An Iranian man who murdered his wife has lost his landmark court bid to prevent Australia from sending him to live on a tiny Pacific island.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Home to only around 600 people, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands sit in the middle of the Indian Ocean, between Australia and Sri Lanka ...

Discover Tasmania, a captivating island state of Australia that remains largely unexplored. Although it's nearly the size of Sri Lanka, it boasts a surprisingly small population of just around half a ...

On the 30-minute helicopter commute from the northern Australian city of Townsville to Pelorus Private Island, sharp-eyed pilot Will Owens points to sharks and turtles in the coral-mottled seas below.

Browse Island, a tiny bump in the sea off the coast of Western Australia, has become the focus of a world-first attempt to ...

FROM AUSTRALIA’S perspective the Pacific’s island states have sat for decades in its backyard. Latterly a gate-crasher has stomped in. China has shaken Australian assumptions in the Pacific. Australia ...

Australia's deputy prime minister pledged support to the Solomon Islands during a visit to the archipelago nation on Tuesday, as Canberra intensifies efforts to counter China's growing influence in ...