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Police help screen passengers at Sydney Airport on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

Australia foils Islamic' terror plot to bomb airplane

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin described the plot as Islamic-inspired .

31 July 2017 12:56 AM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: File)

Australia foils Islamist terror plot to bring down plane, 4 held

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the plot appeared to be 'elaborate' rather than planned by a lone wolf.

30 July 2017 12:25 PM IST

Disputed South China Sea waters. (Photo: Representational Image)

In move likely to irk Beijing, Britain plans to send warship to South...

Britain would increase its presence in waters after it sent four British fighter planes for joint exercises with Japan...

28 July 2017 10:50 AM IST

US Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Scott Swift addresses an Australian National University security conference in Canberra on July 27, 2017. Swift said he would launch a nuclear strike against China next week if US President Donald Trump ordered it. (Photo: AP)

Ready to launch nuclear strike against China, if Trump orders: US...

Admiral Scott was responding to a question at security conference following a joint US- Australia military exercise off...

27 July 2017 5:24 PM IST

Sikh man with kirpan. (Representational Image/PTI)

Police tell Sikh man to take off kirpan, get out' of bus in Australia

Police boarded a commuter bus in Auckland on Tuesday after a Sikh man was seen carrying a ceremonial knife.

26 July 2017 12:11 PM IST

Pell remained silent throughout with magistrate Duncan Reynolds ruling the brief of evidence needs to be handed to his legal team by September 8, with the next court date set for October 6. (Photo: AP)

In Australian court, Pope aide Cardinal Pell denies child sex abuse...

The number-three figure in the Vatican returned from Rome earlier in July to face the charges in Melbourne Magistrates...

26 July 2017 9:51 AM IST

UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson, left, performs a hongi

Maori greeting like headbutt, says Boris Johnson

Britain's gaffe-prone foreign secretary Boris Johnson likened a traditional Maori greeting to a headbutt.

25 July 2017 1:54 AM IST

A piece of wing debris found in Mauritius is from MH370, Australian authorities said on Friday. (Representational image)

MH370 search data unveils fishing hotspots, ancient geological...

The data consists of three-dimensional models of undersea landforms as well as raw bathymetric survey information.

19 July 2017 12:01 PM IST

The new home affairs portfolio which uses Britains home office as a template will be run by immigration minister Peter Dutton in a major shake-up of national security arrangements. (Photo: Facebook)

Australia creates super ministry to counter terrorism

The government will also create an Office of National Intelligence to coordinate efforts and boost cybersecurity, PM...

18 July 2017 2:07 PM IST

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (Photo: AP)

Australia military powers beefed up for terror attacks

Although police were absolved of blame during a 2014 Sydney cafe seige, in which two hostages and the gunman were...

17 July 2017 2:02 PM IST

An Australian cattle worker whose thumb was severed by a bull has had his toe surgically transplanted in its position. (Photo: Twiter/@ejovip1)

Australian man's thumb severed in cattle herding surgically replaced...

The entire thumb was ripped off after a bull kicked his hand and slammed the thumb against a fence on a remote cattle...

14 July 2017 1:31 PM IST

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 broke up high over Eastern Ukraine killing all 298 people on board. Any suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014 will be prosecuted in the Netherlands. (Photo; AP)

Malaysia's MH17 lawyer tells Putin to 'make amends' over crash

Initial findings released last year concluded the Boeing 777 aircraft was shot down by a missile transported from...

12 July 2017 3:34 PM IST