LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes has hailed Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah as the best the game has seen since the days of Australian great Shane Warne.
MELBOURNE: A Pakistani boy has been honoured with Younger Victorian of the year at a ceremony in Australia for his valuable contributions to the Victorian communities.
SYDNEY: An Australian man who filmed himself biting the head off a live rat and posting the video on Facebook was banned on Monday from owning pets for three years and ordered to do community service.
LONDON: Australia's Adam Voges was taken to hospital following a concussion scare after the Middlesex captain collapsed during his side's County Championship match against Hampshire on Sunday.
SYDNEY: A 16-year-old schoolgirl was set to be charged Tuesday with raising money to support the Islamic State group, Australian police said, warning of a "trend of teenage children" involved in such activities.
Australian sports journalist Mel McLaughlin, who made headlines following West Indian batsman Chris Gayle asked her out during a live TV interview, has been slammed on social media for offering to buy a former cricketer a drink.
BANGALORE: Hardline Hindu activists threatened to "skin" an Australian visitor who had a tattoo of a Hindu goddess on his leg, police said Monday, adding they were looking for the culprits.
SYDNEY: The leader of the Sydney mosque attended by a 15-year-old who killed a police worker has called for an end to violent extremism, saying Friday that Muslims who reject Australian values should leave the country.
SYDNEY: Tenacious Australian wicketkeeper and batsman BradHaddin announced his retirement from international cricket on Wednesday after a stellar career.
SYDNEY: Several beaches on Australia's east coast remained closed Sunday after a bodyboarder was seriously hurt in a shark attack, just weeks after two others were badly mauled at a nearby region.
An Australian tourist – known for travel blogging – Sophee Smiles is currently on a 12-month long tour to explore beautiful landscapes of the world. The lady had an exciting time during her stopover in Pakistan this month.
MELBOURNE: A woman who had regular sex with her daughter's 12-year-old friend and fathered his baby was Monday jailed for up to six years, with the judge saying she took away his childhood.
MELBOURNE: Fishermen off Australia who accidentally caught a whopping basking shark have provided scientists with a rare opportunity to study the second-biggest fish on the planet.
KATHMANDU: Pictures posted by Australian journalist Siobhan Heanue, currently on a fellowship to Nepal, of the devastation wracked by the massive Nepal earthquake on Kathmandu's landmark Royal Square have gone viral on social media.
SYDNEY: An Australian man was convicted Wednesday of procuring his 12-year-old daughter for sex by letting her marry a man more than twice her age in an Islamic ceremony.
SYDNEY: Increasing numbers of young women are altering the profile of Australians joining the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, Attorney-General George Brandis said Saturday, enticed by the "false glamour" of the organisation.
KUALA LAMPUR: An Australian woman has been arrested in Malaysia -- which mandates the death penalty for drug trafficking -- after allegedly being caught with 1.5 kilogrammes (52 oz) of crystal methamphetamine, an official confirmed Saturday.
DUBAI: Fiery paceman Mithcell Johnson Saturday said he was happy to be the aggressor in his team's attack which contributed successfully in the one-day series win over Pakistan in United Arab Emirates.
MELBOURNE: Australia spinner Nathan Lyon is coy about the new delivery he has been refining with Muttiah Muralitharan and hopes to unleash on Pakistan in October's test...