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 ...

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 ...

Indonesia's president confirmed Wednesday that a suspected Bali bombing mastermind with a 10-million-dollar bounty on his head had been killed, as Australia lauded Jakarta's drive to fight extremists. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told a luncheon in Australia's parliament house that Al-Qaeda-trained bomber Dulmatin was killed during a raid by counter-terrorism forces in the Indonesian capital ...