Australia

Singer's death reads like a murder mystery thriller after coroner's report outlines suspicious injuries.

Dashcam footage shot in Queensland, Australia shows how a motorcyclist attempting to retrieve his missing leg after it became detached in an accident.

A snake in Australia yielded a record-breaking amount of venom during a milking session. The 3.1027g bite is enough to kill up to 100 people.

Previously unknown species, which has been named Diluvicursor pickeringi, uncovered in 113-million-year-old rocks in south-eastern Australia.

Police in Queensland, Australia are investigating after a koala was discovered bolted to a wooden post with building screws.

Australian cyclist thrown from bike after collision with car slammed by social media users as being melodramatic.

Bayliss, who took over as England coach in 2015, faced questions over his future after the Three Lions surrendered the Ashes urn to Australia.

Intriguing behaviour of raptors is widely known among Australia's indigenous people and is often represented in sacred ceremonies.

Slow TV - showing real-time events with minimal editing - is becoming increasingly popular and has finally reached Australia with this train footage. Viewers got on board.

Australian worker went to wedding in India after telling bosses he was unable to attend work due to illness.

Government says drop in Chinese demand could spell very bad news for the industry.

England's second innings ended at 180-9, with captain Joe Root retiring hurt on 58 due to a stomach bug, as the tourists lost by an innings and 123 runs.

A 15-year-old girl has been charged with intentionally starting a fire which led to the evacuation of dozens of residents on a street in Melbourne.

The tourists reached 93-4 at stumps on day four after Australia declared on a mammoth total of 649-7.

A woman has been arrested after police say 97-year-old dementia sufferer Dimitra Pavlopoulou was abducted from a nursing home in Melbourne, Australia by a stranger.

As the US east coast battles Storm Grayson and a "bomb cyclone," Victoria in Australia has seen a 10km stretch of Hume Freeway begin melting - with higher temperatures to come.

Spiders are scary in themselves, but a huge spider shedding its skin? Some might not recover. A 7-minute-long video documents the creepy phenomenon

England were bowled out for 346 runs in the first innings on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test. Australia trail by 153 runs and have eight wickets left in their first innings.

The seaplane that crashed in Australia killing five Britons was involved a separate fatal accident more than 20 years ago.

Nine backpackers were rushed to hospital in Australia after snorting a date rape drug they mistook for cocaine.

England close day one on 233-5 after deciding to bat first under overcast skies on a green-tinged surface at the SCG.

A man from Adelaide has died after being struck by lightning which was conducted through a camera tripod he was holding at the time.

The intoxicated passenger allegedly called the two women "faggots, dykes and poofters" and kicked their seats for hours.

A store in Australia has been told it has to pay an employee A$17,000 after she was seriously attacked by a bird outside the shop.

Wildlife rescuers scrambled after being called in to remove dozens of eggs discovered in a sandpit at a school in New South Wales.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull cast a shadow over Prince Charle's future role as his country's king and head of state.

Richard Cousins, a FTSE 100 chief executive, his fiancee, and her 11-year-old daughter were among the six people killed in the tragic accident.

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An 11-year-old boy and the pilot are believed to have been killed in the incident

Jacob Lavender, 11, was last seen on the evening of 30 December in Shalvey, Australia. Police officers searched the surrounding area but could not find him.