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Screen capture from video of recovery efforts after six people died when a sea plane crashed into the Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney, Australia, December 31, 2017. (YouTube)
December 31, 2017, 1:58 pm
Six dead after Sydney seaplane crash
Tour aircraft plunges into river, killing all on board; unconfirmed reports say four passengers were British nationals
By AFP and TOI staff
Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Gaughan speaks to the media about a North Korean agent in Sydney on December 17, 2017. (AFP Photo/Peter Parks)
December 17, 2017, 7:43 am
N. Korea ‘agent’ charged over missile tech sale plot in Australia
Police say Australian national was in touch with senior officials in Pyongyang, worked to boost regime's ballistic missile program
By AFP
Lebanese Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk at the police headquarter in Beirut, Lebanon, November 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
August 22, 2017, 6:56 am
Lebanon says four nationals behind failed plot to down plane in Australia
Suspects hid bombs inside a large Barbie doll and a meat grinder but failed to get them onboard aircraft after bag deemed overweight
By Bassem Mroue
An architect’s rendering shows the synagogue building that a Chabad affiliate, Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe, hoped to build near a popular beach in Sydney, Australia. (Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe)
August 10, 2017, 6:59 pm
Australian group to resubmit plans for Sydney synagogue
Waverley council affirms security arrangements can be found for house of worship to be built near Bondi Beach
By henry Benjamin
Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan (L) and New South Wales Police Commissioner Catherine Burn address the media after two 16-year-old boys were charged with terror-related offences in Sydney on October 13, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WEST)
August 6, 2017, 2:37 pm
Australia police release man in foiled plane terrorism plot
Charged with possession of prohibited weapon, Khaled Merhi is to appear in court later this month
By AFP
An architect’s rendering shows the synagogue building that a Chabad affiliate, Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe, hoped to build near a popular beach in Sydney, Australia. (Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe)
August 4, 2017, 10:50 pm
Australian city: Don’t blame us for banning synagogue on terror grounds
Jewish leaders decry disturbing decision in Sydney suburb, predict legal means will be taken to pursue project
By JTA and TOI staff
Pedestrians walk past newly-installed concrete security bollards near the Lindt Cafe on July 17, 2017, scene of the 2014 Sydney cafe seige, in which two hostages and the gunman were killed. (AFP/WILLIAM WEST)
August 3, 2017, 6:40 pm
Plan for new synagogue in Australia blocked over terror fears
In move that Jewish community says rewards terror, court upholds Sydney council decision that house of prayer poses unacceptable security risk
By TOI staff
Police man a checkpoint in the Sydney inner suburb of Surry Hills on July 29, 2017. (AFP Photo/William West)
July 29, 2017, 3:57 pm
Four arrested in Sydney counterterror raids
Australian PM says suspects planned to carry out attacks in country, calls on citizens to 'remain alert'
By AFP
The Sydney Jewish Museum in 2011. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
February 28, 2017, 8:14 pm
Sydney Jewish Museum evacuated after bomb threat
Offices of neighboring Jewish institutions also cleared, one day after over 20 JCCs and schools targeted in US
By JTA
The flight trajectory of El Al Flight ELY33 from Singapore to Sydney, carrying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 22, 2017, showing a detour of some 2.5 hours to avoid Indonesian airspace. (Screenshot: FlightAware)
February 23, 2017, 10:17 pm
Netanyahu took 2-hour detour to avoid Indonesia en route to Australia
PM arrived in Sydney after 11 hours in the air from Singapore, a journey that usually lasts 8.5 hours
By TOI staff
Mosman Mayor Peter Abelson in 2012 (CC BY Mosman Library/Flickr)
January 19, 2017, 2:40 pm
Australian mayor declines synagogue invite, citing West Bank occupation
Peter Abelson, who says he is half-Jewish, accused of anti-Semitism for shunning local Jews over Israel's policies
By JTA
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull dances in Sydney's Central Synagogue with Rabbi Levi Wolff, 30 December, 2016 (Screen capture: YouTube)
January 1, 2017, 8:35 pm
Impromptu invite leads Australian PM to dance the hora
Malcolm Turnbull decides at last minute to attend Central Synagogue for Hanukkah candle-lighting, dancing and anti-UN speech
By JTA
New York City police officers stand guard in Times Square on December 31, 2016. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
January 1, 2017, 3:45 am
Istanbul attack revives terror jitters in New Year
Unprecedented security greets throngs of revelers worldwide; deadly attack rocks Baghdad
By Stuart Williams and Barry Parker
Fireworks explode above Singapore's financial district at the stroke of midnight to mark the New Year's celebrations on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
January 1, 2017, 1:36 am
Around the world, revelers bid adieu to a year of conflicts, celebrity deaths
Amid tight security, crowds from New York to Sydney, Tokyo to Dubai greet a new year with hope and trepidation
By AP
New Year's fireworks illuminate the sky over the iconic Opera House and Harbor Bridge in Sydney, Australia on January 1, 2017. (AFP/Saeed Khan)
December 31, 2016, 7:11 pm
Australia kicks off global New Year party defying terror threat
Under heavy police guard, over a million revelers gather in Sydney to watch fireworks after police arrest suspect who threatened annual extravaganza
By Barry Parker
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