Indonesia's president confirmed Wednesday that a suspected Bali bombing mastermind with a 10-million-dollar bounty on his head had been killed, as Australia lauded Jakarta's drive to fight extremists. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told a luncheon in Australia's parliament house that Al-Qaeda-trained bomber Dulmatin was killed during a raid by counter-terrorism forces in the Indonesian capital ...

Indonesia and Australia on Wednesday agreed to beef up efforts to combat people smuggling, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said, following a spike in asylum seekers reaching Australia. The two countries agreed to expand cooperation in fighting "transnational crime, including people smuggling," he told a joint press conference with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. "The handling of boat people is a very ...

In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird. The achievement marks a major step towards drafting the genome of birds wiped out by human greed, although the scientists warn this does not mean an extinct species should ...

A baby elephant believed to have died during labour was born alive at an Australian zoo on Wednesday, amazing its keepers and defying expert opinion that such an outcome would take a "miracle". Sydney's Taronga Zoo said Monday that the calf had died in the womb after becoming trapped in a position from which there was never any chance ...