Flash floods across Botswana have killed seven people including three children and uprooted thousands after days of heavy ...

Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City have fought out a dramatic and fiery 2-2 derby draw to remain firmly lodged in a cluster ...

Hot, gusty conditions are forecast to continue as out-of-control bushfires burn in several parts of Australia's southeast.

Clayton Oliver has given Melbourne a significant morale boost, shining against North Melbourne in their AFL pre-season hitout. The three-time All-Australian midfielder and four-time club ...

Foreign ministers from developing countries focused on global conflicts, including the Ukraine war, on the last day ...

Pope Francis' condition isn't life-threatening, but he's not out of danger, his medical team says, as the 88-year-old pontiff ...

Music legend Dolly Parton has teamed up with the Australian children's group The Wiggles in an unexpected collaboration.

Swedish police are investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, in an area ...

Odds for a city-killer asteroid measuring up to 100 metres in diameter striking Earth continue to fluctuate amid NASA ...

Republican US senator Mitch McConnell, who acquired the moniker "Grim Reaper" as the longest-serving party leader in Senate ...

Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the ...

An attempt to wind back penalty rates has been opposed by the federal government, in a bid to protect workers' wages and ...