After a day when there were no further sightings of possible wreckage from Malaysian Airlines flight 370, the extent of the challenge in trying to recover the plane and black boxes is becoming clear.
Two grainy satellite images that may or may not be wreckage from missing flight MH370 could be our strongest lead so far in the search for the plane. There’s a compelling reason why.
The world’s best survey ships and observation planes converge on a location in the remote south of the Indian Ocean, after a “breakthrough” in the hunt for missing flight MH370 is found.
Jonathan Rugman
As relatives of the missing passengers become more desperate for answers the Malaysians are becoming more wary of releasing information.
Wildfires raging across southeastern Australia in dry and windy summer conditions destroy homes and injure at least one firefighter.
England’s women cricketers manage a feat that eluded their male counterparts – beating the Australians away from home in the Ashes.
Searing temperatures at the Australian Open tennis tournament have raised concerns that athletes are exposed to dangerous conditions in the pursuit of excellence.
South eastern states of Australia are continuing to swelter in a heatwave that has seen temperatures soar above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).
Police arrest a British man and say they are seeking a “series of individuals” as part of an investigation into alleged illegal betting that relies on time delays of live television broadcasts.
One person is believed to be dead and more than 40 homes have been destroyed by a bushfire that hit the Perth Hills region of Western Australia on Sunday, where temperatures have soared above 40C.
After the humiliation of England’s Ashes trouncing down under, British sports fans will hope Andy Murray and Laura Robson can recapture the nation’s sporting credibility at the Australian tennis open.
The rescue of a team of 52 passengers who were left stranded in Antarctica over Christmas and the New Year began on Thursday, after a Chinese helicopter successfully landed on a makeshift helipad.
With the Ashes gone and an admission that his stamina might be in the same category, England spinner Graeme Swann decides to call it quits on his international and first-class cricket career.
England captain Alastair Cook concedes his side were outplayed in every department as they surrendered the Ashes to Australia in Perth.
Battered in Brisbane, annihilated in Adelaide, finally perishing in Perth, England’s cricket team are at their lowest ebb for years. Malcolm Boughen asks why and tentatively suggests a way forward.