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Chief of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) General Angus Campbell delivers the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra on November 19, 2020. (AFP)

Australian special forces unlawfully killed 39 people in Afghanistan:...

Australia launched the inquiry in 2016, amid reports from whistle-blowers and in the local media of the alleged killing...

19 Nov 2020 1:39 PM IST

$Priyanca Radhakrishnan becomes New Zealand\s first-ever Indian-origin minister$ World

Priyanca Radhakrishnan becomes New Zealand-'s first-ever Indian-origin...

Radhakrishnan, who is from the 2017 intake of new MPs, is a minister outside of the Cabinet

2 Nov 2020 2:00 PM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at the Labour Election Day party after the Labour Party won New Zealands general election in Auckland on October 16, 2020. (AFP)

Jacinda Ardern wins landslide re-election in New Zealand vote

The mandate means Ardern, 40, could form the first single-party government in decades

17 Oct 2020 5:53 PM IST

A pedestrian walking past public service announcement posters in Melbourne amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, negating a conspiracy that 5G telecommunications technology causes the coronavirus. (AFP)

Australia reports no COVID-19 deaths for third day, hotspot faces...

Neighbouring New Zealand reported four new cases on Saturday, all returned travelers in quarantine

10 Oct 2020 3:39 PM IST

Detained Australian writer Yang Hengjun. (Image: Twitter/@withMEAA)

Australian writer to face trial in China for espionage charges

Diplomatic relations between the two have deteriorated after China imposed trade reprisals in response to Australiaâ€™s...

10 Oct 2020 9:44 AM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (Image: Facebook)

New Zealandâ€™s Ardern poised for big win in election, poll says

All recent polls have pointed to a victory for Ardernâ€™s Labour Party, governing in a coalition with the Greens and New...

8 Oct 2020 3:02 PM IST

PM Jacinda Ardern declared New Zealand beat the virus again. (Image: Facebook/Jacinda Ardern)

PM Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand has -'beaten the virus again-'

Ardern announced restrictions in the country-'s largest city would be eased, after a second COVID-19 wave was contained

5 Oct 2020 10:16 AM IST

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern. (Image:Facebook/Jacinda Ardern)

New Zealand sees first case-free day in five weeks

Fridayâ€™s report also marked the fourth consecutive day without any cases of community transmission

18 Sept 2020 10:06 AM IST

A family walks past the entrance to Luna Park in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda on September 16, 2020. - Melbourne continues to enforce strict lockdown measures to battle a second wave of the Covid-19 coronavirus. (AFP)

Australiaâ€™s Victoria sees a steady drop in new coronavirus cases

Australiaâ€™s second-most populous state reported the lowest daily rise since June 24 and down from daily highs above...

17 Sept 2020 10:44 AM IST

New Zealands Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern carries her lunch during an event in Welcome Bay near Tauranga, New Zealand. (AP)

New Zealand to lift virus curbs in most of country on September 21

New Zealand on Monday reported one new case of coronavirus in the community, taking the total number of cases to 1,447...

14 Sept 2020 11:00 AM IST

Humpback whales stray up crocodile-infested tropical Aussie river

Humpback whales stray up crocodile-infested tropical Aussie river

Park authorities have set up a partial exclusion zone to protect unwitting boaters and whales, which can grow up to 16...

12 Sept 2020 3:00 PM IST

Antarctica is still free of coronavirus. Can it stay that way?

Antarctica is still free of coronavirus. Can it stay that way?

Until this year, conversations with incoming visitors focused on preparing the newcomers. Now the advice goes both ways

12 Sept 2020 2:02 PM IST