Pope set to begin Middle East pilgrimage

The Vatican has billed Pope Francis' first visit to the Middle East as a "pilgrimage of prayer". Source: AAP POPE Francis has headed for Jordan at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at boosting ties with Muslims and Jews as well as easing...

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Qld Labor downplays by-election chances

LABOR'S candidate for the Brisbane seat vacated by maverick former government MP Chris Davis has vowed to be a thorn in Premier Campbell Newman's side if he's elected. But maxillofacial surgeon Dr Anthony Lynham is playing down his chances of...

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Iran billionaire executed over $2.8b fraud

A BILLIONAIRE businessman at the heart of a $US2.6 billion ($A2.8 billion) state bank scam, the largest fraud case since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, has been executed, state television reports. Authorities put Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, also...

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Gunmen fire inside El Salvador bus, kill 6

Police in El Salvador say gunmen boarded a bus in a town near the capital killing six people. Source: AAP POLICE in El Salvador say gunmen boarded a bus in a town near the capital and opened fired on passengers, killing six. National...

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Suspected drug ring busted in Canberra

Police have raided 10 north Canberra properties, uncovering what they say is a major drug syndicate. Source: AAP A MAJOR drug ring has been busted in the national capital, with a Canberra man set to face court charged with trafficking drugs....

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NZ-Thai sentenced for offending monarch

A 65-YEAR-OLD Thai woman, now living in New Zealand, has been given a suspended jail sentence by a Thai Criminal court after being found guilty of breaching Thailand's laws protecting the monarchy. Thitinant Kaewchantranont, was arrested on...

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PM Abbott defends daughter scholarship

A scholarship awarded to Frances Abbott was based on merit, says her father Tony Abbott. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has defended his daughter's scholarship from a design college chaired by a Liberal Party donor and friend. Frances...

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Motorbike and truck collide, rider dead

A 45-YEAR-OLD man is dead after his motorbike collided head-on with a truck in Tasmania's north. Rain was falling when the crash occurred near Sheffield just before 1pm on Thursday. Police say the motorbike crossed to the wrong side of the...

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No refugee ticket to first world: Morrison

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Cambodia wants refugees from Australia to rebuild the nation. Source: AAP IMMIGRATION Minister Scott Morrison has signalled that Australia is about to cut a deal with Cambodia to resettle refugees held in...

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Thailand's army launches coup

THAILAND'S army chief says the army is taking control of the government to "restore order and push through political reform", Sky News reports. The head of the Thai Army made the announcement on TV with senior military officers surrounding him,...

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Fatal crash on Vic peninsula

A SECOND man has died after a car smashed into the garage of a house on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. The car, with three men in it, veered off the road and ploughed into the garage in the beachside suburb of Dromana on Sunday night. A Somerville...

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10-year-olds hurt after minibus rolls

A mini-bus has rolled on its side after colliding with a car in Melbourne, injuring two children. Source: AAP TWO children have been taken to hospital after a school mini-bus accident in Melbourne. The mini-bus and a car collided in Northcote...

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Vic paramedics rescue men from burning car

VICTORIAN paramedics have pulled an unconscious man from a burning car and saved the life of his passenger. When ambulance workers Amanda Stolk and Colin Kicker responded to reports of a car crash in Dandenong on Tuesday night, they found two...

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Sydney bus driver demolishes wall

A bus has hit two vehicles and demolished a family's front yard wall in Sydney early on Wednesday. Source: AAP A BUS has hit two vehicles and demolished a family's front yard wall in Sydney. Police will question the 74-year-old driver...

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Nauru refugees not told of Cambodia: govt

Labor is gravely concerned about the Abbott government's Cambodian asylum seeker resettlement deal. Source: AAP THE Abbott government is rejecting claims that asylum seekers in Nauru have been told their future could be in Cambodia. Australia...

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Brisbane's 'blind curfew' condemned

Brisbane has been accused of putting a curfew on the blind by turning off audible traffic signals. Source: AAP IMAGINE being told you shouldn't go out in the city after 9.30pm. That's what happened to Australia's disability discrimination...

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GP fee 'contradicts' close the gap target

Indigenous groups warn the government that charging people to see doctors will increase inequality. Source: AAP THE Abbott government's plan to charge sick people to see their doctors will contradict its aim of closing the gap on indigenous...

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Hawke wants Aust a nuclear one-stop shop

Bob Hawke says Australia should enrich uranium and store nuclear power plant waste. Source: AAP FORMER prime minister Bob Hawke says Australia should start enriching uranium and disposing of nuclear waste in its most geologically stable state...

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"Everything is gone": Lin grandfather

Grandfather Yang Fei Lin described the moment he heard about the killing of five family members. Source: AAP THE morning after five members of his family were murdered, grandfather Yang Fei Li received a call from the alleged killer telling...

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Tough budget necessary: Treasury Sec

Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson says Australians needs to know the nation faces a challenges. Source: AAP THE Australian public needs to know that the nation faces a challenge and a tough budget was necessary, Treasury Secretary Martin...

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Cattle identity Graeme Acton remembered

QUEENSLAND beef baron Graeme Acton's walk, hat and high expectations made him an iconic Australian, the prime minister says. Tony Abbott and Queensland Premier Campbell Newman were among thousands who turned out to farewell the cattle identity...

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Tributes for father of 3 killed in Fiji

THE driver of a fishing boat that crashed into another vessel, killing an Australian father of three on holiday with his family in Fiji, has been refused bail by a Suva court. Mark Hardaker, 40, from Toongabbie in Sydney's west, was killed last...

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Insulation scheme a 'recipe for disaster'

THE Rudd government's decision to include foil products in its home insulation program was "a recipe for disaster" that could have easily been avoided, an inquiry has heard. Master Electricians chief executive Malcolm Richards says the product...

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Guard distressed after shooting bandit

A SECURITY guard who shot dead an armed bandit outside a Gold Coast tavern appears to have acted instinctively, police say. Police have interviewed the 47-year-old guard but haven't laid charges against him after the fatal incident on Monday...

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One dead, two injured in Vic car crash

A PASSENGER was killed and another man is in a life-threatening condition after a speeding car crashed into a Victorian residential garage. Three men were out getting food when the driver lost control and hit a pole before smashing into the...

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WA abuse victims to tell their stories

THE royal commission investigating child sex abuse in institutions will hold private sessions in the Kimberley region of Western Australia on Monday. Officers from the commission will be in Broome and Kununurra to meet with people interested...

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Body cameras to be given to NSW police

Victims could get justice quicker with NSW frontline police being outfitted with body cameras. Source: AAP VICTIMS of crime are likely to get justice quicker with NSW frontline police being outfitted with body cameras, the Police Association...

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Budget of 'increased taxes' unites Labor

PM Tony Abbott appears to have backed away from his threat to hold a double dissolution election. Source: AAP AUSTRALIANS are listening to the Abbott government but some may be confused about what they're hearing, the prime minister says. ...

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Iran's Zarif says nuclear deal 'possible'

IRANIAN Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday that clinching a final nuclear deal with world powers is still "possible" despite a tough round of talks this week. "Agreement is possible. But illusions need to go. Opportunity shouldn't...

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Eastern Ukrainians rap Kiev in talks

Lawmakers and officials from eastern Ukraine have criticised the fledging central government. Source: AAP LAWMAKERS and officials from eastern Ukraine have poured criticism on the fledging central government, accusing it of ignoring legitimate...

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