Dec 16 Watch 4:55 News Wrap: Sydney mourns hostage victims By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the citizens of Sydney paid tribute to the two victims who were killed in a hostage standoff. Also, two suicide car bombings killed at least 26 people in Yemen. Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 7:44 Deadly hostage siege in Australia was ‘act of a desperate man’ By PBS News Hour Australian police stormed a cafe in Sydney where a lone gunman had held several hostages for hours, ending the siege with heavy gunfire. Two hostages were killed, in addition to the suspect. Judy Woodruff learns more from Sydney-based journalist Stuart… Continue watching
Dec 15 Australians use #IllRideWithYou to stand in solidarity with Muslims By Colleen Shalby Shortly after Man Haron Monisa -- a Muslim man -- was identified as the suspect who held more than a dozen people hostage in a Sydney cafe Monday, the hashtag #illridewithyou started trending in Australia, and soon elsewhere,… Continue reading
Dec 15 Gunman named as café siege in Sydney ends By Larisa Epatko The man who held more than a dozen people hostage in a café in Sydney is believed to be self-described cleric Man Haron Monis, according to Australian news reports. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch How Australia is monitoring Islamic State supporters inside their borders By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch Police thwart jihadist copycat beheading plot in Australia By PBS News Hour Australian police officers raided at least a dozen homes and held six suspects in Sydney after learning of a plot to behead a random person in public. The prime minister said that an Australian who is a senior member of… Continue watching
Aug 19 Passport officers can’t always spot fake photos, study says By Dave Sloan On Monday, a detailed study released on the website PLOS One revealed that many TSA agents and international airport security officers have trouble with facial recognition when processing photo identification. Continue reading
Aug 12 Photo of boy with head of Syrian soldier sparks outrage By Ayan Sheikh A photo of a 7-year-old boy holding up the severed head of a slain Syrian soldier has caused uproar in Australia, home to a convicted terrorist who fled to Syria last year to join the Islamic State terrorist group. Continue reading
Aug 04 Abandoned baby tests international laws of citizenship and parenthood By Anna Christiansen Australian immigration officials are weighing the case of Grammy, who was born via surrogacy in Thailand and was rejected by his biological parents. Grammy has down syndrome and a congenital heart defect, and is living with his 21 year-old surrogate… Continue reading
Jun 05 Koalas are treehuggers because it’s cool By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Koalas make coo-worthy photos when they cuddle up to Australia’s trees, where they live. But trees are more than shelter to the arboreal marsupials. Scientists recently learned that koalas use trees as their personal air conditioners. Continue reading