Australia

Nearly 40 futuristic vehicles are racing 3,000km across Australia powered only by the sun. The World Solar Challenge goes from Darwin to Adelaide and is expected to take a week, with speeds of 90-100 kmh (55-62 mph).

Hong Chi Xiao, 54, faces charges of killing a six-year-old boy who used his 'slap therapy' method. It follows a UK investigation in the similar death of a British grandmother.

Michael Holt, 27, will spend at least four and a half years in jail.

Along with white, bull and whaler sharks, a Bryde's whale was seen hunting bait fish very close to shore.

Magistrate describes Michael Boulton's extreme breakup plan as "disturbing".

A woman filmed the death-defying incident.

Cassidy Trevan was allegedly lured to a house in Melbourne, Australia, where she was sexually assaulted.

Police and state environmental officers in Queensland are searching for the killer.

Same-sex marriage has been at the centre of a heated debate for months in Australia.

Harrowing ordeal sees three of four suspects jailed as victim is left with psychological scars.

Sagardeep Singh Arora approached court after a school in Melbourne denied admission to his son, Sidhak, because he wore a turban.

The rapist claimed he was confused.

Male Tasmanian-born prisoners, arrested in the second half of the nineteenth century, were over four centimetres taller, on average, than transported convicts.

"That's going to look awesome."

Until 2013, the bird had not been seen alive by a single human for more than 100 years.

A British woman, 23, was sexually assaulted and stabbed three times in a Sydney house-share.

Yet many Australians feel they don't share in that prosperity and are going backward financially.

Police granted legal backing to infiltrate devices in anti-terror move.

Trio belong to the United Patriots Front.

Christopher Andrew Searle was granted bail on condition he did not access the internet or go near children under 14.

"If found call..."

While some parents and students are critical of the school, others have defended the class.

The man was arrested from a property in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood.

The footage shows the entire mating process between the common seadragons.

Australian authorities say these dolls fall under the 'objectionable goods' category.

Vietnamese man and woman have been charged with importing commercial quantities of border controlled drugs.

British government may have to relax its immigration rules to secure new trade deals.

'It doesn't smell and doesn't leave skid marks' says energy company behind the eco-vehicle.

Meegan Hefford had a rare genetic disorder that stopped her body breaking down the protein she was eating.

Actor pokes fun at Barnaby Joyce as dual citizenship case heads to high court.