Parts of Australia were sweltered in record temperatures of close to 122 degrees as the country sweated through a prolonged ...

A 13-year-old boy who was swept out to sea with his mother and two siblings saved his family by swimming four kilometers (2.5 miles) to shore for help “in rough conditions,” police in Australia said.

Australian authorities said six wild dogs were put down after 19-year-old backpacker Piper James's body was found at a beach ...

Vast swaths of southeastern Australia are sweltering in a heat wave that’s pushed temperatures to close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and forced some residents to protect their ...

Australia’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.85%, after three rate cuts ...

The fourth episode occurred on Sunday afternoon, when a shark bit the legs of a boy who was swimming with friends in Sydney’s ...

Travelers and temporary workers in the country, who may have arrived looking pallid, are showing off their glow-ups on social media.

After living in the US for decades, returning to Australia brought unexpected culture shock and forced me to rebuild a sense of home.

SYDNEY, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Australia was committed to returning a key northern port leased for 99 years to a Chinese company ...