Female suicide bomber kills 4 in Pakistan

A FEMALE suicide bomber has blown herself up outside a hospital in a lawless tribal area of northwest Pakistan, killing at least four people and wounding four others. The attack took place on Saturday in Khar, the main town of Bajaur tribal...

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Dozens killed in battle near Damascus

AT least 69 people, many of them rebels, have been killed in a four-day battle pitting Syrian insurgents against government forces in Jdaidet al-Fadl near Damascus, a monitoring group says. "Regime troops are trying to seize total control of the...

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Japan wins spot in mega trade pact

JAPAN has won its bid to enter talks on a massive Pacific trade pact that includes Australia. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would account for more than 40 per cent of the global economy. Japan had to win over Canada to be included in the...

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120 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 MORE than 120 people were killed and 3,000 injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous part of southwestern China destroying...

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Baghdad bomb kills 27 as unrest spikes

A cafe bombing has killed 27 people ahead of the first elections since US troop withdrew from Iraq. Source: AAP VIOLENCE spiked as Iraq readied for its first elections since US troops withdrew, with 27 people killed in a late-night bombing...

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Manhunt after first Boston suspect dies

POLICE killed one of the Boston marathon bombing suspects in a shootout early Friday and pursued a chaotic street-to-street manhunt for his accomplice, officials said. The Boston bomb suspects are from a Russian region near Chechnya, and have...

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Taliban attack kills 13 Afghan police

TALIBAN insurgents killed 13 local policemen while they were sleeping, in an attack on their checkpoint in southeast Afghanistan, officials said. The policemen were shot dead early Friday in the Andar district of Ghazni province, said district...

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Three dead on Vic roads in horror day

THREE people have died in two separate crashes in a horror day on Victorian roads. In the latest crash, a 41-year-old woman veered off the road and hit a tree at Maffra at 4.40pm (AEST). The woman died at the scene. Earlier on Friday, two...

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Abbott declares all bets off on surplus

OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has declared "all bets are off" on a timeframe for delivering a budget surplus. Mr Abbott, answering questions from Geelong voters in the nation's most marginal seat of Corangamite, said he didn't know the starting...

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Govt must help carmakers innovate: Combet

THE federal government must help the carmaking industry to innovate so that the embattled sector remains viable in the years ahead, the federal government says. Speaking in Sydney on Thursday night, Innovation and Industry Minister Greg Combet...

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Nestle reports Q1 sales rise of 2.3%

Food and drinks giant Nestle has reported 2.3 per cent rise in first quarter sales. Source: AAP SWISS food and drinks giant Nestle SA has reported first-quarter sales of 21.9 billion Swiss francs ($A22.87 billion), up 2.3 per cent from the...

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Germany approves aid to Cyprus

The German parliament has approved an international bailout package for Cyprus. Source: AAP THE German parliament has approved an international bailout package for stricken eurozone member Cyprus by a large majority. In the Bundestag lower...

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N. Korea refuses South access to Kaesong

North Korea will not be returning to the negotiating table with the US, media reports say. Source: AAP NORTH Korea has barred a delivery of supplies to South Koreans in the closed Kaesong industrial zone, as the South's president said it was...

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Putin foe Navalny goes on trial in Russia

The trial of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on embezzlement charges has been adjounred. Source: AAP RUSSIAN opposition leader Alexei Navalny has gone on trial on charges he says were ordered by President Vladimir Putin to eliminate...

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Trial begins over faulty breast implants

Four executives and the founder of PIP are in court over the sale of faulty breast implants. Source: AAP FRANCE has launched one of its biggest-ever trials as five managers from company PIP faced charges of selling faulty breast implants that...

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Rocket attack kills 12 in central Syria

A GOVERNMENT rocket attack has killed at least 12 people in a village in central Syria, while rebels battled regime forces over two key military bases in the northeast where government troops broke an opposition siege last week, activists said. ...

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European stocks fall further on gloom

EUROPEAN stock markets extended losses on Tuesday as investors dumped risky assets amid spreading economic gloom and after a deadly double bombing at the Boston Marathon, dealers said. In late morning trade, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of...

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One Nation co-founder suing Tony Abbott

A LAWSUIT by One Nation Party co-founder David Ettridge against federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will head to court next month. Mr Ettridge is suing federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott for damages of more than $1.5 million. He has accused...

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Australia rich market for crims: UN study

AUSTRALIA is a lucrative market for international crime syndicates which earn about $US90 billion ($A87.7 billion) a year in the Asia-Pacific region, a new report has found. The first Transnational Organised Crime in East Asia and the Pacific...

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Iran hit by 7.5-magnitude earthquake

A 7.5-MAGNITUDE earthquake has hit southeastern Iran, the country's Seismological Centre reports on its website. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at a depth of 18 kilometres, was located about 81 kilometres north of Saravan in the southeastern...

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Tight security for Thatcher funeral

Margaret Thatcher's funeral will have tight security as police fear protesters could disrupt it. Source: AAP MARGARET Thatcher's funeral will be surrounded by tight security as police fear protesters opposed to her political legacy and anarchists...

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Gold price rout could continue

The gold price could fall further after the commodity and miners of the precious metal were routed. Source: AAP THE rout of the gold price is expected to continue after holders of the precious metal and gold mining stocks were punished on Monday....

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Abbott quizzed on gay marriage stance

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has repeatedly been questioned about his stance against gay marriage. Source: AAP OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has repeatedly been questioned about his stance against gay marriage at a community forum in Sydney....

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Indian court convicts man over 2010 blast

AN Indian court has convicted a cyber cafe worker of murder over a bomb blast which ripped through a packed restaurant in the western city of Pune three years ago, killing 17 people. A lower court in Pune on Monday found Mirza Himayat Baig guilty...

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14th Iraqi local polls candidate killed

A ROADSIDE bomb has killed an Iraqi provincial elections candidate and three other people north of Baghdad, bringing the number of candidates killed in attacks to 14. Najm al-Harbi was travelling to Baquba on a highway in Diyala province in...

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Brits opposed to paying for funeral: poll

SIXTY per cent of Britons are opposed to taxpayers contributing millions of pounds to Margaret Thatcher's funeral, a new poll suggests. Baroness Thatcher's ceremonial send-off on Wednesday is to cost the country STG10 million ($A14.7 million)....

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Syria troops 'break siege of army camps'

SYRIAN troops have broken a months-long rebel siege on two key military bases in the northwestern province of Idlib, killing at least 21 opposition fighters, activists say. "Regime forces managed to lift the siege on the Wadi Deif and Hamdiya...

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Five dead in Somalia courthouse attack

MILITANTS have launched a serious and sustained assault on Mogadishu's main court complex, detonating at least two blasts, taking an unknown number of hostages and exchanging extended volleys of gunfire with government security forces, witnesses...

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