UK warns of terror attack in Somalia

THE British government says it believes terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks in Somalia and urged UK nationals to leave the country. The Foreign Office already advises against all travel to Somalia, including Somaliland, where...

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Italian police find tonne of hashish

ITALIAN police have uncovered a tonne of hashish worth 15 million euros ($A18.7 million) in a frozen foods truck carrying potatoes and arrested its Dutch driver. The police said they became suspicious when they noticed the truck on the outskirts...

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Don't bank on Korea evacuation: DFAT

Tensions in North Korea could escalate quickly, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs says. Source: AAP AUSTRALIANS in South Korea shouldn't assume the government will be able to evacuate them if the threat of war on the peninsular...

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Kenya to toughen poaching sentences

Poaching has recently risen in east Africa, with whole herds of elephants massacred for their ivory. Source: AAP KENYA plans to bolster lenient sentences for convicted wildlife poachers or ivory smugglers in a bid to stamp out a spike in elephant...

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Ballet star Polunin walks out of show

ONE of the ballet's world's brightest but most volatile stars has vanished, again. Sergei Polunin had been due to star in a dance piece based on Billy Hayes' Turkish prison memoir Midnight Express opening next week in London. But director Peter...

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US, Philippine troops start war games

THOUSANDS of US and Filipino troops have begun annual military exercises that the Philippines say are vital to building its defence capabilities to face the rising threat of China. Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario used the launch...

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China closes markets as flu toll rises

Shanghai authorities are culling poultry at a market as the H7N9 bird flu virus was detected there. Source: AAP SHANGHAI has ordered all live poultry markets in the city closed after culling more than 20,000 birds to curb the spread of the...

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India building collapse kills 38: police

A building that was being constructed illegally in Mumbai has collapsed, killing at least 27 people. Source: AAP AT least 38 people have been crushed to death on the outskirts of Mumbai after an unauthorised partly-built apartment block collapsed,...

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Howards End screenwriter Jhabvala dies

Oscar-winning screenwriter and award-winning novelist Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has died aged 85. Source: AAP OSCAR-WINNING screenwriter and award-winning novelist Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has died. She was 85. Firoza Jhabvala said on Wednesday...

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England keeps interest rate at record low

THE Bank of England has voted to leave its main lending rate at a record-low level of 0.50 per cent and refrained from pumping out more new cash to help stimulate Britain's recession-threatened economy. "The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee...

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Asian markets mostly down, Tokyo surges on

TOKYO shares have bounced and the yen's tumbled with Japan unveiling more aggressive monetary easing. However, other Asian markets slipped on Thursday, with Seoul hit by growing tensions on the Korean peninsula. The yen sank against the dollar...

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China reports fourth H7N9 bird flu death

State media says a man in the Chinese province of Zhejiang has died of the H7N9 strain of bird flu. Source: AAP A MAN has died in China's business capital of Shanghai of a new strain of bird flu, bringing the total number of deaths from the...

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WWII bomb found near Berlin's main station

A 100 kilogram World War II bomb has been found at a building site near Berlin's main train station. Source: AAP A WORLD War II bomb has been found at a building site near Berlin's main train station, with travellers being warned to expect...

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66 Tibet landslide bodies recovered

CHINESE rescue crews have recovered 66 bodies in the aftermath of a huge landslide in Tibet that buried more than 80 mine workers. State media said on Wednesday 83 people were buried on Friday when a vast volume of rock crashed down a mountainside...

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Asian markets mostly lower, Tokyo jumps

TOKYO stocks have jumped with the yen weakening as the Bank of Japan starts a key two-day policy meeting, while shares in other major Asian markets have mostly fallen despite Wall Street's surging to a record high. Tokyo jumped 2.99 per cent,...

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Now seven UK social classes

THE British public no longer fit in to just three social classes, a major new study has discovered. Instead, the findings suggest people are divided into seven different classes based on economic, social and cultural measures. More than 160,000...

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France orders Rwandan genocide charge

A FRENCH court has for the first time ordered a Rwandan to face trial over the country's 1994 genocide, a judicial source says. Pascal Simbikangwa, a former Rwandan army captain arrested on the French island of Mayotte in 2008, is facing charges...

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WHO plays down China bird flu fears

THE World Health Organisation is playing down fears over a strain of bird flu which has killed two people in China. However, it says it is crucial to find out how the virus infected humans. "It's the first time that H7N9 was found in humans,"...

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UK artist guilty of indecency charges

AN internationally renowned artist has been convicted of sex offences against children in England. A jury at Truro Crown Court found Graham Ovenden, 70, guilty of four charges of indecency with a child. They cleared the pensioner, a former pupil...

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Pirates kill 20 Bangladeshi fishermen

THE bodies of 20 Bangladesh fishermen tied up and thrown into the deep sea in an apparent pirate attack have been recovered, officials say. The bodies were found in the Bay of Bengal, where pirates have created a reign of terror by routinely...

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Easter road toll 7 more than last year's

Eighteen people have been killed on the nation's roads during Easter, seven more than last year. Source: AAP EIGHTEEN people have been killed on the nation's roads during the Easter break, seven more than this time last year. Two pedestrians...

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Police struggle to find crashed plane

Police try to locate the wreckage of 2degrees boss Eric Hertz's crashed plane off the Waikato coast. Source: AAP THE navy has been called in to find the crashed plane carrying the head of 2degrees and his wife in the sea off the Waikato coast....

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Rodwell helps pursue Philippine kidnappers

FREED Australian hostage Warren Rodwell met with a Philippine prosecutor to help prepare charges against the Islamic extremists who held him in captivity for 15 months. A gaunt, grim-looking Rodwell, who was in a wheelchair and escorted by Australian...

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Police accused of helping people smugglers

People smugglers in Indonesia say they are not threatened by the Australian government's policies. Source: AAP PEOPLE smugglers operating out of Indonesia say they are not threatened by the Australian government's border protection policies,...

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Media man dies in Sydney cliff top fall

Sydney sport and media circles are in mourning over the death of PR consultant Rod "Rocket" Allen. Source: AAP SYDNEY sport and media circles are mourning journalist-turned-PR consultant Rod "Rocket" Allen, whose body was discovered on Cockatoo...

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Pope prays for peace in Syria, Korea

POPE Francis prayed for a "political solution" in Syria and for "reconciliation" on the Korean peninsula in his first Easter Sunday message in front of a crowd in St Peter's Square. Latin America's first pontiff also issued an appeal for hostages...

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Sea 'too loud' for cruise passenger

COMPLAINTS by cruise ship passengers include one by a woman who moaned about the sea being "too loud", it has been revealed. And a couple accused a captain of being "rude" for sailing off when they had left a note saying they needed more sightseeing...

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Karzai to hold talks in Qatar on Taliban

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai is set to hold discussions in Qatar about the opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state as a prelude to possible talks on ending more than a decade of war. Karzai previously opposed such a Qatar venue since he...

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