Motorcyclist dies on Sunshine Coast

A MOTORCYCLIST has died in a two-vehicle crash on the Sunshine Coast. A car and a motorcycle collided at the intersection of Meta Street and The Esplanade at Mooloolaba on Saturday afternoon. The motorcyclist died at the scene. There were no...

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Fire threatens homes in Qld

MULTIPLE fire crews are fighting a large bushfire threatening homes near Rockhampton. The blaze broke out about 2.50pm on Saturday and is burning in the vicinity of Shamrock Street, Mount Morgan. Crews are backburning to contain the fire and...

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Highway opens as Tas bushfires downgraded

TASMANIA'S major bushfires have been downgraded and a major highway has been re-opened as interstate crews get set to fly in to help the fire-fighting effort. The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) downgraded a fire at Bicheno in the state's east to...

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Hands off Falklands, says Britain's Sun

BRITAIN'S biggest-selling tabloid, The Sun, has hit back at Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner's renewed claim over the disputed Falkland Islands in an open letter to her in a Buenos Aires newspaper on Friday. A day after Kirchner published...

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Drug-fuelled gunman kills 7 in Philippines

A GUNMAN with a semi-automatic pistol has killed seven people and wounded 11 others during a drug-fuelled rampage in a slum near the Philippine capital. The ordeal, which ended when police shot the man dead, has again raised concerns about the...

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Death report as Tas bushfire razes homes

TASMANIAN police are investigating reports of a death in a huge bushfire in the state's south that has destroyed homes, and damaged a school and an RSL club. Police say up to 65 buildings could have been damaged or destroyed in the small community...

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Man charged over child porn

A MAN has been charged after police allegedly uncovered thousands of pornographic images of children while executing a search warrant at a northern NSW unit block. Police said Thursday morning's raid at Nambucca Heads led to the seizure of Apple...

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Loss of Namatjira gum trees mourned

A FIRE that destroyed two Ghost Gums painted by renowned Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira may have been deliberately lit, police believe. The fire started around the trees on Larapinta Drive 16km from Alice Springs about December 30, causing...

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Superstorm Sandy tops insurance claims

A LEADING insurance company says natural disasters cost the industry $US65 billion ($A62.20 billion) last year and Superstorm Sandy accounted for nearly two-fifths of the total. However, Munich Re AG said on Thursday total insured losses from...

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Goldfinger scene is Bond favourite: poll

IN a scene voted the all-time favourite by James Bond fans, 007 is strapped to a table, a laser beam creeping towards his crotch. He asks his adversary: "Do you expect me to talk?" Goldfinger exclaims: "No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die." A...

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US sperm donor fights child support bid

A SPERM donor in Kansas is fighting a state effort to force him to pay child support for a child conceived through artificial insemination by a lesbian couple. William Marotta, 46, told The Topeka Capital-Journal he's "a little scared about...

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Angola stampede kills 10

TEN people, including four children, have died in a stampede during a religious gathering at a sports stadium in Luanda, the Angolan capital. Angop, the Angolan news agency, cited officials as saying on Tuesday 120 people were also injured....

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Police arrest 84 over drugs at Summadayze

POLICE have arrested dozens of revellers for trying to smuggle drugs into the Summadayze music festival in central Melbourne. A total of 77 men and seven women were detected with illicit substances - primarily cannabis, ecstasy and amphetamines...

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Aleppo airport closed due to rebel attacks

THE international airport in Syria's second city of Aleppo has been temporarily closed due to repeated attacks by rebel fighters. "There have been continued attempts by opposition militants to target civilian aircraft, which could cause a humanitarian...

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Iran warning to foreign jets, ships

IRAN'S navy has issued dozens of warnings to foreign planes and warships that approached its forces during a five-day sea manoeuvre near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Admiral Amir Rastgari said naval and air defence forces on 30 occasions hade...

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Asian markets weighed by US fiscal cliff

ASIAN markets fell in New Year's Eve-shortened trade as hopes that US lawmakers will reach a deal to avert the fiscal cliff faded just a day before a deadline. However on Monday there was some bright news out of China, where a survey by HSBC showed...

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Over it - banish the term fiscal cliff

SPOILER alert: This story contains words and phrases that some people want to ban from the English language. 'Spoiler alert' is among them. So are 'kick the can down the road,' 'trending' and 'bucket list'. A dirty dozen have landed on the 38th...

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Sydney's firework go off with a roar

Sydney's lord mayor says the city is spending $6.6 million on its New Year's Eve event. Source: AAP SYDNEY'S skyline has exploded in gold, pink, green and blue as part of the traditional New Year's Eve family-oriented curtain raiser. The...

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Syrian troops hit Homs, kill 23 children

SYRIAN regime forces have pressed a fierce offensive in Homs after overrunning a key neighbourhood of the central city, according to a watchdog, which also listed 23 children killed in violence across the country. The latest bloodletting on Sunday...

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East Timor hailed a UN success

TROOPS sent by Australia and New Zealand have all gone home and only a handful of United Nations police will be left when the UN flag comes down in East Timor's capital of Dili after six years. "As of Monday, the liquidation team will be there....

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Paper to publish comic book on Mohammed

A FRENCH weekly known for publishing cartoons of Prophet Mohammed to the ire of conservative Muslims says it plans to release a comic book biography of Islam's founder that will be researched and educational. Satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo...

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