Tunisia ruling Islamists call for rally

MEMBERS of Tunisia's main ruling Islamist party are calling for a rally in the capital on Saturday, a day after police clashed with protesters at the funeral of murdered opposition figure Chokri Belaid. The Ennahda party demonstration was to...

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Unidentified child found wandering alone

POLICE are searching for parents of a young child who was found wandering alone in the streets of Perth's east more than 24 hours ago. The boy, who is about three-years-old, was found on Belgravia Street in Belmont at about midday on Friday....

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Domestic violence tracking set for WA

SERIOUS domestic violence offenders in Western Australia will almost certainly find themselves being monitored electronically, with both main political parties pushing the plan. If WA Labor wins the March 9 election, Opposition Leader Mark McGowan...

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Behemoth storm dumps snow on US northeast

Airlines are grounding their planes in New York City in response to an intensifying blizzard. Source: AAP A BEHEMOTH storm packing hurricane-force winds and blizzard conditions has swept through the US Northeast, dumping more than half a metre...

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Khartoum-backed militia 'kill 17 people'

KHARTOUM-BACKED militia in Sudan's South Kordofan state have killed 17 civilians, rebels say. They accused the group of ethnic South Sudanese of ambushing a civilian lorry on Friday at Abu Nuwara, about 80km from the border with South Sudan's...

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Magnitude 7.1 quake hits Solomon Islands

A 7.1-MAGNITUDE earthquake has hit off the Solomon Islands, two days after an 8.0-magnitude quake sparked a tsunami, but there was no threat of a widespread destructive wave this time, US agencies say. The US Geological Survey said the quake struck...

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Mali troops attack Red Beret camp: reports

A GUNFIGHT has erupted in the Malian capital as soldiers attacked a camp of elite paratroopers loyal to ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure, military sources and witnesses say. "From 6am (1700 AEDT) heavily armed soldiers, from all units, attacked...

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Elderly woman dies in scooter accident

AN elderly woman has died after her scooter collided with a car in southwest NSW. The 81-year-old woman was riding her scooter in Lavington when she collided with a sedan at an intersection and was thrown onto the road about 8.20am (AEDT) on...

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Gunmen kill 9 at two Nigeria polio clinics

GUNMEN have attacked two polio clinics in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, killing nine people before fleeing, police and residents say. "Nine people were killed in two separate attacks by gunmen on (motorised) tricycles when they attacked...

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Bomb kills 10 people in northwest Pakistan

A BOMB planted near a market in northwestern Pakistan has killed 10 people and wounded 23 others, in the latest in an uptick in attacks in recent months, government officials say. The blast occurred in Kalaya, the main town in the Orakzai tribal...

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Asian markets down ahead of China data

ASIAN markets have closed mostly down with traders booking profits after another strong rally in the previous session, while they are also awaiting the release of Chinese economic indicators. Tokyo's Nikkei suffered a deep correction after storming...

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Bank of England keeps key rate at 0.50%

THE Bank of England says it has voted again to freeze its key interest rate at a record-low level of 0.50 per cent and maintain its quantitative easing cash stimulus aimed at boosting growth. "The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee today...

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Wrongly accused Filipino kidnappers freed

EIGHTEEN Philippine Muslims wrongly accused of kidnapping and beheading Christian missionaries are to be freed from prison, where some have languished for over two years, the government says. They include five possible members of the Islamic militant...

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Pussy Riot appeal to European Court

LAWYERS for three members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot are contesting their convictions in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Natalia Tolokonnikova were sentenced to two years...

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Two Russian fighters enter airspace: Japan

JAPAN'S Defence Ministry says two Russian fighters briefly intruded into Japanese airspace off the northern tip of the island of Hokkaido. Ministry official Yoshihide Yoshida said the intrusion on Thursday, which lasted less than a minute, caused...

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Tunisia president denounces assassination

TUNISIA President Moncef Marzouki has denounced "the odious assassination" of his friend and opposition leader Chokri Belaid. In an impassioned speech on Wednesday that brought tears to the eyes of Europe's politicians he said the murder would...

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Macklin coy on NT grog intervention plans

FEDERAL Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin refuses to say whether she'll intervene to reinstate grog restrictions in the Top End if the NT government refuses to. Canberra has called on the NT government to reinstate its Banned Drinkers...

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Germany takes steps to curtail risky banks

THE German government has agreed on a draft law that paves the way for criminal prosecutions for bankers who take excessive risks. The bill, to be put before Parliament this year, also requires banks to separate retail activity from proprietary...

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Japan's Mazda swings back to profit

JAPANESE car giant Mazda says it has swung back to profit in the nine months to December and has boosted its full-year earnings forecast. Japan's fifth-biggest vehicle maker logged a net profit of Y25.6 billion ($A264.09 million) for the April-December...

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Rain, floods kill 25 in Pakistan

HEAVY rain in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 25 people and injured more than 50, emergency officials say. Collapsing structures in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province caused most of the casualties. Three soldiers were still missing after...

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Australia set to rejoin UN aid agency

AUSTRALIA is likely to rejoin the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) despite the federal opposition's objections to the move. Australia was a founding member of the United Nations aid agency but pulled out in 2004 because of...

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Somali court jails alleged rape victim

A WOMAN who said she was raped by soldiers has been sentenced to one year in prison, according to a court official in Mogadishu. The official, Ahmed Aden Farah, said the court based Tuesday's sentence on medical evidence that the woman was not...

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Japan protests over naval radar action

TOKYO has lodged a protest with Beijing after a Chinese warship directed radar against a Japanese military vessel near a group of disputed islets in the East China Sea. Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said the Chinese ship's fire-control radar...

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Nurse likens Nauru to concentration camp

A VETERAN nurse has likened conditions in the asylum seeker detention centre on Nauru to a concentration camp. Marianne Evers worked at the centre for three weeks late last year and says the conditions were completely appalling. "I actually...

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Asian markets mostly lower on Europe fears

AN Asian rally has been brought to a juddering halt by political concerns in Spain and Italy. The euro also slumped as Spain's prime minister was forced to deny corruption claims and former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi vowed to throw a spanner...

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Lebanon wants top Syrian official arrested

LEBANESE judicial officials say prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for a top Syrian intelligence official for his alleged involvement in a bombing plot in Lebanon. The officials say Brigadier General Ali Mamlouk is accused of being involved...

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France bombs Islamist bases in Mali

France has carried out air strikes near the last bastion of armed extremists in Mali, officials say. Source: AAP FRENCH fighter jets have pounded Islamist supply bases in northern Mali to flush the radicals out of hiding, as Paris pushes for...

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ALP losing support on key issues: Newspoll

THE Coalition's stocks continue to rise with the latest Newspoll in The Australian on Tuesday showing 50 per cent of voters think they have a better handle on economic management than the government. The drilling down of the poll, which showed...

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Cremation of Cambodia's Sihanouk begins

THE mourning period for Cambodia's late King Norodom Sihanouk has culminated with an elaborate cremation ceremony led by his widow and his son, the current monarch. King Norodom Sihamoni and Sihanouk's widow Monique wore traditional white mourning...

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Girl shot by Taliban has more surgery

A PAKISTANI girl shot by the Taliban has made a video statement, saying she is recovering. Speaking clearly but with a slight stiffness in her upper lip, 15-year-old Malala Yousefzai says she is "getting better, day by day". The video statement...

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Kuwait jails third tweeter for emir insult

KUWAIT'S lower court sentenced a third opposition youth activist to five years in jail "with immediate effect" for insulting the emir on Twitter, a rights group said. "The court passed the maximum jail term against Mohammad Eid al-Ajmi for insulting...

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Iran non-committal over nuclear talks

IRAN'S foreign minister welcomed the United States' willingness to hold direct talks with Tehran in the standoff over its nuclear program but didn't commit to accepting the offer - insisting that Washington must show "fair and real" intentions to...

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Bolshoi chief recovers from acid attack

THE Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director is preparing to move to a German clinic from a Moscow hospital where he is recovering from an acid attack he blames on a colleague at the storied but bitterly divided troupe. The 42-year-old Sergei Filin...

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Labor heading for heavy loss: Newspoll

LABOR is heading for a heavy defeat in September, according to the first poll taken since Prime Minister Julia Gillard made the surprise move to launch a seven-month election campaign. The latest Newspoll in The Australian on Monday, which was...

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Iraq mobile firm debuts on Baghdad bourse

IRAQ'S second largest mobile operator debuted on the Baghdad bourse on Sunday, in the country's first major stock flotation and after pressure from the media regulator for it to be publicly listed. Asiacell, which is majority-owned by Qatar...

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