Pope Leo has set off on his first trip outside Italy as leader of the Catholic Church, leaving Rome for Turkey, where he was ...

Robert Irwin is "getting there" with his rib injury. The Australian TV conservationist, 21, won season 34 of Dancing with the ...

Lenders will be limited from writing too many risky home loans amid fears investors are causing the housing market to ...

The first major changes in decades to Australia's long-criticised environment laws aim to better protect natural sites ...

A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex that has killed at least 44 people and left nearly 300 missing ...

Dozens of workers from Hong Kong's animal welfare agencies turned out with oxygenated pet carriers and animal ambulances ...

In-form Spaniard Sebastian Garcia shot three strokes clear of a big-name leaderboard before Brisbane's storms halted his ...

There were emotional scenes in a packed courtroom as Kamal Ghali admitted dangerous driving causing three-year-old Mila ...

More than 170 people died in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria while dozens were killed in Victoria and South ...

Disappointed Nationals have lashed Barnaby Joyce's decision to leave the party he previously led as he flirts with joining ...

Brendan Doggett is mentally prepared and physically ready to rock for Australia at the Gabba should captain Pat Cummins not ...

Formed from volcanic eruptions about 5 million years ago, it was first settled by 15th-century Portuguese seafarers and ...