Australian Outback

Misleading directions from Google Maps led two German tourists to become stranded in the remote Australian outback, forcing them to battle a crocodile, a snake, and wild cows.

As the son of a farmhand from the Australian outback, Simon Abney-Hastings might be an unlikely choice to receive an invitation to King Charles III's coronation.

Millions of dead and rotting fish have clogged a vast stretch of river near a remote town in the Australian outback as a searing heatwave sweeps through the region.

A lost radioactive capsule found after a search along a 1,400 km stretch of the arid Western Australian outback is due to arrive in Perth on Thursday as investigators work on piecing together just how it fell from a truck.

NASA's first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia's Outback late Sunday, in a "historic" moment for the country's space industry.

NASA's first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia's Outback late Sunday, in a "historic" moment for the country's space industry.

Australian police charged a 36-year-old man on Thursday with abducting a four-year-old girl from an outback campsite 18 days before she was found safe in a locked house.

Mahesh Patrick, 14, and Shaun Emitja, 21, had been reported missing on Tuesday and had become separated in Australia's outback with no access to fresh water or provisions until they were found on Friday and Saturday respectively.

An Australian mother said Tuesday she felt "blessed" after her three-year-old son with autism was found alive, scooping muddy water from a creek in dense outback terrain after a three-day hunt that gripped the country.

Pizza and beer are being delivered by plane to remote ranches in the Australian outback in an attempt to bring a slice of cheer to those in extreme isolation under the virus lockdown.

A body has been found in the search for a woman lost for more than two weeks in Australia's arid outback, police said Wednesday after two of her friends were rescued.

Four children took a stolen four-wheel drive on a 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) road trip across the Australian outback before being nabbed by police, officials said Monday.

Tourism operators in Australia's vast outback say wild inaccuracies in Google Maps are making remote hot spots appear out of reach, deterring people from visiting the region.

A huge runaway train laden with iron ore had to be derailed remotely after speeding through the Australian outback for almost an hour.

A 21-year-old man has scripted an incredible tale of survival after crashing his car while travelling through a desolate Australian outback by walking about 140 km before getting help and drinking his own urine to stay alive.

Misleading directions from Google Maps led two German tourists to become stranded in the remote Australian outback, forcing them to battle a crocodile, a snake, and wild cows.

As the son of a farmhand from the Australian outback, Simon Abney-Hastings might be an unlikely choice to receive an invitation to King Charles III's coronation.

Millions of dead and rotting fish have clogged a vast stretch of river near a remote town in the Australian outback as a searing heatwave sweeps through the region.

A lost radioactive capsule found after a search along a 1,400 km stretch of the arid Western Australian outback is due to arrive in Perth on Thursday as investigators work on piecing together just how it fell from a truck.

NASA's first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia's Outback late Sunday, in a "historic" moment for the country's space industry.

NASA's first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia's Outback late Sunday, in a "historic" moment for the country's space industry.

Australian police charged a 36-year-old man on Thursday with abducting a four-year-old girl from an outback campsite 18 days before she was found safe in a locked house.

Mahesh Patrick, 14, and Shaun Emitja, 21, had been reported missing on Tuesday and had become separated in Australia's outback with no access to fresh water or provisions until they were found on Friday and Saturday respectively.

An Australian mother said Tuesday she felt "blessed" after her three-year-old son with autism was found alive, scooping muddy water from a creek in dense outback terrain after a three-day hunt that gripped the country.

Pizza and beer are being delivered by plane to remote ranches in the Australian outback in an attempt to bring a slice of cheer to those in extreme isolation under the virus lockdown.

A body has been found in the search for a woman lost for more than two weeks in Australia's arid outback, police said Wednesday after two of her friends were rescued.

Four children took a stolen four-wheel drive on a 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) road trip across the Australian outback before being nabbed by police, officials said Monday.

Tourism operators in Australia's vast outback say wild inaccuracies in Google Maps are making remote hot spots appear out of reach, deterring people from visiting the region.

A huge runaway train laden with iron ore had to be derailed remotely after speeding through the Australian outback for almost an hour.

A 21-year-old man has scripted an incredible tale of survival after crashing his car while travelling through a desolate Australian outback by walking about 140 km before getting help and drinking his own urine to stay alive.