On July 1, 1942, a U.S. submarine torpedoed the SS Montevideo Maru, not knowing it was carrying Allied captives. When the ...

The naval fleet of four vessels, including a cruiser, a frigate, a supply tanker and possibly a submarine, then ...

A 57-year-old police officer was fatally shot on Monday while serving a court-approved warrant to repossess a home in North ...

Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles says the nation will ­inevitably be drawn into a US-China conflict with the continent now more relevant than ever to the contest between the world’s great powers, ...

Anthony Albanese says Australia will “continue to play an important role in the Pacific” but has stopped short of committing ...

Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles has laid the groundwork for major reforms to the defence bureaucracy and the sale of ...

The White House's review of the Aukus pact — a security arrangement between the US, UK and Australia — is rattling one of ...

Australia is considering assisted departures for citizens in Israel and Iran but the timeline is dictated by safety, with airspace closed due to air strikes.

Australia will continue to press the case for a de-escalation of a tit-for-tat bombing campaign between Iran and Israel amid fears the conflict will escalate, the acting prime minister says. Israel ...

A police officer has been shot dead at a regional property in Tasmania’s north during what was supposed to be a “routine” job ...