2 Australian soldiers killed and 2 wounded by improvised explosive devise in Afghanistan

2 Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Magnitude 6 earthquake shakes Vanuatu: No tsunami and no injuries or damage reported

Magnitude 6 earthquake shakes Vanuatu: No damage

Magnitude 7 earthquake shakes Papua New Guinea; no tsunami or reports of injury, damage

Magnitude 7 quake shakes Papua New Guinea

CANBERRA, Australia — A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Thursday, U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no risk of a significant tsunami in the South Pacific’s most populous island nation.

Earthquake strikes South Pacific islands of Tonga, Samoa, American Samoa; no damage reported

Quake strikes off Tonga, Samoa; no damage reported

Greater drilling scrutiny urged as Australia reviews report on oil rig leak similar to Gulf’s

More drill scrutiny urged as Australia gets report

Rescue boats heading to 16-year-old sailor drifting in frigid Indian Ocean on damaged yacht

Boats head to teen sailor drifting in Indian Ocean

Searchers hope to radio US teen sailor in distress midway between Australia and Africa

Searchers hope to radio US teen sailor in distress

Spike in violence in Afghanistan takes NATO death toll to 24 in June

2 days of carnage for foreign troops in Afghanistan take NATO death toll to 23 in June

2 days of carnage for foreign troops in Afghanistan take NATO death toll to 20 in a week

10 foreign troops killed on deadliest day this year for international forces in Afghanistan

2 Australian soldiers killed in explosion in southern Afghanistan after 10 NATO troops die

2 Australian soldiers die in Afghanistan explosion

Surfer in stable condition after shark attack off Australian west coast

Surfer survives shark attack off west Australia

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattles Papua New Guinea; no reports of casualties or tsunami risk

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattles Papua New Guinea

Australian officials say boat carrying 100 asylum seekers from Indonesia could have sunk

Officials say asylum seeker boat could have sunk

Damaged anti-whaling boat left to sink in pristine Antarctic waters; protesters seek hunters

Anti-whaling boat left to sink in Antarctica

Stricken anti-whaling boat sinks while under tow toward pristine Antarctic coast

Anti-whaling boat sinks in Antarctica

CANBERRA, Australia — Militant conservationists abandoned a sinking ship to resume their hunt for Japanese whalers Friday in a campaign that has heightened environmental concerns for the pristine Antarctic battleground.