Pakistan PM arrives in India

Pakistan's PM Raja Pervez Ashraf (R) arrived in India for a pilgrimage to a revered Muslim shrine. Source: AAP PAKISTAN'S premier Raja Pervez Ashraf has arrived in India for a pilgrimage to a revered Muslim shrine, with Indian Foreign Minister...

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Figures show foreign worker visas rising

Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor says 457 visa applications have increased 10 per cent. Source: AAP NEW figures show a recent surge in 457 visa applications that justifies the federal government's planned crackdown on rorts, Immigration...

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Malaysia detains 79 'Borneo intruders'

Malaysian police have detained 79 suspects linked to Filipino intruders on Borneo Island. Source: AAP MALAYSIAN police say they've detained 79 suspects linked to Filipino intruders in Borneo as they intensify an operation to flush out members...

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West Australian polling booths close

POLLING booths in Western Australia have closed after record-breaking early queues in the state's first fixed-term election. A Newspoll published on Saturday pointed to a landslide win for the incumbent Liberal party, showing it would win 59.5...

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Kabul suicide bomber kills nine

A suicide bomber kills at least nine people in an attack at the gates of the defence ministry in Kabul during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Sarah Charlton reports. A bomb has exploded near Kabul's defence ministry...

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10 die in Iraqi attacks

TEN people have been killed in a series of attacks in northern and central Iraq, most of which targeted security personnel, police say. Two people were killed and seven injured in bombings in the Salah al-Din province, some 170km north of Baghdad....

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Over 50 arrests after Malaysia clashes

Malaysian police say they have arrested more than 50 people in the eastern state of Sabah. Source: AAP MALAYSIAN police say they have arrested more than 50 people in a remote state since the start of a nearly month-long incursion by Filipino...

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Queensland's crimefighting boss resigns

Campbell Newman called on the CMC chairman to consider resigning, saying he's failed the state. Source: AAP THE head of Queensland's top crime fighting body, the Crime and Misconduct Commission, has resigned as he continues his battle with...

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Indian malnutrition fund used to fix buses

Money collected to help Indian children has been spent on fixing public transport. Source: AAP A FUND of hundreds of millions of rupees raised to help malnourished children in western India has been diverted to maintain public buses, it's...

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Bin Laden's son-in-law to face US court

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith will face charges that he conspired to kill Americans in his in al-Qaeda. Source: AAP OSAMA bin Laden's son-in-law was due to appear in a New York court on Friday to face charges that he conspired to kill Americans in his...

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Bolshoi dancer admits acid attack

Moscow police say a star dancer is believed to have ordered the disfiguring attack on Sergei Filin. Source: AAP A LEADING Bolshoi Theatre dancer admitted in court that he ordered an assault on the famed Russian ballet troupe's artistic director...

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Miners' underground dance harmless: lawyer

A lawyer says 15 WA miners sacked for doing a dance routine underground did no harm. Source: AAP THE lawyer for one of the sacked "Harlem Shake" miners who broke into a dance craze in a WA underground mine says the 30-second dance that cost...

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Senator ends filibuster of CIA pick

Republican senator Rand Paul (pic) led a 13-hour filibuster of John Brennan's appointment. Source: AAP A REPUBLICAN senator seeking to block President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA over concerns about drone strikes on US soil completed...

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Jailed Pussy Riot punk seeks parole

One of the two Pussy Riot performers serving a jail term, has asked to be released on parole. Source: AAP JAILED Pussy Riot performer Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, serving a two-year sentence in a Russian prison camp, has asked to be released on...

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Valuable artworks taken from Adelaide home

South Australian police are seeking information about the theft of six pieces of artwork. Source: AAP ART dealers should be on the lookout after six rare and valuable artworks, worth more than $100,000, were stolen from an Adelaide home....

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Rally planned over Mardi Gras 'brutality'

GAY rights activists will rally in Sydney this week to demand an external investigation, apologies and compensation for alleged police brutality at last weekend's Mardi Gras celebrations. Politicians and community groups called for an inquiry...

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Files of Qld corruption inquiry exposed

PEOPLE who helped uncover entrenched police corruption in Queensland over two decades ago could be in danger after information about them was accidentally made public. The Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) is reviewing how a clerical error...

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Baillieu a man of integrity: Abbott

FEDERAL Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has congratulated Denis Napthine for being elected Victorian premier and praised outgoing leader Ted Baillieu as a man of integrity and honour. Mr Baillieu resigned as Victorian premier on Wednesday night....

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WA premier defends workers on 457 visas

WA premier Colin Barnett has stood up for fly-in, fly-out workers on temporary visas. Source: AAP FLY-IN, fly-out (FIFO) workers should be regarded as Australia's "modern day heroes", Western Australia's Premier Colin Barnett says, akin to...

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Baillieu a man of integrity: Abbott

Former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu is a man of integrity, opposition leader Tony Abbott says. Source: AAP FEDERAL Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has congratulated Denis Napthine for being elected Victorian premier and praised outgoing leader...

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Afghan bank execs jailed 5 years for fraud

AN Afghan court has sentenced two senior Kabul Bank executives to five years in jail for a $US900 million ($A888 million) fraud that caused the country's largest bank to collapse in 2010. Judge Shamsul Rahman Shams said the men must pay back...

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Fake bishop tries to sneak into Vatican

An Italian man dressed up in fake robes has been escorted out of a meeting of Catholic cardinals. Source: AAP AN Italian man dressed up in fake ecclesiastical robes has been escorted out of a meeting of Catholic cardinals by Swiss Guards...

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Indonesia president visits Germany

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is winding up an official visit to Germany. Source: AAP INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is visiting Germany for talks aimed at strengthening business ties between the two countries....

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Home builders need another rate cut: HIA

THE housing industry believes the central bank has missed an opportunity to provide a boost to the struggling residential building sector. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate at three per cent at its monthly board meeting on...

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Cigarettes worth $200,000 seized in Vic

Police have seized illegally imported cigarettes from a truck in Victoria's northeast. Source: AAP MORE than 1000 cartons of cigarettes worth $200,000 have been seized from a truck in Victoria's northeast. The cigarettes, believed to...

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Record 259 nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

A RECORD 259 nominees are in the running for this year's Nobel Peace Prize which will be announced in October, the Nobel Institute said on Monday. The list of 209 individuals and 50 organisations is known to include Malala Yousafzai, the shot...

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Petrol bomb near India president's hotel

PROTESTERS have thrown a home-made petrol bomb near the hotel of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in the Bangladesh capital amid new deadly protests in the country. An Indian foreign ministry official speaking on condition of anonymity said...

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Spain's Iberia cancels 1300 flights

SPANISH airline Iberia says some 1300 flights will be cancelled this week as workers begin a second round of strikes to protest the loss-making company's plans to lay off almost a fifth of its workforce. The government has ordered a minimum...

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Denmark seeks $1b in taxes from Microsoft

DANISH tax authorities are demanding 5.8 billion kroner ($A995 million) in tax arrears from Microsoft, public broadcaster DR reports. "Microsoft owes the treasury five billion kroner ... amounting to a total of 5.8 billion with interest included,"...

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Cardinals begin pre-conclave talks

CATHOLIC cardinals have begun talks ahead of a conclave to elect a new pope after Benedict XVI's resignation, as an absent British cardinal admits to sexual misconduct with priests. Monday's Vatican meetings will set the date for the start of...

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Gillard woos jaded western Sydney voters

Julia Gillard announces a major federal government push to fight gang-related drugs and gun crime. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has tried to realign her government with the two million-plus residents of western Sydney, telling them...

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Rapist's body found after Melbourne siege

A stand-off between police and fugitive rapist Antonio Loguancio has entered its second full day. Source: AAP THE body of convicted rapist Antonio Loguancio has been found in a bungalow after a two-day siege in Melbourne came to a fiery end....

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Assad refuses to quit as foes advance

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused the British government of wanting to arm "terrorists". Source: AAP PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad insisted he will not step down and blasted Britain's support for his armed foes who reportedly killed...

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Heat on Thailand at wildlife conference

Thailand has been forced onto the defensive over the rampant smuggling of ivory. Source: AAP GLOBAL conservationists converged on Bangkok for the start of endangered species talks, as host Thailand was forced onto the defensive over the rampant...

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Mubarak retrial to open April 1

A RETRIAL of former president Hosni Mubarak, jailed for life for his role in the deaths of protesters in 2011, is to open on April 13, Egypt's official MENA news agency reports. Mubarak, former interior minister Habib al-Adly and six top security...

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