms race in Asia-Pacific if an increasingly belligerent North…

Australia’s Omar in the running to be crowned the world’s longest cat

MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) -- Omar, the Maine Coon cat from Melbourne, is in the running to be named the world's…

17 shot dead in Papua New Guinea prison breakout

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Seventeen prisoners have been shot dead after a mass breakout at a jail in Papua New…

Australia toughens foreign worker visas; says Australian jobs for Australians

CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) -- Australia will abolish a temporary work visa popular with foreigners and replace it with a visa…

Australian PM surveys cyclone damage as floods threaten southeast Queensland

NORTH QUEENSLAND (Reuters) --Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull praised the resilience of residents in Queensland state as he surveyed the…

Widespread damage in coastal towns as Debbie rips through Australia

SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Australia's army and emergency workers headed to areas hardest-hit by Cyclone Debbie on Wednesday (March 29),…

Cyclone Debbie makes landfall in Australia: meteorologists

AYR, Australia (AFP) -- Cyclone Debbie made landfall in northeast Australia Tuesday, with lashing rain and howling winds battering the…

Residents prepare as Cyclone Debbie bears down on Australia

QUEENSLAND, Australia (Reuters) --Residents of the town of Airlie Beach in north Queensland, Australia, began filling sand bags on Monday…

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