Australian state stripped away anonymity promised to sperm and egg donors with law that has brought unexpected joy and upended lives

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says focusing on the basic needs of her baby girl has helped her appreciate why people with young families may not find time for politics

An Australian minister says a new infrastructure partnership with the United States and Japan does not challenge growing Chinese investment in the Indo-Pacific region

Guam officials have requested federal agencies to investigate allegations of tax evasion and cigarette smuggling by a tobacco distributor

Australia's foreign minister is visiting East Timor to repair bilateral tries after a bitter dispute over oil and gas revenue

28 students who survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have planted trees thousands of miles away in New Zealand to commemorate those who died

An Australian soldier's skull has been buried in a French war grave a century after it was taken for eventual display in a Philadelphia medical museum

The Australian prime minister says his government will not give up its quest to prosecute an Australian Islamic State group suspect despite a Turkish court rejecting an extradition application

Australia's prime minister has called on Pope Francis to fire an Australian archbishop who is the most senior Roman Catholic cleric ever convicted for covering up child sexual abuse

Australia drew a line in the sand on July 19, 2013, to stem a rising tide of asylum seekers brought by people smugglers on long and treacherous ocean voyages