Drunken pair trample on Anzac blooms

TWO men have climbed on a war memorial in Sydney's CBD and trampled on Anzac flowers before snapping pictures of themselves in the act. Police say passers-by sounded the alarm after they saw the pair climbing onto the cenotaph at Martin Place...

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S. Korean workers set to leave Kaesong

South Korea is set to pull its workers out of a jointly run industrial park in North Korea. Source: AAP SOUTH Korean workers are due to start returning from a jointly run industrial park in North Korea after Seoul announced a complete withdrawal...

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Qld officer charged over owning weapon

A Queensland policeman has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. Source: AAP A QUEENSLAND policeman is due to face court next month charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon. Police say the constable, from the state's southern...

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Japan PM escapes injury in five-car crash

A LIMOUSINE carrying Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been involved in a five-car pile-up at a toll gate in Tokyo but he escaped without injury. Two guards in a police car accompanying Abe's official vehicle suffered slight injuries to...

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Dreamliner flights resume from Ethiopia

AN Ethiopian Airlines Dreamliner jet has taken off on a commercial flight, becoming the first carrier to resume flying the Boeing 787 aircraft that were grounded worldwide three months ago due to battery problems. The flight took off from Addis...

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WWII Limerick wreck given protection

A WORLD War II merchant navy ship sunk by the Japanese off the coast of northern NSW has been given historic protection by the federal government. The cargo ship MV Limerick was part of a coastal wartime convoy travelling from Sydney to Brisbane...

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Qantas to fight claim Aboriginals removed

Qantas is facing legal action for allegedly kicking a group of Aboriginal men off a plane. Source: AAP QANTAS says it will not tolerate behaviour that could compromise passenger safety after facing legal action for allegedly kicking a group...

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Renault sales slide in first quarter

French automaker Renault says sales in the first quarter fell 11.6 per cent to $A10.55 billion. Source: AAP FRENCH automaker Renault says sales in the first quarter of 2013 fell 11.6 per cent year-on-year to 8.27 billion euros ($A10.55 billion)...

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NSW driver runs down man, punches police

A DRIVER deliberately drove into a group of men outside a hotel in Bathurst, running down and injuring one before resisting arrest, police say. A 23-year-old man has been charged with a number of offences after allegedly crossing to the wrong...

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Protests as Bangladesh toll hits 200

HUNDREDS of thousands of garment workers have walked of the job in Bangladesh after the deaths of 200 people in a building collapse. Grief turned to anger on Thursday as the workers, some carrying sticks, blockaded key highways in at least three...

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82 die in Bangladesh building collapse

AT least 82 people have died and 700 are injured after a eight-storey building containing several garment factories collapsed on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital on Wednesday, a doctor says. Hiralal Roy, a senior emergency ward doctor at...

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UK cosmetic report relevant to Australia

A MAJOR UK report that attempts to tame the under-regulated, rapidly growing cosmetic intervention industry is relevant to Australia, a leading surgeon says. The UK Keogh report, released on Wednesday, found most people who have cosmetic interventions...

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6.2 quake strikes Afghanistan

A 6.2 earthquake struck Afghanistan on Wednesday, with strong tremors felt in the capital Kabul and Islamabad in neighbouring Pakistan, the Pakistan meteorological office said. The quake hit at 0925 GMT (1925 AEST) and was centred in southeastern...

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Accused US bomber may face death penalty

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could face the death penalty, the US government indicated. Source: AAP AS the case unfolds against Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old may earn a dubious distinction -...

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US team questions Boston suspects' parents

THE Boston marathon bombing suspects had not contacted local Islamist groups, their parents have claimed. A delegation from the US embassy in Moscow interviewed the parents in the Russian North Caucasus region of Dagestan. The parents of Tamerlan...

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NYC age for buying cigarettes could be 21

New York City officials are considering raising the legal age for buying cigarettes to 21. Source: AAP AFTER years of striving to set a national agenda for curbing smoking, New York City may set a new bar as officials propose to raise the...

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Tassie makes gay-friendly tourism official

Tasmania has become the first state to accredit gay-friendly tourism businesses. Source: AAP TASMANIA has become the first state to accredit gay-friendly tourism businesses just months after it snubbed a projected $100 million windfall from...

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Woman found dead at Sydney unit named

A WOMAN found dead in a unit on Sydney's north shore reportedly worked in a senior position at a prominent Sydney finance company. Officers found Kate Malonyay, 32, at her Mosman home on Monday morning. Police are treating her death as suspicious....

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Trek fans see stars on Sydney red carpet

SYDNEY April 23 AAP - Fans squealed, passing bus passengers gawked and the paparazzi flashed their cameras as the stars and director of Star Trek Into Darkness walked the red carpet in Sydney for the film's premiere. A surprisingly bearded Chris...

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Investigators seek Boston blasts motive

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. Source: AAP INVESTIGATORS sought a motive for the Boston Marathon bombings after the surviving suspect was charged for his alleged role in the...

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Bomb kills four Pakistani soldiers

A ROADSIDE bomb targeting a military convoy has killed four Pakistani soldiers and wounded four more near the Afghan border. Sunday's blast was triggered by remote control in Mirali in North Waziristan tribal district, a notorious hub of Taliban-...

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Cashed-up investors fight for Sydney homes

CASHED-UP buyers are fighting hard to secure investment properties in Sydney. Demand for high-yielding homes has pushed the harbour city's weekend auction clearance rate above 75 per cent for the second time this year. But while such levels normally...

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Blaze guts historic Sydney Anglican church

AN historic Anglican church in Sydney's inner west has been gutted by fire. Authorities say Dulwich Hill's Holy Trinity Church has been severely damaged by the blaze that broke out in the early hours of Sunday. The building, dating back to...

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Musharraf in house arrest 'isolation'

PAKISTAN'S former military ruler Pervez Musharraf is reportedly being held in "isolation" in his luxury farmhouse, confined to two rooms and stripped of personal staff. A court remanded Musharraf, who ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008, in custody...

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