Australia

Detectives in New South Wales made an appeal for witnesses Monday, alleging that a driver committed the "acts of animal cruelty" in the span of an hour this weekend.

The Parliament of New South Wales, home to the nation's largest city, Sydney, has removed unlawful abortion from the state's criminal code and has eased access to abortion services.

"We know it's happening. We need change. We demand better," an 11-year-old girl said at a march in Thailand. Protesters are calling for net-zero carbon emissions and other changes.

Yang Hengjun, a former Chinese diplomat who became an Australian citizen, was arrested seven months ago in China. He has written extensively in the past on the rule of law, democracy and human rights.

An underwater volcano is thought to have produced a sheet of pumice that stretches 58 square miles.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Canberra would commit a frigate, patrol plane and specialist defense force personnel to the security flotilla escorting commercial shipping from Iranian attacks.

The former archbishop of Sydney and high-ranking Vatican official was sentenced in March to six years in prison for abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s.

The 29-year-old smiled at reporters upon arriving at the airport in Beijing Thursday, telling them he felt "great." But he declined to elaborate on his whereabouts since he was first reported missing.

Four people were fatally shot in the city of Darwin. Police said they believe the suspect used a shotgun that was stolen as far back as 1997. The country enacted strict gun laws after a 1996 massacre.

Federal authorities allege the ABC relied on classified material in its 2017 report detailing unlawful killings by Australian special forces in Afghanistan.