Two ships crash off Japan

Two cargo ships have collided off Tokyo leaving five crew members injured, and another missing. Source: AAP TWO cargo ships have collided off Tokyo leaving five Japanese crew members critically injured, and another missing. The five sailors...

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Two die on Vic roads in two hours

TWO women have been killed within two hours in separate Victorian crashes. The first died after a head-on collision at Brucknell in Victoria's southwest. Police say the woman's car collided with a van about 45km from Warrnambool, at about 3pm...

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Asylum seekers 'abandoned' at sea

The Abbott government has been criticised for its tight-lipped stance on an asylum-seeker tragedy. SURVIVORS from an asylum-seeker boat that sank off Indonesia claim their desperate pleas to Australian authorities for help were ignored...

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Ex-UK PM Thatcher's ashes laid to rest

BARONESS Thatcher's ashes have been laid interred in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Members of her family attended a short church service in the chapel of the central London site on Saturday before a solid oak casket containing her...

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Greek Golden Dawn leader, MPs arrested

GREEK police have arrested the leader and other top officials of the anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party on charges of forming a criminal organisation. The arrests are an escalation of a government crackdown after a fatal stabbing allegedly committed...

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Perth Zoo elephant Tricia backs Dockers

Tricia the Asian elephant at Perth Zoo has tipped the Fremantle Dockers to win the AFL grand final. Source: AAP MANY Fremantle Dockers fans have come out of the woodwork recently - including Tricia the Asian elephant. Perth Zoo's longest...

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Tas parliament to debate euthanasia bill

Premier Lara Giddings has introduced a voluntary euthanasia bill to the Tasmanian parliament. Source: AAP PREMIER Lara Giddings has introduced a voluntary euthanasia bill to her state's parliament that would allow terminally ill Tasmanians...

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Bushfire conditions ease in NSW

NSW firefighters are on the front foot against bushfires on the state's mid-north coast, with local residents granted a reprieve by the easing winds. Forty properties in the Taree and Great Lakes areas had been threatened when soaring temperatures...

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Syria committed to weapons deal: Assad

Syrian President Bashar al Assad says he doesn't discount the possibility of a US military attack. Source: AAP SYRIA is committed to a deal to hand over its chemical weapons, President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview, as major powers inched...

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Mandela responding to treatment: Zuma

The South African president says former leader Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment at home. Source: AAP THE South African president says former leader Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment at his home, where a team of doctors is...

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Victim named in WA desert rally crash

A MAN killed in a long-distance off-road rally in Western Australia's north west has been named as Ivan Erceg. The moto competitor had an accident at stage one of the Australasian Safari, about 50km east of Minilya near Carnarvon, on Wednesday...

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Bond is back in new novel

BOND is back, exactly as we remember him but also subtly different. For one thing, he looks a bit like Daniel Day-Lewis. William Boyd, who has written a new official James Bond novel authorised by Ian Fleming's family, says Day-Lewis would be...

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Teen molested by police: report

A TEENAGER was allegedly forced to strip and molested by police when she refused to pay a bribe to lodge a rape complaint in northern India, officials say. "The girl complained that the station house officer took her into a room and asked her...

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Council worker asked to cover up asbestos

A FORMER northwestern NSW council worker claims he was asked to cover up dumped asbestos with green waste and garbage. Mark Sankey said he worked at landfill sites for Gwydir Shire Council from 2008 until March this year. On numerous occasions...

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Vic man punched to head while shopping

A MAN is fighting for his life after he was punched to the head at a shopping centre in Victoria's southwest. The 46-year-old man from Bannockburn was allegedly assaulted just after 12pm (AEST) in Belmont by another man, who fled after the confrontation....

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Improve urban life: Bloomberg

New York's mayor is offering cities in Europe millions for plans to improve urban life. Source: AAP NEW York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is offering European cities millions to come up with plans to improve urban life, tapping his personal fortune...

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Pyne reveals plans for university shake-up

AXING compulsory university fees collected to support student services and scrapping Labor's targets to lift participation by disadvantaged students are part of the Coalition's plan to overhaul the higher education system. Education Minister...

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Vic courts tougher on family violence

OFFENDERS violating family violence orders are facing harsher punishment in Victorian courts, a report says. The report by Victoria's Sentencing Advisory Council has found a move away from punishing offenders with fines and an increased use of...

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Juratowitch stands tall to win ANTM

Melbourne high school student Melissa Juratowitch (R) has been crowned Australia's Next Top Model. Source: AAP MELBOURNE high school student Melissa Juratowitch has become an accidental hero after winning Australia's Next Top Model. The...

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Poisoned elephant death toll rises

ZIMBABWEAN authorities say at least 81 elephants have been killed for their ivory tusks by poachers using cyanide poison in water holes in a vast western national park. Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi, in Harare on Tuesday after touring Hwange...

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Kidman supports 'China Hollywood' bid

NICOLE Kidman attended a star-studded event that has seen China's richest man announce plans to spend 50 billion yuan ($A8.79 billion) to build the country's version of Hollywood in the northeastern city of Qingdao. Wang Jianlin's red carpet...

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Former KAP candidate facing army sacking

AN Iraq War veteran and former Senate candidate is fighting attempts by the Australian Defence Force to sack him. Bernard Gaynor is facing a "notice to show cause for termination" from Chief of the Defence Force David Hurley. Mr Gaynor has...

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Delhi gang-rape convicts set to appeal

FOUR men sentenced to death in the Delhi gang-rape case are likely to appeal, their lawyers say. A special trial court handed down the sentences on September 13 after finding them guilty in the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old student in December....

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East Timor bans martial arts clubs

EAST Timor police say there will be zero tolerance against those who continue to practice a local martial art after the government banned all clubs following deadly gang violence. At least 12 East Timorese have been killed and more than 200...

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Turnbull called for NBN Co board's scalps

The communications minister has asked the NBN Co board to resign, a spokesman confirmed. Source: AAP LABOR says the "trashing" of the national broadband network has begun after Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull asked NBN Co board members...

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Dutch royal Beatrix breaks cheekbone

PRINCESS Beatrix, the former Dutch queen, has undergone surgery after falling and breaking a cheekbone. Beatrix, 75, was operated on Sunday morning after the fall and will remain hospitalised for a few days. After 33 years on the throne, Beatrix...

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Man terrorising Qld women drivers: police

Police have released an image of a man who is terrorising women in north Queensland. Source: AAP POLICE have released an image of a man who is terrorising women in north Queensland. A woman driving along Flying Fishing Point Road at Innisfail,...

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More than 60 killed at Pakistan church

Two suicide bombers have killed at least 53 people attending a church service in Pakistan. Source: AAP A DOUBLE suicide bombing has killed more than 60 people at a church service in northwest Pakistan, officials said, believed to be the deadliest...

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Voters cast ballots on fate of Swiss Army

FOR the third time in almost a quarter-century, neutral Switzerland is voting on a proposal to abolish mandatory service in its army. Voters were heading to the polls on Sunday on a referendum by pacifists and left-wing parties that would do...

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Australian killed in Nairobi mall attack

No Australians are believed to have been injured in the deadly mall shooting in Kenya. Source: AAP A DUAL Australian-UK national is among the victims of the unfolding Nairobi shopping mall siege, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...

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