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July 1, 2016

Australian prime minister welcomes 'exciting' era of change

"There has never been a more exciting time to be an Australian," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull often says.

June 30, 2016

Lebanon judge indicts 3 over Australian kids' abduction

Lebanon's state-run news agency says a judge has indicted three people in the case of a botched attempt to kidnap two Australian-Lebanese children caught up in a custody battle earlier this year.

June 30, 2016

Australian man goes on trial in Indonesia in child abuse

The trial of an Australian man has begun in Indonesia on charges he sexually abused 16 girls on the tourist island of Bali in 2014 and 2015.

June 30, 2016

Australia teen pleads guilty to plot to kill policeman

A teenager pleaded guilty Thursday to plotting to run over and behead a police officer as part of an Islamic State group-inspired attack on an Australian Veterans' Day ceremony.

June 30, 2016

Vietnam sentences Australian to death for heroin trafficking

A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced an Australian citizen to death for heroin trafficking.

June 28, 2016

Indonesian court to proceed with trial in cyanide murder

An Indonesian court has decided to proceed with the trial of a woman accused of murdering her friend by lacing her coffee with cyanide.

June 27, 2016

Security forces rescue 3 kidnapped foreigners in Nigeria

Police say security forces have rescued three foreigners and a Nigerian who were among seven construction workers kidnapped in an ambush on a police convoy in southeastern Nigeria that killed a driver.

June 26, 2016

Australian prime minister urges stability after Brexit vote

Australia's prime minister has used his official campaign launch to warn against a change of government during the ongoing economic fallout from Britain's decision to leave the European Union.

June 24, 2016

Potential MH370 debris found on island off African coast

An Australian official says aircraft wreckage potentially from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been found on an island off the east African coast.

June 23, 2016

Australia says citizens among 7 kidnapped in Nigeria

Three Australians, two Nigerians, a New Zealander and a South African have been kidnapped in Nigeria in an ambush that killed their Nigerian driver, Australian officials said Thursday.