LNP selects top three for senate bid

A PARTY strategist and Barnaby Joyce's chief of staff will join long-serving senator Ian Macdonald on the Liberal National Party's (LNP) Queensland senate ticket. LNP official James McGrath and Joyce staffer Matthew Canavan were chosen to run...

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Convicted Russian spy Danilov released

A RUSSIAN physicist convicted of spying for China has been released on parole and is continuing to protest his innocence. Valentin Danilov was arrested in 2001 on charges of passing classified information on space technology to China. He claimed...

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Tough penalties to cut Russia road deaths

RUSSIA will introduce tough punishments for drunk driving of up to 15 years in prison and $US16,000 ($A15,500) in fines to combat the "horrific" annual death toll on its roads, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says. Medvedev said about 28,000...

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Catalan leader seeks 'freedom' in election

THE leader of Spain's Catalonia region has rallied crowds cheering for independence to fight for "freedom" in snap elections he has cast as a vote for nationhood. Artur Mas, president of the northeastern region, is openly defying a furious Madrid...

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Top judicial body slams Morsi's 'attack'

EGYPT'S highest judicial authority on Saturday slammed a decree by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi that makes his decisions immune from judicial oversight as an "unprecedented attack." The new constitutional declaration is "an unprecedented attack...

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First Palestinian killed since truce

A PALESTINIAN has been shot dead by Israeli forces near the Gaza border, the first casualty since the two sides agreed to a truce ending their week-long conflict. An Israeli army spokeswoman could not confirm the incident, saying only that "disturbances"...

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Damascus bomb kills four

A BOMB blast in a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus has killed four people and seriously wounded a member of a faction backing Syrian President Bashar Assad. The explosion late on Thursday in the Yarmouk camp targeted the Popular Front for...

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China Eastern Airlines to buy 60 A320's

CHINA Eastern Airlines says it will buy 60 Airbus A320 aircraft in a deal worth $US5.39 billion ($A5.22 billion) to meet booming domestic travel demand. "The Airbus aircraft will primarily be used to satisfy the increasing demand for domestic...

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Egypt set for Morsi rallies

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has been labelled a "new pharaoh" after assuming sweeping powers. Source: AAP SUPPORTERS and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi have called rival demonstrations after the Islamist leader assumed sweeping...

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Myanmar blames Rohingya group for attack

MYANMAR (Burmese) authorities have accused a Rohingya militant group of carrying out an attack that left one dead and three people missing near the Bangladesh border. The incident in Rakhine State, where scores have died in two rounds of communal...

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Cheap rates promote vulgar calls: Pakistan

PAKISTAN has ordered mobile phone companies to ban cheap, late-night calling rates because they allegedly promote vulgarity among young men and women. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) says it has asked companies to suspend attractive...

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Russia warns Turkey on Patriot missiles

NATO has received a request from Turkey for Patriot missiles to defend its border with Syria. Source: AAP RUSSIA has warned Turkey against deploying surface-to-air Patriot missiles to protect its troubled border with Syria, saying it should...

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Call for Carr to help Aussie in Dubai

FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr has been urged to intervene in the case of a Melbourne businessman languishing in Dubai following a three-year murky legal case. Matt Joyce, 45, from Melbourne, was arrested in January 2009 on suspicion of bribery while...

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Xstrata-Glencore gets EU conditional nod

THE European Commission has given a conditional green light to the massive tie-up between Swiss mining giant Xstrata and commodities trader Glencore that would create a global leader. "The clearance is conditional on the termination of Glencore's...

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Mining magnate Palmer resigns from LNP

Billionaire Clive Palmer says he isn't worried about being kicked out of the Liberal National Party. Source: AAP CLIVE Palmer says he has resigned from the Liberal National Party, despite receiving a letter that he said reinstated his membership...

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New EU budget summit may be needed: Merkel

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel says the European Union will need to hold a new summit on its budget in early 2013 if the bloc's leaders fail to agree this week on a 2014-2020 spending plan. "I don't know if we will have a definitive deal tomorrow...

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Hopes for Gaza truce before Clinton leaves

Violence continues to rage in the Gaza Strip as the two sides hold talks for a ceasefire. Source: AAP RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Nov 21 AFP - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas hopes a Gaza truce will be announced before US Secretary...

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Taliban warns of execution reprisals

THE Taliban has warned of reprisals if the Afghan government executes any of its militants in an expected series of hangings. Kabul hanged eight criminals on Tuesday and officials said more executions were expected after President Hamid Karzai...

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Palestinian refugees celebrate bomb blast

PALESTINIAN refugees living in Lebanese camps have celebrated after a bomb ripped through a bus in Tel Aviv injuring 17 people, camp residents say. In Nahr al-Bared camp in north Lebanon, people at a mosque sang out words of praise to God via...

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Govt accused of dirty duck hunt deal

A DEAL to expand duck hunting in exchange for ports privatisation has put the "fox in charge of the henhouse" and shows the government is "hostage" to the Shooters and Fishers Party, the NSW Greens and Labor opposition say. The NSW upper house...

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Senate fails to agree on Murray bill

A DISPUTE over a crucial part of the Murray-Darling Basin plan has forced a federal government bill to further debate in the Senate. The upper house on Tuesday adjourned without passing a bill allowing for changes to be made to the amount of water...

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Hamas top commander warns Israel

ISRAEL will "pay a heavy price" if it launches a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, Hamas's top military commander warned in a rare audio message. "The enemy will pay a heavy price if it thinks of entering Gaza," Mohammed Deif said in the audio...

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Call to observe Malaysia election prep

MALAYSIA'S opposition leader has pleaded with Australia to urgently send a parliamentary delegation to observe preparations for upcoming elections, the Senate has heard. Independent senator Nick Xenophon told the Senate on Tuesday night that...

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Govt examines malaria fund claims

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says the government is "working through" allegations that Australian aid money is going into a fund that is being used to pay for fake and ineffective anti-malarial drugs in some of the world's poorest countries. ...

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Militants fire rocket toward Jerusalem

PALESTINIAN militants have fired a rocket toward Jerusalem, causing an explosion moments after air raid sirens sounded across the city. The sound of the blast could be heard in the distance from downtown Jerusalem. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld...

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Rudd, Turnbull trade barbs on leadership

KEVIN Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull could never join forces to create their own political party because they wouldn't be able to decide who should lead it. At least, that was what the former prime minister told the ABC Q&A audience on Monday -...

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Fatah, Hamas unite over Gaza crisis

RIVAL Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas say they have decided to end infighting in a show of solidarity in the West Bank over the Gaza crisis. "From here, we announce with other (factional) leaders that we are ending the division," senior...

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Obama in Cambodia on last leg of Asia tour

PRESIDENT Barack Obama has arrived in Cambodia on the final leg of his three-country tour of Southeast Asia. The trip marks the first time a US president has visited Cambodia, which is hosting the East Asia Summit. Obama was scheduled to meet...

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Greens laud dental reforms as historic

AN entire future generation of Australians will benefit from a new dental scheme aimed at improving children's oral health, Greens senator Richard Di Natale says. As parliamentary debate on Labor's proposed $4.1 billion scheme got underway on...

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Sydney teen charged over stabbing

A TEENAGER has been charged over a stabbing at a railway station in Sydney's northwest. Police were called to Eastwood station around 4.15pm on Monday after a fight between two youths which allegedly ended with a 16-year-old stabbing an 18-year-old...

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Invasion would cost Israel support: UK

A GROUND invasion of the Gaza Strip would lose Israel much international sympathy and support, British Foreign Secretary William Hague says. Hague told Sky News it was much more difficult to limit civilian casualties in a ground assault and...

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One Direction's Harry back with Taylor

ONE Direction heart throb Harry Styles has rekindled a relationship with US chart sensation Taylor Swift, reports UK newspaper The Sun. One-fifth of the British boy band, floppy-haired Styles, 18, has been spotted holding hands and flirting...

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Two boats intercepted off Christmas Island

TWO boats carrying 195 asylum seekers have been intercepted off Christmas Island. The first boat, which was located on Friday night, was carrying 59 passengers and two crew. The second boat, carrying 136 passengers and two crew, was intercepted...

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Eighty-year-old man killed in Qld crash

A MAN has died following a crash in north Queensland. The two-car crash happened on the Gillies Highway near Yungaburra about 4pm on Sunday. The 80-year-old Yungaburra man was transported to Cairns Base Hospital after the crash, but died from...

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Coalition would win federal election: poll

OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott's approval rating may be on the wane but the coalition would win an election on a two-party basis, the latest Fairfax/Nielsen poll says. According to the poll, the opposition would win 53 per cent of the vote (up...

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