Compo for fire-affected Vic businesses

Telstra says Victorian businesses that lost services after a fire will be paid compensation. Source: AAP BUSINESSES affected by a fire that hit the Telstra exchange in southwestern Victoria will be able to claim compensation. An estimated...

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Singapore to deport Chinese bus drivers

SINGAPORE will deport 29 mainland Chinese bus drivers and prosecute five others for taking part in the city-state's first strike since the 1980s, the government says. The Ministry of Manpower said in a statement on Saturday that 29 drivers'...

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Iraq violence rises in November

The level of violence in Iraq has risen with 166 people killed in November. Source: AAP THE number of people killed in attacks in Iraq rose in November compared with October, many of them dying in the last few days of the month, figures compiled...

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Egypt's Islamists rally for Morsi

Vast crowds have rallied in Cairo to protest a draft constitution seen as undermining freedoms. Source: AAP ISLAMISTS have rallied in support of President Mohamed Morsi's new expanded powers and the drafting of a contested charter, in a clear...

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Manila slams China's plans to board ships

THE Philippines has denounced Chinese plans to search ships sailing through what Beijing says is its territory in the South China Sea in the latest irritant between the countries. The Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Saturday...

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UK papers back PM's rebuff of press laws

British newspapers have backed Prime Minister David Cameron's opposition for new press laws. Source: AAP BRITAIN'S newspapers have praised senior judge Brian Leveson's report into media ethics, but warned its recommendation to introduce new...

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Hong Kong stocks close up 0.49%

HONG Kong shares have closed 0.49 per cent higher after US third-quarter economic growth was revised upwards. The benchmark Hang Seng Index on Friday added 107.50 points to end at 22,030.39 on turnover of $HK80.03 billion ($A9.95 billion). The...

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Man dies after highway collision

A MAN has died after a car, a taxi and a van collided on the Pacific Highway in northern NSW. Police said the male car driver died at the scene in Tweed Heads about 1pm (AEDT) on Friday. The female van driver was taken to hospital and the male...

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Blind activist's nephew put on trial

CHINESE authorities have put the nephew of legal activist Chen Guangcheng on trial in a case seen as retaliation by local officials angered by Chen's daring escape from house arrest earlier this year. Chen Guangcheng slipped out of his tightly...

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Strauss-Kahn settles with US maid: reports

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has reached a settlement with a maid who accused him of sexual assault. Source: AAP DISGRACED former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief and would-be French president Dominique Strauss-Kahn will settle out of court...

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UN court acquits former Kosovo PM, aides

A UN war crimes tribunal has acquitted the former prime minister of Kosovo and two of his former Kosovo Liberation Army comrades for the second time on charges of murdering and torturing Serbs and their supporters in Kosovo's war for independence....

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Hong Kong stocks close 0.99% higher

HONG Kong shares have finished 0.99 per cent higher as traders followed a rally on Wall Street that was fuelled by hopes of a US deal to avert the fiscal cliff of tax hikes and spending cuts. The benchmark Hang Seng Index on Thursday added 213.91...

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China claims 'historical' right to sea

BEIJING'S claims to nearly all the South China Sea are embossed in its latest passports, based on what it calls long-established "historical facts" and what Chinese analysts say is Western imperial precedent. Beijing has grown increasingly assertive...

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Man charged with sexually assaulting girl

A MAN has been charged with five counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of aggravated indecent assault for allegedly abusing a girl in his care. After receiving a tip-off, police arrested the 65-year-old man at his home about 1.30pm...

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Top Pakistani militant hit by blast

PAKISTANI intelligence and government officials say a suicide bomber targeted a prominent Pakistani militant commander in the country's northwest, wounding him and killing three people. The officials say the bomber attacked Maulvi Nazir on Thursday...

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UK PM 'should' reject media regulation

British MPs are urging PM David Cameron to reject statutory regulation of the press. Source: AAP BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron faces fresh demands to reject statutory regulation of newspapers as he prepares to take delivery of the Leveson...

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Smith meets Afghan, Italian officials

AS security transition in Afghanistan approaches, Defence Minister Stephen Smith has held talks on the move to Afghan security control with visiting Afghan and Italian officials. Mr Smith met the chairman of the Afghan government's Transition...

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Killers often know their victims: report

A REPORT by the Victorian Coroner looking into 545 homicides between 2000 and 2010 in Victoria has found 288 involved family members or intimate partners. The Victorian Systemic Review of Family Violence Deaths (VSRFVD), led by Coroner Judge Jennifer...

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European stocks drop at open

EUROPE'S main stock markets declined at the start of trading on Wednesday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies down 0.29 per cent at 5,782.77 points. Elsewhere, Frankfurt's DAX 30 index dipped 0.20 per cent to 7,317.49 points...

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Blasts kill 38 near Syria capital

SIMULTANEOUS car bombings in a mostly Christian and Druze town near Damascus killed at least 38 people as rebels downed a military aircraft for the second successive day. The blasts occurred when explosives-packed cars were detonated at daybreak...

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Congo rebels to withdraw from Goma

Rebels holding the town of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo ignored a deadline to withdraw. Source: AAP REBELS in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they would withdraw from Goma, a week after their capture of the key eastern city...

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Bishop backtracks on Gillard allegation

The coalition will use the last week of parliament to grill PM Julia Gillard over an AWU slush fund. Source: AAP DEPUTY opposition leader Julie Bishop has backtracked on her claim that Julia Gillard helped "hide" the creation of an incorporated...

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Migration bill splits coalition

A PAIR of coalition MPs have defied their party and voted against legislation that effectively excises the Australian mainland from its migration zone. But the legislation passed the lower house easily, with Labor and the rest of the coalition...

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US homeowner charged in fatal shootings

A US homeowner who shot two unarmed teenagers in the midst of an apparent Thanksgiving Day break-in said he feared they had a weapon, but appeared to take pride in "a good clean finishing shot" for one teenager, authorities say. Byron David Smith,...

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Olympic swimmer in hot water

Allegations centre on a borrowed scooter and a crash that injured two people. Source: AAP OLYMPIC swimmer Eamon Sullivan has a date with an Adelaide magistrate after being reported by police for assault and disorderly behaviour after a joyride...

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Defence gets tough on frontline fitness

The defence force demonstrated its new fitness standards during a troop demonstration in Canberra. Source: AAP FUTURE Australian soldiers could have to prove their fitness by route marching in full kit and carrying 22-kilogram jerry cans full...

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Qld beef 'safe' despite rare disease

An agriculture lobby group says Qld beef is safe to eat despite the discovery of a rare disease. Source: AAP IT'S safe to eat Queensland beef despite a rare bovine disease being detected on a property near the state's beef capital, an agriculture...

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Bangladesh workers protest 'deathtraps'

A fire in a nine-storey garment factory in Bangladesh has left at least 110 people dead. Source: AAP GARMENT workers staged mass protests on Monday to demand an end to "deathtrap" labour conditions after Bangladesh's worst-ever textile factory...

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Zuma slaughters cows for re-election

SOUTH Africa's President Jacob Zuma's family slaughtered 12 cows at his rural village at the weekend in a traditional ritual to help him keep his job, local media said on Monday. The Times quoted one clan elder calling on the ancestors to protect...

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Burke thanks warring Tassie forest groups

ENVIRONMENT Minister Tony Burke has personally thanked the environmental and industry groups who buried the hatchet to reach an historic agreement over Tasmania's forests. A bitter 30-year feud between loggers and green groups in Tasmania ended...

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Search for swimmer at WA beach called off

THE search for a swimmer initially feared missing off Perth's Trigg Beach has been suspended after no firm reports emerged of a missing person. Police and surf lifesavers had been searching for more than three hours after a beach inspector saw...

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ElBaradei warns of Egypt turmoil

Egypt's top judges have denounced President Mohamed Morsi for granting himself sweeping new powers. Source: AAP PROMINENT Egyptian democracy advocate Mohammed ElBaradei has warned of increasing turmoil that could lead to the military stepping...

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Men arrested after mosque 'threat'

A person is in custody after a threat has been made against a mosque in Sydney's south. Source: AAP TWO suspected Muslim extremists have been arrested at a mosque in Sydney's south after threats were allegedly made against worshippers. ...

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Iran congratulates Hamas 'victory'

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has praised Gaza's 'victory over Israeli aggression'. Source: AAP IRAN'S President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has congratulated Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya on a "great victory" over Israel, the...

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Bomb attack on Shi'ite parade kills five

The Pakistan Taliban has claimed a bomb blast that killed eight people near a Shi'ite procession. Source: AAP A BOMB attack on a Shi'ite Muslim procession has killed five mourners and wounded more than 80 in northwest Pakistan as Shi'ites mark...

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