400 asylum seekers reach Italian island

TWO boats carrying more than 400 African migrants have arrived on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, the latest in a wave of thousands of undocumented migrants arriving from North African shores. The boats were intercepted on Saturday by...

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Coronation Dr crash ends at river's edge

Car nearly into the river (off Coronation Drive) just down from the Regatta Hotel at 6.35pm today. Picture: Chris Rutherford Source: Supplied FIRE crews are working to free a second person from a car that is perched over an embankment beside...

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Syrian troops attack rebels: report

SYRIAN opposition activists say government troops have launched a major attack on rebel-held areas south of the capital Damascus. "The Syrian troops are trying, under a barrage of heavy shelling, to storm Daraya from various directions," Haytham...

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Strike likely at Fremantle port

A PLANNED strike at the busy Port of Fremantle appears likely unless there's a breakthrough over the weekend, the operator says. The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has threatened six days of industrial action, starting at 5.30am (WST) on Monday...

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Russia develops new long-range missile

RUSSIA is developing a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the military has announced, in an apparent attempt to remind the United States of Moscow's rocket capacities. Revealing the existence of the project for the first time, rocket forces...

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Hong Kong stocks end 0.71% higher

HONG Kong shares have risen 0.71 per cent to a 16-month high following another improvement in Chinese manufacturing activity and on hopes for fresh policies to boost the mainland economy. The benchmark Hang Seng Index on Friday added 160.40 points...

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China marks Nanjing massacre amid tensions

SIRENS wailed in China's Nanjing city, 75 years after Japanese troops embarked on mass killing and rape, as a modern-day territorial row between the two saw Tokyo scrambling fighter jets. The two countries - the world's second and third-largest...

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Man charged over Redfern stabbing

A MAN has been charged over stabbing another man in the shoulder, neck, chest and hand in inner Sydney. Police were called to a unit on Morehead Street, Redfern just after 6.30am (AEDT) on Thursday after receiving reports of a stabbing. A 31-year-old...

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Hong Kong stocks end 0.26% lower

HONG Kong shares have fallen 0.26 per cent on profit-taking and corporate fundraising injecting new shares into the market, breaking a three-day rally that saw the market hit a 16-month high. The benchmark Hang Seng Index (HSI) on Thursday eased...

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Pope sends first tweet

In perhaps the most drawn out Twitter launch ever, Pope Benedict XVI pushed the button on a tablet brought to him at the end of his general audience on Wednesday. It read: "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank...

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Leveson holds comment on royal prank call

THE man who delivered a major inquiry into the ethics and culture of the British press says there are lessons to be learnt from the royal prank call scandal. Last week a British nurse who, three days earlier, unwittingly transferred a prank...

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India condemns N. Korea rocket launch

INDIA has condemned North Korea's long-range rocket launch even as it tested one of its own ballistic weapons, which were developed when India was a nuclear pariah itself. "India expresses its concern at the launch of a rocket ... in violation...

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Abbott defends abortion drug criticism

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has defended his position on the controversial abortion drug RU486. Source: AAP OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has defended his position on the controversial abortion drug RU486 while he was a health minister in...

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Nelson Mandela has lung infection

SOUTH Africa's former President Nelson Mandela is suffering from a recurring lung infection and is responding to treatments, the nation's presidency says. The ailing Mandela, 94, has been in 1 Military Hospital near South Africa's capital, Pretoria,...

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Carr to visit Sri Lanka this week

Foreign Minister Bob Carr will travel to Sri Lanka this week for talks on people smuggling. Source: AAP FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr will travel to Sri Lanka on Friday to discuss trade ties, tourism and efforts to disrupt people smuggling. ...

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Jakarta, Canberra to ratify rescue pact

AUSTRALIA and Indonesia will sign an agreement on Tuesday that will boost cooperation in search and rescue operations involving asylum seekers. The agreement, mooted earlier in the year in the wake of a series of incidents in which hundreds...

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European stocks slip at open

EUROPE'S main stock markets have fallen at the start of trading, with Milan's FTSE Mib index slumping 2.31 per cent to 15,336 points after Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti announced his intention to resign. Elsewhere, London's benchmark FTSE...

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IPART recommends more NSW taxi licences

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommends an increase in Sydney taxi licences. Source: AAP PEOPLE won't have to wait as long to get a cab or pay as much for the ride under moves by NSW's pricing regulator to increase the number...

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South African president visits Mandela

Nelson Mandela has been admitted to a hospital for tests, officials say. Source: AAP SOUTH Africans is praying for the health of former President Nelson Mandela and anxiously awaited further word about the anti-apartheid leader after he was...

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Monk arrested for inciting self-immolation

A MONK and his nephew were detained for inciting eight Tibetan people to set themselves on fire in a restive Chinese region that has become a flashpoint for protests against Beijing's rule, state media has said. Police in southwest China's Sichuan...

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Pilot killed in NSW helicopter crash

A 48-YEAR-OLD pilot has died in a helicopter crash in central-west NSW. The man was thought to be spraying weeds in a remote area 25km south of Mudgee when the aircraft crashed at about 11am (AEDT) on Sunday. The wreckage of the Robin44 helicopter...

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