Syrian rebels launch counteroffensive

SYRIAN rebels have launched a counteroffensive in the northern city of Aleppo, recapturing a base near its international airport hours after the army had advanced into the area, activists say. Saturday's fighting came as the main Western-backed...

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Jetski rider dies after Gold Coast crash

A MAN has died after a jetski crash on a Gold Coast river. Police say the 22-year-old was riding the jetski on the Coomera River at Paradise Point at about 5.45pm (AEST) on Saturday and initial reports suggest he collided with a small boat."The...

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Four charged with severing US man's penis

FOUR people are accused of torturing a California marijuana dispensary owner with a blowtorch and cutting off his penis in an attempt to force him to reveal where he had buried piles of cash in the desert. Ryan Anthony Kevorkian, 34, and his wife...

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Strangers to pay respects to war hero

HUNDREDS of people are expected to attend the funeral of a British war veteran they never knew after it emerged he died with no close friends or relatives. Harold Jellicoe Percival helped with the famous Dambusters raids during the Second World...

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Young Aussies are most stressed out: study

AUSTRALIAN employees are suffering high levels of stress, a survey reveals. That's not surprising. Australians overall report declining wellbeing and increasing stress, according to a state-of-the-nation survey commissioned by the Australian Psychological...

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Chess world championship starts

DEFENDING champion Viswanathan Anand has held Norwegian challenger Magnus Carlsen to a quick draw with the black pieces in the first game of their chess world championship match. Playing in Chennai on Saturday close to where Anand was born,...

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Germans commemorate Kristallnacht

GERMANS across the country have commemorated the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht - the night of broken glass - during which the Nazis staged a wave of attacks on Jews in Germany and Austria. On November 9, 1938, hundreds of synagogues were burned,...

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Colombia club shooting leaves 8 dead

From: AAP November 10, 2013 3:50AM EIGHT people have been killed and six injured after a man entered a nightclub in the...

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Italian quake-hit town of Onna rebuilds

RECONSTRUCTION work funded by the German government has started on a 13th century church in Onna, a village in the central Italian region of Abruzzo that was destroyed by an earthquake four years ago. The 6.3-magnitude quake that hit the medieval...

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$100m Vic budget boost for Frankston line

TRAIN services are set to be more reliable on one of Melbourne's busiest rail services under a $100 million boost that will be part of this week's state budget, the government says. Premier Denis Napthine will on Sunday announce a cash injection...

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Pakistan officials visit hurt prisoner

PAKISTANI embassy officials have visited a hospital in north India where a Pakistani prisoner is in critical condition in the intensive care unit after being attacked by an Indian inmate. Convicted murderer Sanaullah Ranjay suffered multiple...

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Orthodox Christians mark 'Holy Fire' rite

THRONGS of Orthodox Christians have filled Jerusalem's ancient Church of the Holy Sepulchre and surrounding streets for the "Holy Fire" ceremony on the eve of Orthodox Easter. Believers hold that a divine fire from heaven ignites candles held...

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At least 62 bodies found: Syria watchdog

THE bodies of at least 62 murdered residents have been found in a Sunni neighbourhood of the Syrian city of Banias, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says. "The bodies of dozens of citizens killed on Friday during an assault by the army...

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Two dead in Belgian train accident

TWO people died and 14 were injured when a train carrying chemicals derailed in Belgium, causing a major fire near the city of Ghent. Jan Briers, governor of eastern Flanders, gave the death toll to the Belga news agency after the accident and...

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Iceland to resume disputed fin whale hunt

ICELAND plans to resume its disputed commercial fin whale hunt in June with a quota of at least 154 whales, the head of the only company that catches the giant mammals says. Two vessels are being prepared for the hunt and they will head out...

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Egypt mob lynches teenager over killing

AN EGYPTIAN mob has lynched the teenage son of a Muslim Brotherhood leader, saying he killed a man over Facebook comments critical of the movement. The violence that took place on Thursday in the Nile Delta was the latest in a spate of vigilante...

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100 Guantana prisoners on hunger strike

A HUNGER strike among prisoners at Guantanamo Bay keeps growing. Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Samuel House said on Saturday 100 of 166 prisoners at the US base in Cuba have now joined the strike. He says 19 are receiving liquid nutrients through...

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Vic Labor claims victory in Lyndhurst

Martin Pakula is confident he can win the by-election in the Victorian state seat of Lyndhurst. Source: AAP LABOR'S Martin Pakula has claimed victory in the Victoria's Lyndhurst by-election with around 40 per cent of the primary vote, after...

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Campaigners protest British drone strikes

ANTI-WAR campaigners opposed to Britain's use of armed drones in Afghanistan have marched on a military base hosting the aircraft's human operators for the first time. Royal Air Force pilots had been operating Reaper aircraft to support British...

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Syria spillover risk, say analysts

SYRIA'S neighbours face a growing risk of the conflict spilling across their region with Bashar al-Assad turning to ever more desperate acts to halt rebels, analysts say. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki voiced such concerns on Saturday when...

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Navajo the chosen one for new 'Star Wars'

THE classic Star Wars film that launched a science fiction empire is being dubbed in the Navajo language. A handful of Navajo speakers have translated the script for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and people are now being sought to fill some...

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Man arrested over poisoned letters

A MISSISSIPPI man has been arrested on suspicion of sending poisoned letters to US President Barack Obama and others. Everett Dutschke, 41, was arrested about 12:50am (3:50pm AEST) Saturday at his Tupelo home in connection with the letters,...

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Colombian teen hired gun confesses murders

A 19-YEAR-OLD hired gun has told Colombian police he committed more than 30 murders, blaming poverty and his father's violence. "Seeing the powerlessness when I heard my parents saying they didn't have money for the rent and didn't know how...

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Italy government unveiled

ITALY'S incoming prime minister Enrico Letta has finally unveiled his new government line-up. The breakthrough ends a two-month deadlock that saw former premier Silvio Berlusconi reassert his status as a key player and tested the patience of...

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156 dead, thousands injured in China quake

Hundreds of people are dead or injured after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province. Source: AAP A POWERFUL earthquake struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, leaving at least 156 people...

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Morsi to reshuffle Egypt cabinet: aide

EGYPT'S Islamist President Mohamed Morsi is set to announce a cabinet reshuffle, a presidential aide says, but it is unlikely to meet opposition demands for a complete overhaul of the government. Morsi wrote on his Twitter account that he would...

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Thousands rally at scandal-hit UK hospital

THOUSANDS of people have flooded a British town centre in a demonstration aimed at keeping major services at a scandal-hit hospital. Campaigners of all ages packed into the Market Square in Stafford for the rally and public march, many holding...

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John Kerr 'dreamed of becoming PM'

FORMER governor-general Sir John Kerr reportedly once dreamed of becoming prime minister. Kerr controversially dismissed Labor PM Gough Whitlam in 1975 during his second term in office. But in series of interviews conducted by the National...

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Indon detains Muslims heading to Aust

INDONESIAN police have arrested 35 Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar planning to make the treacherous sea crossing to Australia to seek asylum. Officials said on Friday the arrests came the same day Rohingya being held at a detention centre on Sumatra...

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US trade deficit shrinks to $43bn in Feb

THE US trade deficit edged lower in February after a big jump in January, government data released on Friday shows. The Commerce Department reported the trade gap shrank to $US43 billion ($A41.4 billion), down from the revised $US44.5 billion...

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Canada unemployment rate rises to 7.2%

A LOSS of 55,000 jobs in March pushed Canada's unemployment rate up 0.2 per centage points to 7.2 per cent, its government statistics agency says. Fewer people were working in accommodation and food services, public administration and manufacturing,...

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US stocks plunge after disappointing jobs

US stocks have pared back sharp losses as traders digested a surprisingly weak March labour report and watched rising global tensions with North Korea. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 40.86 points (0.28 per cent) to 14,565.25. The broad-based...

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Strong 6.2 quake rocks Russia near NKorea

A POWERFUL 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck in eastern Russia near the border with China and North Korea. The US Geological Survey says the epicentre of the quake was southwest of Vladivostok, around nine kilometres from the Russian border...

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Fidel Castro breaks 9-month hiatus

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has called for North Korea and the US to avoid hostilities. Source: AAP CUBAN revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has called for long-time ally North Korea and the United States to avoid hostilities on...

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Obama to host Mideast allies for talks

PRESIDENT Barack Obama will host leaders from key US allies Jordan, Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in the coming weeks, amid turmoil in Syria, the White House says. The US administration says Jordan's King Abdullah II will meet with...

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Two dead, hundreds rescued off Italy

TWO migrants have died at sea while trying to reach Italian shores from North Africa, while hundreds more were rescued and taken to the island of Lampedusa. The victims were on a rubber dinghy with 88 other would-be migrants. They were spotted...

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Burma unrest death toll reaches 43

THE death toll from recent communal violence in central Burma has risen to 43 with more than 1300 homes and other buildings destroyed. Sixty-eight people have been arrested in connection with the Buddhist-Muslim unrest, which has left 11,376...

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Attacks leave more than 50 dead in Nigeria

ATTACKS on villages surrounding a central Nigerian city at the heart of unrest between Christians and Muslims have killed more than 50 people this week. Officials say an assault on Wednesday on a village in the Riyom local government area killed...

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Napolitano bids to end impasse in Italy

ITALIAN President Giorgio Napolitano has asked two unidentified "groups" to come up with a program for government in a bid to end a deadlock between parties more than a month after elections that left no clear winner. Napolitano stressed that...

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Court upholds election of Kenya's Kenyatta

KENYA'S Supreme Court has upheld the victory of Uhuru Kenyatta in the March 4 presidential election. The court unanimously ruled that the election had been conducted in a "free, fair, transparent and credible" manner and that Kenyatta and his...

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Mandela 'breathing without difficulty'

NELSON Mandela is comfortable and breathing without difficulty on his third day in hospital after the anti-apartheid hero was treated for pneumonia, South Africa's presidency says. Messages of concern for the ailing 94-year-old, one of the towering...

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Tanzanian building collapse toll hits 19

THE death toll from a building collapse in Tanzania's economic capital Dar es Salaam has risen to 19, officials say. "Two more bodies were found this afternoon," regional commissioner Saidi Mecky Sadicky told AFP, updating an earlier toll of 17...

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Body found as Tibet mine disaster kills 83

Eighty-three workers have been buried after a large-scale landslide hit a mining area in Tibet. Source: AAP RESCUE teams have found the first body almost 36 hours after a giant landslide in Tibet buried 83 mine workers. Xinhua news agency...

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Lebanese president accepts PM resignation

Lebanon Prime Minister Najib Mikati says the government has resigned. Source: AAP LEBANESE President Michel Suleiman has formally accepted the resignation of the prime minister, who stepped down blaming government infighting during a time of...

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Pope tells Benedict 'we're brothers'

POPE Francis has travelled to Castel Gandolfo to have lunch with his predecessor Benedict XVI in a historic melding of the papacies that has never before confronted the Catholic Church. The Vatican said the two popes embraced on the helipad. ...

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Imran Khan rallies thousands in Pakistan

PAKISTANI cricket star-turned politician Imran Khan has rallied around 100,000 supporters in the eastern city of Lahore ahead of general elections. Khan is shaping up to be the biggest wildcard in the May 11 parliamentary election - the first...

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China asks France to protect its tourists

BEIJING has urged French authorities to better protect Chinese tourists known for their big spending habits, citing "concern" over recent attacks on visitors to Paris. The country's National Tourism Administration - which reports directly to...

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Afghan clerics warn US over 'occupation'

AFGHANISTAN'S leading religious body has warned the presence of US troops in the country would soon be treated as an "occupation" unless the United States hands over detainees. The fate of prisoners held in Bagram jail has been one cause of...

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Football codes urged to tackle concussion

AUSTRALIA'S football bosses have been urged to review their concussion management guidelines to protect players from long-term damage. Alzheimer's Australia NSW released a series of recommendations in a discussion paper on Sunday, asking the...

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Cyprus shellshocked over eurozone bailout

RESIDENTS of Cyprus have reacted with shock after the government agreed to a 10 billion euros ($A12.62 billion) bailout that includes an unprecedented levy on all bank deposits. The debt rescue package, agreed with the eurozone and International...

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Anglican leader to skip pope inauguration

THE new leader of the world's Anglicans, Justin Welby, will miss the inauguration of Pope Francis next week as he will be on a "pilgrimage of prayer", his residence has announced. Welby, who became Archbishop of Canterbury last month, will be...

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Tense Zimbabwe votes on new constitution

ZIMBABWEANS have voted on a new constitution that would pave the way for crucial elections in a country plagued by political violence. Voters are expected to roundly back the text, which would introduce presidential term limits, beef up parliament's...

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