Australia

A big rescue effort was required to free a young hiker who spent seven hours wedged upside-down between boulders in Australia.

The woman was safely rescued, sustaining just scratches and bruises, in the rescue earlier this month — but she was unable to retrieve her phone.

Australian actor and director Simon Baker, best known for his role as Patrick Jane in the CBS drama series “The Mentalist,” has avoided a conviction after pleading guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol near his rural home.

A passenger has been arrested at an Australian airport after he left a stationary airliner through an emergency exit, walked along a wing and then climbed down a jet engine to the tarmac.

A man has died after an unauthorized helicopter flight in Queensland, Australia ended in a crash on a hotel roof, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of people from the building as flames engulfed the aircraft.

The Australian government has elevated the nation’s terrorism threat alert level from “possible” to “probable,” citing concerns about increasing radicalization among young people and community tensions over the Israel-Hamas war.

An Australian art museum curator has divulged that she was the creator of three paintings that she presented as works by Pablo Picasso — and which prompted a gender discrimination case when she only permitted female gallery patrons to view them.

Amelia Kotze has died at 15 after being injured in an accident while competing in the Central Coast Cup in Australia last week.

A man accused of running naked down the aisle of an Australian domestic flight, knocking down a flight attendant and forcing the plane to turn back, has been arrested by police at the airport.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described domestic violence as a national crisis after thousands rallied around the country against violence toward women.

Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person, and sparked a riot was an act of terrorism.

A police officer and several bystanders are being hailed for running “towards danger” to confront the attacker who stabbed and killed six people at a suburban Sydney shopping center.

A man began stabbing people at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, leaving multiple people including a small child injured, police said.

The bakery told NBC News that the suspect stole an iPad, shoes, hot cross buns and croissants “that must have smelt too good!”

A woman was seen on a surveillance camera stretching and doing yoga before a theft at a bakery in Australia.

The hot-air balloon took off from Melbourne’s northern suburbs early in the morning and was in the air for about 30 minutes before the man fell from the basket.

At least 50 people were injured Monday by what officials described as a “strong movement” on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand.

A 3-year-old was rescued after crawling inside a claw machine in Australia.

Australia plays Palestine in Kuwait on Tuesday in a game that was going to be held in the West Bank but was relocated due to the escalation of violence in the region.

Anthony Albanese will soon become the first Australian prime minister in seven years to visit China in recognition of improving bilateral relations.