Indonesia's leader Wednesday confirmed that a suspected Bali bombing mastermind was killed in a Jakarta raid and vowed to keep hunting extremists in a landmark address to Australia's parliament. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Dulmatin, an Al-Qaeda trained bomb specialist with a 10 million US dollar bounty on his head from Washington, was killed by police in a ...

Australian scientists said Wednesday that the discovery of a genetically distinct colony of Tasmanian devils may save the species from being wiped out by a contagious cancer that has decimated the population. So far, the colony in northwestern Tasmania state has proven immune to the face ...

Violence against Indian students has damaged Australia's reputation and will lead to a drop in the number of foreign students, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said. Smith said late Tuesday that a spate of violent attacks on Indian nationals, mostly in the southern city of Melbourne, had contributed to growing questions over the integrity of Australia's overseas education system ...

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Wednesday pledged to hunt down terrorists and jail people-smugglers in a landmark address to Australia's parliament. Calling for greater understanding between the neighbours, the former general said he believed the two nations were "on the same page on the need to foster a more democratic world order". In the rare address from a foreign ...