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We owe it to survivors not to waste this moment and we must continue to be guided by their wishes, Malcolm Turnbull said. (Photo: File)

Australia PM will make national apology to sex abuse victims

The royal commission, Australia's highest form of investigation, heard more than 8,000 harrowing personal stories...

13 Jun 2018 1:24 PM IST

The drama came after Malaysia Airlines lost two Boeing 777s in 2014. (Photo: AFP)

Sri Lankan man sent to prison for 12 yrs for hoax bomb on Malaysia...

The 26-year-old was sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty in a Melbourne court to attempting to take control of an...

7 Jun 2018 1:51 PM IST

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said his remarks at the closing of a global airlines gathering on Tuesday had been intended as a joke and taken out of context. (Photo: AFP)

Qatar Airways CEO apologises for remarks on women, says 'was a joke'

Baker defended his airline's record of gender diversity, saying 44 per cent of their staff are female including some in...

6 Jun 2018 4:30 PM IST

Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker (L) and Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce (R) attend a press conference at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual meeting in Sydney on June 5, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

'Of course' top job at Qatar Airways is held by a man: CEO

Akbar Al Baker said his airline had taken steps to address gender equality and said man leads it because it is a very...

5 Jun 2018 4:11 PM IST

Wilson, who faces up to two years in jail, said Wednesday he was stepping aside from his church duties while he weighs up the magistrates verdict. (Photo: Facebook)

Australian archbishop guilty of concealing child sex abuse resigns...

Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson, 67, was accused of concealing abuse in the 1970s by notorious paedophile priest Jim...

23 May 2018 11:19 AM IST

Scotts defence argues that the complainant, who has not been named, felt his wallet accidentally touch her as he moved past. (Photo: Facebook | David Scott)

Doctor asked to measure indecent assault accused's penis with ruler

David Scott, elected councillor from Kapiti, has pleaded not guilty to rubbing his genitals against a female staffer at...

22 May 2018 6:35 PM IST

Wilson was accused of covering up a serious indictable offence by another priest, James Fletcher, after being told about it in 1976 when he was an assistant parish priest in the state of New South Wales. (Photo: AP)

Australian court convicts Catholic archbishop for concealing child sex...

Philip Wilson, the archbishop of Adelaide, is expected to be sentenced by the court in June. He faces maximum penalty of...

22 May 2018 12:44 PM IST

The site was briefly closed two years ago to add a viewing platform and railings and warning signs near the edge. (Photo: File | Representational)

Indian student plunges 40 mtrs to death while taking selfie in...

Ankit was with friends when he slipped off the 40-metre precipice at The Gap, near the historic port town of Albany, the...

21 May 2018 3:35 PM IST

An aged woman was found murdered at her house located at Seetarampuram of Ungutur mandal in West Godavari on Monday.

3 generations of family shot dead in Australia's worst mass shooting...

Mass shootings are uncommon in Australia and Friday's was the deadliest since a 1996 massacre that left 35 dead at Port...

13 May 2018 3:48 PM IST

The examination of the crime scene and dead bodies indicated that the death was caused by firearms. Bijarani received one gunshot in the head while his wife three bullets one on head and two on abdomen. (Photo: File/Representational)

Australian police find 7 dead, including 4 children with gunshot...

Police have no information to raise concerns about the wider public safety. Police were led to the property by a phone...

11 May 2018 12:53 PM IST

An NGO represented by G. Varalakshmi, seeking to direct the authorities to formulate guidelines and restrictions which would lead to a licensing regime to curb and regulate the rampant sale of online and offline of spy cameras.

Top New Zealand navy officer accused of hiding camera in embassy...

Alfred Keating was a Navy commodore and the embassy's senior defence attachÃ© at the time of the incident last July.

4 May 2018 12:05 PM IST

Emmanuel Macron

No hegemony: Macron warns over Chinese dominance in Indo-Pacific

'What's important is to preserve rules-based development in the region... and to preserve necessary balances in the...

2 May 2018 5:41 PM IST