Australia's Asfoora surged clear to win the Nunthorpe Stakes on day three of the Ebor meeting at York. The seven-year-old mare, trained by Henry Dwyer and ridden by champion jockey Oisin Murphy, followed the early pace set by Karl Burke's Night Raider.

Australia’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state came after the government sensed a major shift in the domestic mood over the war in Gaza, and showed that Canberra was unafraid of upsetting Israel,

While Ron Howard and the star-studded cast of Eden, including Sydney Sweeney, Ana de Armas and Vanessa Kirby, could enjoy the luxuries of modern life every night thanks to a 45-minute drive back to the Gold Coast in a “perfectly reasonable apartment”, per Howard, they were absolutely exposed to the elements on the shoot. As the director shared:

The 50-over World Cup is far older and has been competed for since back in 1975. Australia are the record winners having run out victorious on five occasions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015). England took the 2019 crown after a dramatic Ben Stokes-inspired super-over win over New Zealand at Lord's.

The Philippines and Australia are working towards a new defence agreement to be signed next year, their defence ministers said on Friday, as both nations seek to step up military cooperation to deal with shared security challenges in the Indo-Pacific.

Stand-in captain Aidan Markram won the toss and elected to bat Friday in the second one-day cricket international as South Africa bid to clinch the series in Australia. South Africa rested its regular captain Temba Bavuma as part of his workload management and Cricket South Africa said he will be available to lead the side in the last game of the series on Sunday.

While AEW’s return to Australia in 2026 was known before their first show ended, the first tease of that event hit social media on Thursday night.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's extraordinary criticism of the Albanese government hasn't deterred Foreign Minister Penny Wong from speaking out again against Israel. Mr Netanyahu is likening Australia's Palestinian statehood support to “appeasement”,

The home is on the market for the first time since it was built in 1982. The underlying property was purchased for A$93,000 in 1979 by painter-builder Nikolaous Dimitriadis and his wife, Kiriaky, according to Domain, which first reported the listing. They had never seen the home before buying it.

Australia's financial crime watchdog on Friday ordered the local unit of Binance to appoint an external auditor after identifying concerns related to its anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing controls.