Thousands of Australians were on Saturday ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney's northwest and elsewhere in New South Wales state as heavy rainfall flooded rivers and waterways.

State Emergency

A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit off the Loyalty Islands in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Saturday but there was no tsunami alert, seismologists said.

The quake struck 261 ki

US prosecutors have drawn up secret charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a confidential email cited by media on Wednesday said, as his lawyer demanded Australia start protecting him.

The

Australian pace bowler Stuart Clark said on Monday he was retiring from first-class cricket after 24 Tests and 39 one-day internationals.

The 36-year-old claimed 94 Test wickets at 23.86, including 2

A major controversy erupted in the tri-series match between India and Australia at the SCG, with Sachin Tendulkar being dismissed in a debatable run out and visiting captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni lashi

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni squarely put the blame on his batsmen for the crushing 87-run defeat at the hands of Australia in a critical match at the SCG here on Sunday.

"I don't need to expl

Australia won the toss and elected to bat against India in a critical match of the one-day tri-series here on Sunday.

Australia have suffered a setback with captain Michael Clarke out due to a stiff

Test great Shane Warne will be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame this week, Cricket Australia said on Sunday.

The legendary leg-spinner, the first cricketer to take 700 Test wickets,

Australia were 252 for nine wickets off 50 overs after winning the toss in the tri-series one-day international against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.

David Warner topscored with 68 wh

It seems controversy can never be far behind if India are playing Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The venue of the infamous '2008 monkeygate scandal' was in focus yet again today during t