Australia

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended New Zealand's strict nationwide coronavirus lockdown on Friday, saying the full extent...

(Reuters) - Nations from Australia to Vietnam announced more drastic curbs and longer lockdowns for citizens on Friday, as authorities...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Sexual harassment is rife at mining camps in Western Australia, with firms across the industry reporting multiple complaints...

By Renju Jose and Colin Packham SYDNEY/CANBERRA (Reuters) -Two million residents of Sydney will be under nightly curfew from next...

By Jonathan Barrett and Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Kathy Chalker, a Sydney art studio owner, is just the sort...

KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban called on Afghanistan's imams to urge unity when they hold their first Friday prayers since the...

(Reuters) - The United States and other Western powers are pressing on with the evacuation from Afghanistan of their nationals...

By Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) - Mahboba Rawi is barely sleeping these days, worried instead about the "thousand children" that...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia reported its biggest one-day rise in coronavirus infections on Thursday, as authorities began doling...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Aboriginal protesters on Thursday sharply criticised revisions to Western Australia's heritage laws, saying that, under the proposed...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Australian actor Nicole Kidman was exempted from quarantine in Hong Kong last week, the government appeared to...

By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, facing criticism over plans to evacuate citizens and some...

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Residents near MMG Ltd's Las Bambas copper mine in the Peruvian Andes lifted the...

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - The new head of the body that would police a global ban on nuclear...

KABUL (Reuters) - About 5,000 diplomats, security staff, aid workers and Afghans have been evacuated from the capital Kabul in...

By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia flew 26 people out of Afghanistan in its first rescue flight, Prime Minister...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Aboriginal groups will be consulted more widely but gain no veto over development projects on their...

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put New Zealand under strict lockdown on Tuesday after the country's...

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban held their first official news conference in Kabul on Tuesday, promising to respect the rights...

(Reuters) - Afghan vice president Amrullah Saleh said on Twitter on Tuesday he is in Afghanistan and is the "legitimate...