African leaders gather for Mali summit

WEST African leaders will attend a special Mali summit in Ivory Coast to discuss how to increase their role as the French-led military intervention to oust Islamic extremists from power enters its second week. Neighbouring countries are expected...

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Ang Lee may direct Cleopatra

OSCAR-WINNING director Ang Lee appears likely to accept an offer to direct historical epic Cleopatra starring Angelina Jolie, after the Hollywood actress wrote to him asking him to come on board. Lee, whose 3D adventure Life of Pi has earned...

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Mercury treaty adopted in Geneva

DELEGATIONS from some 140 countries have agreed to adopt a ground-breaking treaty limiting the use of health-hazardous mercury, the Swiss foreign ministry says. The world's first legally binding treaty on mercury, reached after a week of thorny...

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Two die in two crashes in Victoria

TWO people have been killed in two separate collisions in just 30 minutes on Victorian roads. The first crash happened at 5.30pm (AEDT) on Saturday when two vehicles travelling in opposite directions crashed head-on on a slight bend in a 100km/h...

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Motorcyclist dies in Melbourne pole crash

A MOTORCYCLIST has died after losing control and hitting a pole in Melbourne's north. Police believe the 35-year-old Craigieburn man was attempting to overtake a vehicle when he lost control before 7pm (AEDT) on Friday. He then struck a pole...

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Sydney temperatures plummet after scorcher

IT was a tale of two cities for Sydney on Friday. The city went from sweltering in record-breaking highs of over 45C to below-average temperatures in the space of about 10 minutes on Friday night. And while the cool change wiped out the sizzle,...

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Tamworth music festival fires up

THOUSANDS of country music lovers, kitted with paper fans, have braved the stifling heat to see Adam Brand and Melinda Schneider open this year's Tamworth Country Music Festival. Festival organisers are expecting more than 50,000 visitors to pack...

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Snow grounds flights in Britain

SNOW has swept across Britain, forcing airports to cancel dozens of flights and more than 2000 schools to close. London's Heathrow Airport, one of the busiest in the world, cancelled around 60 flights while the airports in the Welsh capital...

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Sydney traffic eases after peak hour chaos

TRAFFIC congestion has eased in Sydney CBD after commuters were hit with lengthy delays following an accident on the Harbour Bridge. Three cars collided around 3pm (AEDT) on Thursday near the north pylon of the bridge, causing one of the cars...

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McMahon 'victim of a homicide': WA coroner

THE West Australian coroner has found that a 20-year-old woman missing for more than 12 years was a victim of a homicide, but has refused to rule on whether a suspect in the case was involved in the crime. Sarah Anne McMahon disappeared on November...

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Syrian assault 'kills women, children'

A SYRIAN army assault killed more than 100 civilians, including women and children, on farmland on the outskirts of the central city of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. It said the attack took place on Tuesday. "The Syrian...

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15 foreigners, 30 Algerians escape: report

FIFTEEN foreigners and 30 Algerians being held hostage by Islamist extremists at a gas field in Algeria have managed to escape from their kidnappers, local media reported, citing officials. "Fifteen foreigners, including a French couple, have...

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Toll from Syria uni blasts reaches 87

THE death toll from two massive blasts that ravaged the campus of a Syrian university has reached 87, activists say. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the number of those killed in Tuesday's blasts at Aleppo University...

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Zimbabwe police seize four tonnes of pot

POLICE in Zimbabwe have seized about four tonnes of marijuana aboard a truck driven from the neighbouring country of Malawi, their biggest haul on record. Police officials said the truck was intercepted when it was being suspiciously "escorted"...

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Chopper crashes in central London, 2 dead

A HELICOPTER crashed into a crane and fell on a crowded street in central London, killing two people and sending black plumes of smoke into the air as it smashed to the ground. Nine other people were injured in Wednesday's fiery crash, officials...

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Vic police probe Andrews accident

VICTORIAN police will carry out an internal investigation into why the wife of state Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews escaped being breath-tested after a road accident this month. A police spokesman said it was policy to breath test motorists...

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Princess Mary to support twin registry

MOTHER of twins and Aussie royal Princess Mary of Denmark will do a double act as the international patron of the Australian and Danish twin registries. Princess Mary's patronage of the Australian Twin Registry, based at the University of Melbourne,...

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Fitch warns it might downgrade US rating

FITCH ratings agency has issued a strong warning to the United States to deal with its recurrent debt-ceiling dramas in a way which strengthens the economy in the long term, saying that its top "AAA" credit rating was at stake. Fitch on Tuesday...

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Pakistan govt not informed of arrest order

THE Pakistan government says it has not yet been notified in writing of any arrest order against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf issued by the Supreme Court in connection with corruption allegations. A cabinet minister said it would wait for...

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French court approves teacher sex charge

JEREMY Forrest, the British schoolteacher who eloped to France with a 15-year-old pupil, can be charged in Britain with having sex with a minor, a French court has ruled. Lawyers for Forrest lodged an appeal which blocks the immediate application...

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Germany mulls medical, logistic Mali aid

GERMANY is considering ways to help France in its mission in Mali such as providing logistical, medical or humanitarian aid. "For the federal government and for Foreign Minister (Guido) Westerwelle it is clear that Germany will not leave France...

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Japan boosts defence of disputed islands

JAPAN will deploy two more patrol ships to boost its defence of islands at the centre of a territorial row with China and has conducted its first drill simulating the recapture of an isle seized by enemy forces. The vessels will be stationed...

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Another Syria strike kills children

AN air strike on a rebel town near Damascus has killed 13 women and children, fuelling growing international calls for a war crimes probe into the 22-month Syrian conflict. Reports of the civilian deaths came as Human Rights Watch accused President...

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NATO backs France in Mali, but says no aid

NATO says it supports French efforts to turn back the terrorist threat in Mali but that the alliance had received no request for assistance and had not discussed the conflict. "We welcome the efforts of the international community in support...

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Dangerous fire damages top NSW observatory

A series of lightning storms in NSW has resulted in new bushfires, a NSW RFS spokesman says. Source: AAP FIREFIGHTERS are battling two emergency level bushfires in northern NSW, one of which has destroyed at least two properties and damaged...

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Faulty boiler blamed for collapse at plaza

A FAULTY boiler has been blamed for the collapse of two people at a Canberra shopping centre. A small area on Bradley Street, Woden, outside the McDonalds entrance to Woden Plaza, was cordoned off after the scare around 1pm (AEST) on Sunday....

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Greece 'past danger' but risks remain: PM

GREECE has overcome the danger of an ignominious euro exit but it must stay the course of tough reforms to avoid a "relapse", Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says. "I believe the great danger has passed," Samaras said in an interview with the...

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Opel losses to last until at least 2014

THE head of General Motors in Europe says losses at its struggling German arm Opel will continue for at least two more years and possibly longer depending on market trends. "We will be in the red in 2013 and 2014," Steve Girsky told Focus magazine...

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