Australia’s new government won praise from the United Nations and human rights groups Wednesday for offering refugees permanent sanctuary rather than temporary...

Westpac Banking Corp. and smaller rival St. George agreed to a takeover deal Tuesday worth 18.6 billion Australian dollars ($17.5 billion) that would create...

An Australian man has been fined after buckling in a case of beer with a seat belt but leaving a 5-year-old child to sit on the car’s floor, police said Tuesday.

St. George Bank on Tuesday agreed to an 18.6 billion Australian dollar ($17.5 billion) takeover offer from Westpac Banking Corp. that would create Australia’s...

Wildfires in central Florida have forced hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes.

Wildfires in central Florida have forced hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes.

Westpac Banking Corp. said Monday it has approached rival St. George Bank Ltd. with a $14 billion takeover offer that could lead to the biggest shakeup of...

An Australian swimmer says he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye.

Brush fires forced residents to flee more than 100 homes in central Florida on Saturday and closed a major interstate, authorities said.

An undersea earthquake off Guam with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 shook the U.S. territory Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The U.S. Geological Survey says an undersea earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 has shaken Guam.

Australia is investigating allegations that its soldiers mistreated suspected insurgents in prison in Afghanistan, the military said Friday.

A portrait of Hollywood star Heath Ledger painted weeks before his death has won an Australian art award.

The widow of television’s “Crocodile Hunter” reached a confidential settlement Wednesday with creditors who claimed the family’s zoo owed them...

The widow of television’s “Crocodile Hunter” reached a confidential settlement Wednesday with creditors who claimed the family’s zoo owed them...

Judy Davis told an Australian court Tuesday that she stopped attending her daughter’s soccer games out of anguish over newspaper articles she claims suggested she...

Two women were hospitalized after a New Zealand cafe mistakenly served dishwashing liquid as mulled wine, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

An Australian doctor proposed Monday that the government pay up to $47,000 for kidney donations to overcome a chronic shortage.

Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton by seven votes in the Guam Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday. The count of more than 4,500 ballots took all night.

Barack Obama has defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in Saturday’s Democratic caucuses on Guam by just seven votes.