3 men survive night in churning seas off Australia after whale strikes, sinks their boat

3 survive after whale sinks boat off Australia

Naked, armed Australian puts police on alert

PERTH - A naked Australian man armed with a pistol climbed up a 10-metre-high billboard in Perth and shouted at onlookers below for nearly four hours, bringing the entire city police unit on alert.

Man bashed up man for refusing to give mobile phone

PERTH - Three unidentified miscreants demanded a mobile phone from a Serbia-born Australian citizen, and bashed him up with wooden planks when he refused to do so, a media report said.

Indian Ocean Sailor Rescue Operation

Mines evacuated as 5.0-magnitude quake strikes western Australia, damaging hotels, schools

Quake hits western Australian mining town

PERTH, Australia — A powerful earthquake struck Australia’s major gold-mining region in the west Tuesday, collapsing roofs of several buildings and prompting the evacuation of mines, schools and hospitals.

Major storm dumps hail, collapses roofs and cuts power to 150,000 in western Australia

Power cut, roofs collapse in major Australia storm

Indian to face charges of killing fellow countrymen in Australia

PERTH - An Indian student, accused of killing two of his fellow countrymen in Australia following a fight over money, will be presented before a court here Saturday.

Two Indian brothers die in Australia after fight over money

PERTH - An Indian student was being questioned here Friday over the death of two Indian brothers after a dispute over money, media reports said.

Residents return to about 40 razed homes after crews contain wildfires in Australia’s west

Australian residents return to razed homes

Wildfires rage in Australia’s west, destroying homes, sending people fleeing; 3 injured

Wildfires destroy homes in Australia’s west