Hostages decided to flee as Sydney gunman began to doze off, reports say

Iranian-born Islamic State sympathiser Man Haron Monis began to doze off in the early hours of Tuesday when the hostages decided to escape together and on realising this he opened fire, according......

PHOTOS: The moment police decided to storm Sydney cafe

Grenades and gunfire gripped Sydney as the tense hostage situation at the Lindt Chocolate cafe ended after 17 long hours.    Image: Police enter the Lindt Chocolate Cafe, Martin......

15 arrested in counter-terrorism raids in Australia

Police talk outside a house that was involved in pre-dawn raids in the western Sydney suburb of Guilford. Photographs: David Gray/Reuters Australian police on Thursday made a series of arrests in......

Aussie Muslims tipped off cops over volatile text messages

Members of the Muslim community in Australia's New South Wales tipped off police that radical Islamists were sending 'inflammatory text messages' seeking support for a protest over a video deemed......

Indian cricketers' security tightened in Brisbane after hostage crisis

It's too early to comment on the fate of the Sydney Test, which starts December 26; for us the tour is still on, says Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Sanjay Patel. India's Virat......