A senior member of the Islamic State militant group reportedly exhorted supporters in Australia to conduct public beheadings at random.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the decision to send troops followed a request from the United States in the last 24 hours.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the first ever rise in Australia's terror alert system since it was introduced in 2003.
Australia has repeatedly raised the alarm about the number of its citizens believed to be fighting with Islamic groups in the Middle East.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Saturday that a memorial for the missing MH370 victims is being planned on Australia's west coast.
Abbott and Modi were due to hold formal talks later on Friday and sign the deal to sell uranium for peaceful power generation.
Australia, which will host a G20 summit in November, has said that opposition to Vladimir Putin's presence at the meeting is growing.
The fresh set of bans from Australia will affect 63 Russian and Ukrainian individuals, along with 21 corporations.
The news of the hacking comes as Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a new search has a “reasonable chance” of finding Flight MH370.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says, "It is hard to see how how the world would be helped by an independent Scotland."
While Australia's prime minister said sending in troops was not ruled out, his defense minister spoke only of humanitarian aid.
Some 1,150 Marines are stationed in Darwin in Australia's tropical north under a 2011 agreement that launched Obama's "pivot" to Asia.
The photo was condemned by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, among others.
The son of a convicted Australian who escaped to Syria was photographed holding a soldier's severed head.
On Thursday, Russia imposed a ban on American, European and Australian agricultural exports into the country.
The delegates from Africa claim returning to their home countries would be a “life threatening proposition.”
India's ultimatum has revived doubts about the future of the WTO as a negotiating body.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak reached an agreement with separatist leader Alexander Borodai for access to the MH17 crash site.
An international team of investigators arrived at the MH17 crash site on Saturday.
Thursday is the second day of the airlift, which is transporting bodies of victims from Flight MH17 to the Netherlands.
The first international investigators reached rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on Monday.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott led a carbon tax repeal this week, signaling a disturbing trend for international attempts to curb emissions.