21 killed in Iranian bus crash

A BUS full of students has reportedly overturned, killing 21 people in southwestern Iran. Senior local police official Colonel Mohammad Reza Mehmandar, was quoted on state radio on Saturday as saying the driver lost control because of high speed...

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UN to act against DR Congo rebels

THE UN Security Council has announced planned sanctions against leaders of the M23 rebel movement for its attacks on civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. And in what appears to be a rebuke to neighbouring Rwanda, it has insisted...

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Hostel evacuated after wheelchair fire

THREE people have been hospitalised after a fire believed to have started in a motorised wheelchair forced the evacuation of an aged care home in Canberra's north. More than a dozen residents were inside a block of the Villaggio Sant Antonio...

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Hong Kong seizes 3.6 tonnes of ivory

HONG Kong customs officers have confiscated 3.6 tonnes of ivory worth $US3.4 million ($A3.30 million) in their biggest ever seizure of endangered species products, authorities say. Acting on a tip from customs officials in neighbouring Guangdong...

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Pakistan sheep importer pressured: reports

THE Pakistani livestock importer who bought Australian sheep that were inhumanely slaughtered on health grounds has agreed to not seek damages, reports from Pakistan claim. A shipment of about 21,000 mainly West Australian sheep was sent to Pakistan...

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European stocks slip at open, London loses

EUROPE'S main stock markets have staged a light retreat in Friday opening deals, with London's FTSE 100 benchmark index of top companies down 0.15 per cent at 5,908.29 points. Elsewhere, Frankfurt's DAX 30 dipped 0.32 per cent to 7,413.69 points...

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Protesters chain themselves to trucks

FOUR activists who chained themselves to trucks and a ship mast have been charged over a protest against live animal exports at Fremantle Port. A 20-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were charged with trespassing after chaining themselves...

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Afghan blast kills 15 en route to wedding

AN explosion from a roadside bomb tore into a minibus carrying people to a wedding in northern Afghanistan, leaving 15 dead and 18 wounded, police say. Spokesman Shir Jan Durani said on Friday the group was travelling to Dawlat Abad district,...

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US military curfew in Japan after rape

THE US military says it's imposing a nationwide curfew on all military personnel in Japan after two servicemen allegedly raped a local woman in Okinawa. From 11pm to 5am all of the approximately 47,000 members of the US armed forces stationed...

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S Korea urges China calm as fisherman dies

SOUTH Korea has called for a "calm response" from Beijing after a Chinese fisherman was killed by a rubber bullet during a South Korean coastguard operation. The foreign ministry also urged China to work harder to solve the "root cause" of illegal...

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Search suspended for NSW fisherman

THE search for a Sydney man who fell from his boat in the NSW Snowy Mountains on Wednesday night has been suspended due to poor light. The 57-year-old was on a fishing trip with his son on Lake Eucumbene, near Adaminaby, when he fell overboard...

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Foreign investment in rural sector a boon

FOREIGN investment will help boost the development of Australian agriculture during the Asian century, a parliamentary hearing has heard. Treasury Markets Group executive director Jim Murphy said the department continued to welcome agricultural...

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WAFarmers hold firm on wheat deregulation

THE Western Australian Farmers Federation has reiterated its support for the proposed winding up of the wheat industry's regulatory body after a similar organisation asked it to reconsider. WAFarmers said another state farmer group had recently...

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S African hippo becomes dish for Zulu king

A SOUTH African hippopotamus named Vincent has been killed and cooked for Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini after the animal wounded a game ranger, local media reports. Wildlife authorities donated the carcass to the Zulu King, who had it cooked...

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Furolo resignation prompts ALP reshuffle

NSW Opposition leader John Robertson has used the resignation of roads spokesman Robert Furolo to promote four MPs to his front bench, including former Premier Kristina Keneally's spin doctor Walt Secord. Mr Robertson on Wednesday night announced...

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Missing bushwalker safe in Vic

A TEENAGER who went missing in Victoria's southwest is safe and well. The 17-year-old boy was with three other teenagers and three adults when he became separated from the group while hiking along the Great South West Walk about 1pm (AEDT) on...

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Debts close Melbourne's Acacia College

THE educational future of more than 500 students is in doubt after the Uniting Church announced it is closing Acacia College in Melbourne's north at the end of the year. The church said on Wednesday night it was in discussions with a number...

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Debts close Melbourne's Acacia College

THE educational future of more than 500 students is in doubt after the Uniting Church announced it is closing Acacia College in Melbourne's north at the end of the year. The church said on Wednesday night it was in discussions with a number...

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Hopes rise as escapee Tassie Devil spotted

HOPES are rising for the recovery of three Tasmanian Devils after paw prints were found behind a zoo they busted out of in rural Western Australia. A large eucalypt tree fell on the devils' newly-built enclosure at Peel Zoo, on the outskirts...

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Opposition denied grilling in Ashby case

THE opposition has been denied the opportunity to grill some of the government lawyers involved in James Ashby's case against the commonwealth. Shadow attorney-general George Brandis wanted to question in a senate estimates committee on Tuesday...

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German investor sentiment up for 2nd month

INVESTOR sentiment in Germany rose for the second month in a row in October, data showed on Tuesday, as recent uncertainty on the financial markets has abated somewhat. The widely watched investor confidence indicator calculated each month by...

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Ex-Fed Court judge to review ASIO findings

A FORMER Federal Court judge will review adverse security findings by ASIO against asylum seekers in a move that could see people released from indefinite detention. Attorney-General Nicola Roxon says former justice Margaret Stone will be appointed...

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European satellite provider blocks Iran TV

EUROPEAN satellite provider Eutelsat has taken 19 Iranian television and radio broadcasters off the air as a result of European Union sanctions. Eutelsat spokeswoman Vanessa O'Connor says the channels operated by Iranian state broadcaster Irib...

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UN envoy urges Syria truce for Eid holiday

UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has called for a ceasefire in Syria during the upcoming four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, as the revolt enters its 20th month with a death toll of more than 33,000. Brahimi made his call as he shuttled between Syria's...

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Putin allies win in Russia local elections

THE pro-Kremlin candidate steamrolled to victory on Monday in a poll on the outskirts of Moscow that had been seen by the opposition as a chance to lodge a high-profile presence near the seat of Russian power. The Khimki District vote on the northwestern...

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China FTA must be completed soon: Baillieu

VICTORIAN Premier Ted Baillieu, who last month led a 600-strong delegation to China, has called on the federal government to get a move on with the Fair Trade Agreement (FTA) with the People's Republic. He told the Australia China Business Council...

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