Two dead within 24 hours on NSW roads

A MAN has died after his car hit a tree, marking the second death on NSW's roads in less than 24 hours. Police said the man died after his car veered off the road and struck a tree at about 3.30pm on Saturday, near Blayney west of Sydney. The...

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Obama will not visit Mandela: US official

US President Barack Obama is set to meet privately with members of ailing Nelson Mandela's family. Source: AAP US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are set to meet privately with members of ailing Nelson Mandela's family....

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Teetering truck closes Toowoomba Range

A TRUCK is suspended on an embankment after colliding with another truck heading down the Toowoomba Range, west of Brisbane. Police and paramedics are on site tending to the driver of a B-double after it clipped another truck on the down section...

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Rudd to attend Yunupingu's state funeral

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd will be flying to the Northern Territory on Sunday to pay tribute to Mr Yunupingu at his state funeral. The former lead singer of Yothu Yindi will be remembered at a service at Gulkula in northeast Arnhem Land. A spokeswoman...

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Snowden's father seeks deal with US govt

THE father of fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has revealed he is trying to broker a compromise with the government that could bring his son back to the United States. In a letter to the Justice Department, Lonnie Snowden said through...

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Market rally comes to an end

AUSTRALIAN shares fell flat on the last day of trade in the financial year as cautious investors sold mining and insurance stocks. Australia's share market gained 17 per cent over the past year, but the final week of 2012/13 proved a roller coaster...

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Baldwin disables Twitter page after rant

US actor Alec Baldwin has deactivated his Twitter page following a foul-mouthed rant. Source: AAP ALEC Baldwin has deactivated his Twitter page following a foul-mouthed rant over allegations his pregnant wife was posting messages online during...

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Two Abu Sayyaf members killed: Philippines

SOLDIERS have killed two Islamic extremists and wounded five others in the southern Philippines as government forces continued searching for two kidnapped filmmaker sisters, a military official says. Members of the Abu Sayyaf group opened fire...

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WA premier declares war on green tape

WA Premier Colin Barnett has called for a high-level debate on environmental protection. Source: AAP COLIN Barnett has called for a high-level debate on environmental protection, saying the mining sector is being held back by unnecessary...

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Bowen must reject GrainCorp takeover: Nats

Treasurer Chris Bowen should reject the takeover of GrainCorp by a US food giant, the Nationals say. Source: AAP THE Nationals are calling on new Treasurer Chris Bowen to reject a foreign takeover of Australia's largest grains handler GrainCorp....

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New designer drugs multiplying rapidly: UN

NEW drugs marketed as 'legal highs' and 'designer drugs' are emerging fast and in great numbers, and authorities are struggling to keep up, a new UN report warns. So-called new psychoactive substances (NPS), often sold under harmless names like...

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Japan whaling unlawful, not science: Aust

AUSTRALIA has told the United Nation's top court that Japan is unlawfully trying to cloak a commercial whaling operation "in the lab coat of science". Canberra's lead counsel has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Australia is...

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Garzon declines to represent Snowden

SPAIN'S renowned former human rights judge Baltasar Garzon has announced his firm has declined to represent US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. Garzon, who famously tried to extradite Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet from Britain...

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Snowden 'stuck' at Moscow airport: Putin

Russia's Vladimir Putin (pic) says leaker Edward Snowden is still in a Moscow airport transit zone. Source: AAP US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has spent a fourth day at a Moscow airport with his onward travel plans still a mystery after...

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Snowden may be stuck in Russia: WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks says Edward Snowden may be forced to stay in Russia permanently because of US "bullying". Source: AAP THE WikiLeaks organisation says intelligence leaker Edward Snowden may be forced to stay in Russia permanently because the United...

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Court played calls from doomed asylum boat

Frantic calls from a stricken asylum seeker boat have been heard at an inquest into the disaster. Source: AAP THE phone line was terrible, the language barrier insurmountable and the consequences horrific. The croaky and increasingly frantic...

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Taliban attack Afghan presidential palace

TALIBAN gunmen and bombers using fake NATO identification attacked an entrance to the Afghan presidential palace in the heart of Kabul, just a week after insurgent leaders opened an office in Qatar for peace talks. A nearby building known to house...

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South, North Korea websites hacked

OFFICIAL South and North Korean websites have suffered what appears to be co-ordinated attacks by unknown hackers on the anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, prompting Seoul to issue a general cyber alert. The affected websites included...

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Desal cost to hit Melbourne water prices

Water prices for Melbourne households will rise by up to $222 in the coming financial year. Source: AAP MELBOURNE'S low-income households will be hardest hit by water price hikes of up to $222, the state's peak welfare body says. Water...

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Syria battles rage in Damascus, Aleppo

FIERCE battles have raged on the edges of Damascus as the army presses a major assault to crush rebels around the capital, a monitoring group and activists say. And in the contested city of Aleppo in the country's north, rebels attempted to advance...

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12 soldiers killed in Lebanon clashes

Three soldiers died in a clash with supporters of anti-Hezbollah sheik Ahmed al-Assir in Lebanon. Source: AAP TWELVE soldiers have been killed in clashes with supporters of a radical Sunni cleric in southern Lebanon, the army says, in violence...

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Hearings wrap up for ex-Gunns boss

FORMER Gunns chairman John Gay has been remanded on bail until the beginning of his trial on insider trading charges. Mr Gay is scheduled to front the Tasmanian Supreme Court in Launceston from August 5 after preliminary proceedings hearings...

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Another Dreamliner makes emergency landing

A BOEING 787 Dreamliner jet was forced to make an emergency landing during an internal US flight because of a problem with its brake system, United Airlines says. "United flight 94 from Houston to Denver returned to Houston on Sunday due to a...

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Journo wanted to help sex-abuse victims

A JOURNALIST has told an inquiry that she wrote a series of newspaper articles about child sexual abuse by priests because she wanted to help the victims. Newcastle Herald journalist Joanne McCarthy's articles, over two years from 2010, led to...

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ARIA recount places Kanye West at No.1

Kanye West's Yeezus has moved to top spot on the ARIA Albums chart following a data review. Source: AAP DISCOVERY of a discrepancy in the ARIA Chart sales figures has revealed that Kanye West's Yeezus album outsold the Troy Cassar-Daley and...

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Son drowns, Tas ocean search on for father

A SEARCH will resume at first light for a man missing off Tasmania's northeast coast after the body of his six-year-old son was pulled from the water on Saturday. The pair had been standing on rocks near a boat ramp when a wave pulled them into...

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US man set for Grand Canyon tightrope walk

US daredevil Nik Wallenda hopes to make history by walking across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope. Source: AAP RECORD-BREAKING US daredevil Nik Wallenda hopes to make history again by walking across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope, 450 metres...

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Man's fingertip bitten off in Sydney brawl

A man's fingertip has been bitten off during a fight in central Sydney. Source: AAP A MAN'S fingertip has been bitten off during a fight in Sydney's CBD. Riot police arrested two men at the scene of the brawl between two groups on Sunday...

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US data whistleblower Snowden exits HK

US whistleblower Edward Snowden is en route from Hong Kong to Moscow, a report says. Source: AAP FORMER spy Edward Snowden has flown out of Hong Kong, reportedly bound for Moscow and onwards to a third destination, momentarily escaping the...

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Snapper defends Nigella Lawson pictures

THE photographer who took pictures of Nigella Lawson being assaulted by her husband says the attack lasted for "27 minutes of madness" but he didn't intervene because he feared being arrested himself. Snapper Jean-Paul says the incident outside...

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