Sydney's firework go off with a roar

Sydney's lord mayor says the city is spending $6.6 million on its New Year's Eve event. Source: AAP SYDNEY'S skyline has exploded in gold, pink, green and blue as part of the traditional New Year's Eve family-oriented curtain raiser. The...

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UK singer remanded on child sex charges

ROCKER Ian Watkins has reappeared before a Welsh court to face allegations of plotting to rape a baby girl. The 35-year-old vocalist, whose band Lostprophets has sold more than 3.5 million records worldwide, was arrested with two women earlier...

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Iran tests weapons near Strait of Hormuz

IRAN'S navy says it has test-fired a range of weapons during ongoing manoeuvres near the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the world's oil supply. The Monday report by the official IRNA news agency quotes exercise spokesman Admiral...

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Syria says will respond to conflict talks

Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi believes he has a peace plan the international community can adopt. Source: AAP DAMASCUS will respond to any initiative that could solve Syria's 21-month conflict through talks, its premier says, after peace envoy...

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Man, 18, dies after Adelaide shooting

A YOUNG man is dead and a 17-year-old has been arrested after a shooting in Adelaide's southern suburbs. The 18-year-old was shot at Sixth Avenue, Warradale around 7.40pm (CDT) on Monday and was rushed to Flinders Medical Centre in a critical...

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Syrian troops hit Homs, kill 23 children

SYRIAN regime forces have pressed a fierce offensive in Homs after overrunning a key neighbourhood of the central city, according to a watchdog, which also listed 23 children killed in violence across the country. The latest bloodletting on Sunday...

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East Timor hailed a UN success

TROOPS sent by Australia and New Zealand have all gone home and only a handful of United Nations police will be left when the UN flag comes down in East Timor's capital of Dili after six years. "As of Monday, the liquidation team will be there....

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Russia investigates Moscow plane crash

RUSSIAN medics have begun identifying the bodies of four crew killed when a passenger jet careened off the runway of a Moscow international airport and smashed into a highway. Rescue workers recovered the flight recorders from the four-year-old...

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French paper to publish comic on Mohammed

A FRENCH weekly known for publishing cartoons of Prophet Mohammed to the ire of conservative Muslims says it plans to release a comic book biography of Islam's founder that will be researched and educational. Satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo...

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Man missing after canoe tips on NSW river

A MAN is missing after his canoe tipped over on a river in southwestern NSW. The man, aged in his late 20s, was paddling on the Murrumbidgee River when the canoe overturned about 2.30pm (AEDT) on Sunday. He failed to resurface, police say....

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Man drowns at NSW Central Coast beach

A MAN has drowned at a beach on the NSW Central Coast after getting caught in a rip. Police say the 27-year-old man was one of six people swimming at Budgewoi beach when four members of the group got into trouble because of strong currents at...

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Rape case attackers charged with murder

INDIAN police charged six men with murder, hours after a woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi nearly two weeks ago died in a Singapore hospital. New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said the six face the death penalty if...

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French panel overturns 75pc tax on rich

A FRENCH constitutional panel has thrown out a plan to tax the ultra-wealthy at a 75 per cent rate, saying it is excessive. The constitutional council ruled that the highly contentious tax, which President Francois Hollande promised to impose...

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Pakistan to lift ban on YouTube

PAKISTAN provisionally unblocked access to the popular video-sharing website YouTube after taking measures to filter blasphemous material and pornography, officials said. Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in September ordered the blocking...

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Macau-Hong Kong ferry crash injures 26

TWENTY-six people were injured in a collision between a Hong Kong-bound passenger ferry and a buoy in Macau, authorities said. The ferry crashed into the buoy in Macau's Outer Harbour around 10 minutes after it left the ferry terminal at approximately...

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2012 was England's wettest year on record

ENGLAND has experienced its wettest year on record, with parts of the country due to receive further heavy downpours on the last weekend of 2012. The UK Met Office confirmed that with a total average rainfall of 1095.8mm across England up until...

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China launches rival GPS satellite system

CHINA has launched commercial and public services across the Asia-Pacific region on its domestic satellite navigation network built to rival the US global positioning system. The Beidou, or Compass, system started providing services to civilians...

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Woman injured in toilet fall in Qld

A WOMAN has been airlifted to hospital after becoming trapped in a long-drop outdoor toilet in central Queensland. The woman, 65, was climbing off a trailer when she fell backwards into the 2.5-metre-deep open hole on a property at Wartburg,...

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Putin signs anti-US adoptions bill

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children, making the legislation official less than 24 hours after his office received it from Parliament. The bill has angered Americans and Russians who...

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Bonfire bullet injures Sydney boy

A TEENAGE boy has been injured by a bullet he threw into a bonfire. Police said the 13-year-old boy was throwing bullets into a bonfire in the backyard of his home in Penrith when one of them exploded about 9.40pm on Friday. The bullet hit...

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Drowned man not wearing life jacket

A MAN who died after falling from a runabout off the NSW Central Coast was not wearing a life jacket, police say. A 57-year-old Monterey man was fishing on Thursday from the rear of the boat approximately 1km off Forresters Beach, while his...

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China tightening controls on Internet

CHINA'S new communist leaders are increasing already tight controls on Internet use and electronic publishing following a spate of embarrassing online reports about official abuses. The measures suggest China's new leader, Xi Jinping, and others...

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Tourists flock to beard implants

SURGEONS in Turkey are seeing a spike in the number of men seeking facial hair transplants, according to newspaper reports. Since moustache and beard implants were introduced in 2000, Istanbul-based specialist Selahattin Tulunay said the procedure...

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Drowned man not wearing life jacket

A MAN who died after falling from a runabout off the NSW Central Coast was not wearing a life jacket, police say. A 57-year-old Monterey man was fishing on Thursday from the rear of the boat approximately 1km off Forresters Beach, while his...

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Medics battle to save gang-rape victim

DOCTORS in Singapore battled to save the life of an Indian student who sustained horrific injuries in a gang-rape after she was dramatically airlifted from a hospital in New Delhi. As India's prime minister vowed that the attackers of the 23-year-old...

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30 hurt in fire in Lagos neighbourhood

FIRE has ripped through a crowded neighbourhood in Nigeria's largest city and wounded at least 30 people after a huge explosion rocked a building believed to be storing fireworks, officials say. The blast and fire on Wednesday led to panic in...

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Black box of crashed Myanmar plane found

A MYANMAR airline says the black box has been found after a dramatic Christmas Day crash-landing, as survivors told terrifying tales of escape and expressed disbelief that only two people died. Details of the accident remain unclear, though...

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Video of Aussie kidnapped in Philippines

AN Australian man held hostage by militants in the southern Philippines for more than a year has appeared in a video as proof that he is alive. Warren Richard Rodwell said on the video that he is being held in isolation. He said he understands...

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World's longest fast train line opens

CHINA has opened the world's longest high-speed rail line that more than halves the time required to travel from the country's capital in the north to Guangzhou, an economic hub in southern China. The opening of the 2,298 kilometre-line was...

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Man charged with Yarraville murders

A 24-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with the murders of an elderly couple whose bodies were found in their burning house last Saturday. In an out-of-sessions court hearing, Ross Konidaris of Sunshine West, in Melbourne's north, was charged with...

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Mandela 'looking better' for Christmas

NELSON Mandela looks "much better" and doctors are pleased with his progress, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma says. Mr Zuma joined Mr Mandela's wife, Graca Machel, and other family members in wishing a merry Christmas to Mr Mandela at his...

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Popular Vic restaurant destroyed by fire

THE popular Snooty Fox restaurant at Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges has been destroyed by fire. CFA brigades were called to the restaurant on the Mt Dandenong Tourist Road on Tuesday night. No one was hurt in the blaze which was attended by...

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Zimbabwe truck crash kills 18

EIGHTEEN people headed home for the holidays died when an open truck veered off a mountain road and plunged into a ravine in northeastern Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe state radio said on Tuesday another 46 passengers crowded on the back of the truck were...

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Storm threatens typhoon-hit Philippines

A TROPICAL storm is set to hit the Philippines on Christmas Day and could spark floods and landslides, forecasters say. Tropical Storm Wukong is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the southern island of Dinagat from 10pm on Tuesday...

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Two dead, 11 hurt in Burma plane crash

A BURMA passenger jet packed with foreign tourists crash-landed and burst into flames in a field in eastern Shan state, killing at least two people and injuring 11 others, officials said. Black smoke was seen billowing from the charred wreckage...

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Aussie lawyer gets early Christmas gift

Mongolian authorities have cleared an Aussie lawyer of corruption allegations, freeing her to leave. Source: AAP THE parents of an Australian lawyer who was barred from leaving Mongolia for two months have received an early Christmas present,...

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Canberra homes damaged by storm

DOZENS of people have called for help after a thunderstorm battered Canberra. The ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) received 30 calls for help on Christmas Eve. In Oxley, families were forced from their homes because of leaking gas. Four...

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Eleven children die in China road accident

A VAN has plunged into a roadside pond in a rural area of China, killing 11 children. Three children died at the scene of the accident in Guixi city in Jiangxi province and another eight died later in hospital, said an official from the propaganda...

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UN envoy worried after talks with Assad

THE international envoy tasked with pushing to end Syria's civil war says the situation is "worrying" after discussing the crisis with President Bashar Assad. In brief comments to reporters after meeting the Syrian leader at the presidential...

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India and Russia sign major aircraft deal

RUSSIA and India have signed deals for military aircraft estimated to be worth several billion dollars during Russian President Vladimir Putin's day-long summit with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Ten agreements were signed during the summit,...

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Brothers thrown from jet-ski in Sydney

TWO brothers have been hospitalised after being thrown from a jet-ski in Sydney's south. Emergency services were called to Cape Solander in Kurnell about 2pm (AEDT) on Sunday, after the accident. While one of the brothers, aged 30, managed...

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Germany warns Britain against EU blackmail

GERMAN Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has warned Britain in a Sunday newspaper interview against "blackmailing" its EU partners in a bid to bring powers back home from Brussels. "We want to keep Britain in the EU and not force it out,"...

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Tourists in hospital after Qld bus crash

AT least 10 people have been hospitalised after a bus rolled several times down an embankment on the Gold Coast hinterland. Seventeen tourists and a driver were on board the 20-seater bus when it rolled down Mount Tamborine just after midday...

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Pell says sorry to victims of clergy abuse

Cardinal George Pell, leader of the Catholic church in Australia, says he is "deeply sorry" for the pain caused by those in his organisation. Picture: Craig Greenhill Source: News Limited AUSTRALIA'S most senior Catholic has apologised to...

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Elderly woman dies in NSW crash

A ELDERLY woman has died following a crash near Wollongong, marking the first death on NSW roads during the Christmas toll period. Police said the woman, aged 79, was travelling with her husband and another married couple, aged 73 and 74, when...

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Fire bans, warnings as WA set to scorch

A MID-40C scorcher will see a total fire ban for around 2600 residents on the northern WA coast, while 6000 people in the state's Pilbara region are bracing for severe fire danger. The Shire of Exmouth, in the coastal region of Gascoyne about...

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Syria's chemical weapons safe, Russia says

RUSSIA'S foreign minister says the Syrian government has consolidated its chemical weapons in one or two locations amid a rebel onslaught. Sergey Lavrov says Russia, which has military advisers training Syria's military, has kept close watch...

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Two charged over $580,000 cigarette haul

CIGARETTES worth more than half a million dollars have been seized and two men charged following a routine police truck stop in Victoria's north, police say. Officers pulled over a light truck north-bound on the Hume Freeway at Seymour, about...

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Suicide bombers attack Nigeria telcos

TWO suspected suicide car bombers have attacked the offices of two major telecoms companies in the volatile northern Nigerian city of Kano, police and the army say. One of the attackers blew himself up when he rammed his car into the office gate...

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Pope pardons butler who stole from him

POPE Benedict XVI has granted a Christmas pardon to his former butler, who stole the pope's private papers and leaked them to a journalist in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times. The Vatican said Benedict visited Paolo...

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List unveils top English tongue-twisters

"PHENOMENON", "remuneration" and "statistics" have topped a list of the most commonly mispronounced English words. Speakers also have a problem getting their tongue around "ethnicity", "hereditary" and "particularly", according to the UK body...

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Obama vows action after online petition

US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action to stop gun violence in response to online petitions signed by more than 400,000 people after last week's primary school massacre. "In the days since the heartbreaking tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut,...

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