Mrs Lowing, 52, who has hand-raised the one-and-a-half metre reptile for 13 years, gives it the run of the house and even lets it sleep with her son Andrew in his bed. The trained nurse from Melbourne, Victoria, who had looked after ill and abandoned...

An Australian court on Friday ruled that a quadriplegic man who has begged to be allowed to die has the right to order his carers to starve him to death. In a landmark judgement, Western Australia’s chief judge Wayne Martin said the Brightwater...

(Taj Hotel caught fire during attack) Their professed goal was the issue of sovereignty for Kashmir, however their more obvious goal was creating chaos, conflict and fomenting hate between Pakistan and India. This is their MO and it has been for years...

EVERY day activities like swimming, doing a gym workout or playing a musical instrument could be making pressure-related eye diseases worse, Australian research says.

Alcohol, food and gender relations are the key barriers to social interaction between Muslim and non-Muslim Australians, a study suggests.

Pope Benedict XVI is in the midst of the first journey to America of his pontificate, and he met with President George W. Bush this week. Hopefully this visit will reinforce the need for a joint commitment to freedom in Cuba. The Catholic Church has...

An elderly Australian man apparently shot himself dead Tuesday, using an elaborate suicide robot of his own construction, according to media reports. The 81-year-old man who lived alone in Burleigh Heads left a note detailing his macabre machinations,...