Australia police: Christmas Day bomb plot foiled, 5 detained
Police in Australia have detained five men suspected of planning a series of Christmas Day attacks using explosives, knives and a gun in the heart of the country’s second-largest city, officials said today.
Houston students race solar car in Australia
A team of high school students from Houston attended the Maben Lions Club meeting Tuesday to talk about the adventure of their lives: the three weeks they spent in Australia racing solar cars.
8 children killed, mother stabbed in Australia
Eight dead children and a woman suffering from stab wounds were found inside a home in a northern Australian city today, police said.
Australia: Siege gunman dropped off watch list
A gunman responsible for a deadly siege in a Sydney cafe was once on the national security agency’s watch list.
‘Deluded’ Australia hostage-taker saw himself as a martyr
He wrote letters to grieving families of Australian troops killed in Afghanistan that likened them to “Hitler’s soldiers.” He was accused of being an accomplice in the murder of his ex-wife, who was stabbed and set on fire.
A sugar glider in downtown Columbus
Sugar gliders are marsupials native to Australia but these days, if you know the right pocket to look in, you can find one in downtown Columbus.
Islamic State plot in Australia raises questions
The Islamic State plot to carry out random beheadings in Sydney alleged by police is a simple and barbaric scheme that has shaken Australians. But terrorism experts today questioned whether the ruthless movement had the capacity or inclination to sustain a terror campaign so far from the Middle East.
Australian police: Raids thwarted Islamic State beheading plot
Police said they thwarted a plot to carry out beheadings in Australia by supporters of the radical Islamic State group by detaining 15 people and raiding more than a dozen properties across Sydney today.
Crocodile takes Australian boy, mauls another
Rangers resumed hunting Monday for a 13-foot crocodile that snatched a 12-year-old boy and mauled his friend as they swam in a water hole in a popular Outback tourist destination in northern Australia.