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June 15, 2016

Defense: No solid evidence Indonesian woman killed friend with cyanide in coffee

Lawyers for an Indonesian woman accused of murder told an overflowing courtroom that the evidence she poisoned her friend with cyanide was vague and illogical.

June 15, 2016

Islamic cleric leaves Australia before visa canceled

An Islamic cleric has left Australia after comments he made against homosexuality sparked a government review of his visa, officials said Wednesday.

June 15, 2016

Australia releases prisoner convicted in China of fraud

An official says Australia has granted early release to an Australian businessman convicted in China of financial crimes and transferred home under a prisoner exchange agreement.

June 15, 2016

Police identify body found off Sydney beach as US student

Police have identified a body found of Sydney's Bondi Beach as American student Endicott Ackerman, who became the fourth person killed in recent storms on the Australian east coast.

June 10, 2016

Debris from MH370 may have washed ashore in Madagascar and Australia

Debris found washed ashore in Madagascar by a man who previously found a part from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will be examined by investigators to see if it, too, came from the missing plane, officials said Friday.

June 9, 2016

Police wound knife-wielding man, 3 others in mall near Sydney

Police officers opened fire on a man armed with a carving knife in a Sydney shopping mall on Thursday, wounding the man and three women aged between 60 and 80, police said.

June 9, 2016

Australian parties remain neck and neck as election looms

Midway through a national election campaign in Australia, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's honeymoon with voters continues to wane, raising the prospect of the country having its fifth leader in just over three years.

June 9, 2016

Official says police shoot students in Papua New Guinea

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says police have shot students protesting against Papua New Guinea's prime minister in the South Pacific nation's capital of Port Moresby.

June 8, 2016

Frog run over by lawn mower airlifted to hospital, hopping its way to recovery

An unlucky Australian frog that was run over by a lawnmower is hopping its way around the continent to recovery.

June 7, 2016

Israel court frees wanted Australian woman from house arrest

An Israeli court has set free from house arrest an Australian woman wanted by her country for multiple sexual abuses.