China is putting ever-greater pressure on the Philippines to cede its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea, Defense ...

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Sri Lanka's new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary seats to a house majority in elections on Thursday.

A young Australian soldier who ran towards enemy fire during the Vietnam War, to reach his wounded comrades, will receive the ...

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The late army private Richard Leslie Norden has been posthumously awarded Australia’s highest military honour, the Victoria ...

A 35-year-old woman charged over her links to last week's fatal crash which killed a much loved grandmother near Brisbane will remain behind bars. Added17 minutes ago The family of a man who was ...

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The woman who was found dead in a hotel in Sydney has been named, as police investigate. More than 60 firefighters are tackling a blaze in a workshop in Auburn in Sydney's west. An Australian soldier ...

The Governor General has announced the awarding of the Victoria Cross to a Vietnam War veteran at the Australian War Memorial ...

Australia finally posted its first Miss Earth victory when Jessica Lane bagged the crown in the recently-concluded competition, making her the seventh woman in a row to be the first in her country ...

A former ACT police officer who died in the line of duty has become the recipient of Australia's highest military honour.