The annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race faced tragedy in its opening hours as two sailors died in separate accidents amid challenging weather conditions off Australia's coast. Race officials confirmed the deaths occurred within two hours of each other ...

The death toll in the Sydney terror attack has risen to 16, while more than 40 people are reported injured, several of them critical. Australian authorities have officially declared the incident a terrorist attack and intensified investigations.

Champagne corks often pop and loud, boisterous cheers are usually heard around Constitution Dock when the Sydney to Hobart line honors winner finishes in the Tasmanian state capital. There were no such celebrations this year when defending champion ...

Sydney residents have laid flowers and lit candles in a massive outpouring of support as the community mourns people who were massacred by two gunmen in a terror attack Sunday targeting the Jewish community celebrating the first night of Hannukah at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach.