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The Israeli military said it had struck a vehicle containing a ''terrorist cell'' in the Nuseirat area of Gaza. Five journalists working for a network associated with a Palestinian militant [...]

A U.S. Navy ship mistakenly fired at the F/A-18, whose two pilots were safely recovered, the military said. A U.S. Navy ship mistakenly shot down an American fighter jet over [...]

The zoo partially closed after the deaths, which occurred over two days and included members of a critically endangered species. The deaths of nine monkeys at a Hong Kong zoo […]

The arrests were made after two explosions, possibly from hand grenades, were reported near the embassy early on Wednesday morning, the police said. The police in Copenhagen arrested three men [...]

Gunmen shot into a group of people in a popular entertainment district in what appeared to be a targeted attack, the police said. The authorities are still looking for the [...]

Mr. Gao is being held on suspicion of slandering China's heroes and martyrs, an offense punishable by up to three years in prison, his brother said. Gao Zhen, a Chinese [...]

Police were racing to recover the fake sweets, each of which contained up to 300 doses of methamphetamine. Three people sought medical attention. The police in New Zealand were trying [...]

Authorities in the Indonesian territory have blamed the killing on a separatist rebel group, which last year was responsible for kidnapping another New Zealand pilot. A New Zealand pilot was [...]

Pete Buttigieg said on Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation had opened an investigation into Delta's ongoing response to Friday's global tech outage. Scott Darling and his wife drove […]

Kim Beom-Su, the billionaire behind Kakao, was taken into custody on Tuesday on allegations of stock manipulation during a bidding war over a major K-pop agency. The billionaire founder of […]

Dozens were trapped inside the building when the fire started on Wednesday evening in Sichuan Province, local authorities said. A fire broke out at a shopping mall in southwestern China [...]

Ms. de Lima, a former senator, was detained for six years on drug charges after fiercely criticizing then-President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs. Leila de Lima, a former senator [...]

More than three years after Brittany Higgins went public with her claim of rape, her case reached a conclusion of sorts. When a young former government employee said on national [...]

The police have yet to determine a motive for Saturday's attack, which left six people dead, but said the assailant had mental-health problems. On a perfect mid-autumn day, the scene [...]

Shoppers hid in backrooms or ran screaming from the scene, while others stayed with injured victims. Police said they believed the attack was not a 'terrorism incident.' A man killed [...]

The airline, Latam, said a ''technical problem'' had caused the incident. Most of the injuries were minor, but one person was in serious condition. About 50 people were treated by [...]

The incident, which caused the plane carrying 153 people to veer off course before landing safely, added to the country's troubling aviation safety record. Indonesia's aviation authority said it would [...]

The incident, which caused the plane carrying 153 people to veer off course before landing safely, added to the country’s troubling aviation safety record. Indonesia’s aviation authority said it would [...]

Officials have found the toxic mineral at 34 sites, including schools and parks. The grounds outside a Taylor Swift concert venue tested negative. Officials in Sydney, Australia, said on Sunday [...]

The building, on the grounds of Boise Airport, was under construction, city officials said. Five people were critically injured. Three people were killed and five were critically injured when a [...]

In a case that has gripped Australia, three people fell ill and died soon after eating lunch at the home of a relative. Three of the four guests who attended [...]

There were also multiple injuries, the police said, and the 24-year-old gunman was also killed. The shooting was not far from where Norway's national team is staying for the Women's [...]

An Australian jury found that Kathleen Folbigg had smothered her children. But scientists now say that they probably died from natural causes. Two decades ago, Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of [...]

A judge ruled for newspapers that had been accused of defaming the soldier by reporting that he had committed war crimes in Afghanistan. The case had been called Australia's trial [...]

She was holding a knife, but weighs 95 pounds and uses a walker. The episode, which took place in a care facility, prompted outrage, questions and a police investigation. The [...]

The police said they found the suspect, 36, with cyanide after the sudden death of a friend with whom she was traveling. The police in Thailand have arrested a woman [...]

Human rights groups called the punishment far too severe and raised questions about due process. Singapore on Wednesday executed a man convicted of conspiring to traffic about two pounds of [...]

Malka Leifer, who had led an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls' school in Melbourne, was found guilty of sexually abusing students more than 15 years ago. The former principal of a girls' [...]

''Welcome to dead fish central,'' said Graeme McCrabb, a local resident, as he navigated his speedboat through fields of rotting fish carcasses bobbing in the acid-green water of the river [...]

The authorities had feared it would take weeks to scour hundreds of miles of an Australian desert for the pea-sized device. After a tiny, dangerously radioactive capsule was lost in [...]

Five days after the warship sank, 23 men remain missing. The authorities said the warship did not have enough life jackets. The water rushed into the warship in darkness. As [...]

The action trims the life sentence Charles Sobhraj, known as 'the Serpent,' who targeted Western tourists in Asia in the 1970s and '80s. A Nepali court has ordered the release [...]

Residents of Papua New Guinea have accused the mining company Rio Tinto of violating their human rights by despoiling the land where they live. MELBOURNE, Australia -- An independent investigation [...]

Mental trauma that Brittany Higgins faced from the proceedings presented a ''significant and unacceptable risk'' to her life, the prosecutor said. Prosecutors have dropped a rape charge against a former [...]

Mental trauma that Brittany Higgins faced from the proceedings presented a ''significant and unacceptable risk'' to her life, the prosecutor said. Prosecutors have dropped a rape charge against a former [...]

The women say that they have suffered lasting trauma from the episode and are pushing for policy changes. MELBOURNE, Australia -- Five Australian women have sued the Qatari government two [...]

The trial of the Australian man accused of sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins will be viewed against the backdrop of the global #MeToo movement. CANBERRA, Australia -- It was an accusation [...]

The news outlet Crikey challenged the younger Murdoch in an open letter, saying it wanted to make the dispute a test case for Australia's strict defamation laws. Lachlan Murdoch, the [...]

Rights groups say they do not expect Australian immigration policy to change significantly with its new government, but the decision raised hopes for a more tolerant approach. MELBOURNE, Australia -- [...]

Their bodies lay undiscovered for a month. Weeks later, the police still know little about the women or what happened to them. MELBOURNE, Australia -- The case is cloaked in [...]

A donation to a hospital led to criminal charges for an Australian of Chinese descent. The case hinges not on what he did, but on what he might have been [...]

Elizabeth Struhs of Queensland, Australia, died in January because, according to the police, she was denied medical care. MELBOURNE, Australia -- The police have charged 12 members of a religious [...]

A journalist's remarks ran afoul of tight limits on speech connected to criminal prosecutions, putting pause on a high-profile case about to start. MELBOURNE, Australia -- The high-profile criminal trial [...]

Australia suddenly released migrants held under its tough approach to asylum seekers. While the worst of their ordeal is over, their future remains precarious. MELBOURNE, Australia -- The men mill [...]

Our reporters have been covering the crisis, from documenting military movement and the refugee exodus on the ground to analyzing global geopolitical developments. The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter [...]

Brian Houston, who was the leader of Hillsong, is accused of concealing past abuse by his father, who later died and was never charged. MELBOURNE, Australia -- The leader of [...]

A Chinese electronics company said it had bought the WeChat account legitimately, but some Australian officials said it was hijacked, and urged a boycott. MELBOURNE, Australia -- When Prime Minister [...]

The death of Scott Johnson, a young mathematician who was found at the bottom of a cliff, was initially ruled a suicide. His brother had pressed investigators to re-examine the [...]

A property owner and two companies in Australia were charged after a land-clearing operation left dozens of the marsupials dead, injured or starving. MELBOURNE, Australia -- An Australian landowner and [...]

A property owner and two companies in Australia were charged after a land-clearing operation left dozens of the marsupials dead, injured or starving. MELBOURNE, Australia -- An Australian landowner and [...]