Japan nuclear safety team received funding

A JAPANESE nuclear watchdog says members of a government team assigned to set reactor safety measures received funding from utility companies or atomic industry manufacturers. Taking the money was legal but raises questions of independence since...

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Insurgents shoot dead 3 soldiers in Iraq

IRAQI authorities say insurgents have gunned down three soldiers at a checkpoint near the country's capital. Police said the early Saturday shooting took place in Taji, 20 kilometers north of Baghdad, and two other soldiers were wounded. Medics...

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Royals arrive in PNG in style

A CROWD of several thousand has turned up at Port Moresby's Jackson's Airport to witness the arrival of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall in Papua New Guinea. Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, have landed on a Royal Australian...

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Jordan Islamists blast Halloween party

JORDAN'S Muslim Brotherhood has condemned Halloween celebrations held in an Amman cafe as "Satanic" and homosexual, with a newspaper reporting acts of vandalism at the party. "We watched with disgust and shame last night (Friday) homosexual...

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Aust beef shipment stuck on Indon dock

A CONSIGNMENT of Australian beef is stuck on an Indonesian dock because of anomalies with import documents in the latest problem to hit Australia's beef trade with Indonesia. A spokesman for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry...

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Woman charged over Sydney teen's murder

A WOMAN has been charged over the murder of a Sydney teenager who was stabbed to death nearly a year ago. Hayden Burnes suffered severe stab wounds at the car repair business in Minchinbury, in Sydney's west, where he worked as an apprentice...

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Syrian rebels blame West for extremism

SYRIAN regime forces have launched new air strikes in what is seen as a desperate attempt to reverse rebel gains, as the opposition blamed the international community for fuelling Islamic extremism. Reacting after Washington urged Syria's rebels...

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Saudi gas truck blast kills at least 22

A GAS tanker truck has exploded on a main road in the Saudi capital, killing at least 22 people, injuring about 111 others and leaving a trail of destruction, officials say. The lorry veered into a bridge pylon at a junction on Khurays Road in...

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Russian upper house passes treason bill

RUSSIA'S upper house of parliament has passed a hugely controversial bill broadening the definition of high treason to include passing NGOs harmful information. The Federation Council passed the bill on Wednesday with 138 senators in favour,...

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Philippine troops face court over killings

THIRTEEN Philippine soldiers will be court-martialled for shooting dead the wife and two sons of a tribal leader who opposed a Swiss-Australian mining project, the military says. A military inquiry found the soldiers were negligent when they engaged...

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US air travel resumes after Sandy

SUPERSTORM Sandy grounded more than 18,000 flights across the US northeast and the globe, and it will take days before travel gets back to normal. More than 7000 flights were cancelled on Tuesday alone, according to the flight-tracking service...

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Cyclone barrels towards south Indian coast

SCHOOLS and ports have shut down in southeast India as a cyclone heads towards the coast, with forecasters predicting it could make a direct hit on Chennai later in the day. Cyclone Nilam was likely to do extensive damage to thatched roofs and...

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RBA says $A intervention not needed

THE Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) says the conditions are not right for it to intervene in currency markets to reduce the value of the Australian dollar. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Philip Lowe told the Commonwealth Bank's...

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Asian markets close mixed

ASIAN stock markets have closed mixed but Tokyo closed lower after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced monetary easing that was only slightly bigger than market forecasts and cut its growth outlook. With US markets closed because of Hurricane Sandy,...

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Unions win injunction against QBuild cuts

FOUR unions have won an injunction against Queensland government moves to begin dismissing more than 300 QBuild workers. Workers with the government's maintenance company were told on Tuesday morning they would have one-on-one sessions with...

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China confronts Japan ships near islands

CHINESE patrol boats have confronted Japanese vessels near a disputed East China Sea archipelago, the latest in a series of such encounters following Tokyo's nationalisation of the islands last month. Four ships from China Marine Surveillance...

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Wharfies to rally for safer ports

MARITIME workers are set to rally at ports across Australia to protest against industry inaction on safety issues following the death of a NSW wharfie. Members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) will demonstrate on Tuesday calling for...

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French business presses for huge reforms

THE biggest business leaders in France have turned up the heat on embattled President Francois Hollande with demands for radical reforms just as he heads into crisis talks with the heads of the IMF, WTO and other top economic bodies. As Hollande...

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Turks defy ban to mark Republic Day

THOUSANDS of pro-secular Turks have marched in Ankara to mark Republic Day, defying a ban by the moderate Islamist government. Carrying national flags, demonstrators on Monday shouted slogans, "Fully independent Turkey" and "We are soldiers...

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Clinton in Algeria to press action on Mali

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is holding talks in Algeria to press for a possible military intervention in neighbouring Mali, large swathes of which have been overrun by Islamists. The US and France have launched a diplomatic offensive...

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22,000 displaced by Burma unrest: UN

MORE than 22,000 people from mainly Muslim communities have been displaced in western Burma after a fresh wave of violence and arson that has left dozens dead. Whole neighbourhoods were razed in unrest in Rakhine state during the past week, the...

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Indian PM revamps cabinet for 2014 poll

INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government had had a major reshuffle in what analysts said was an attempt at an image makeover ahead of general elections scheduled for 2014. Salman Khursheed, 59, a lawyer and career politician who has held...

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Ukraine votes in key democracy test

UKRAINIANS are voting in legislative polls that are being seen by the West as a test of democracy under President Viktor Yanukovych following the jailing last year of his top political foe. The ex-Soviet nation of 46 million people - nestled between...

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Three marines killed in Philippine clash

THREE Philippine marines have been killed and 10 wounded in a clash with al-Qaeda-linked militants who are holding several foreign hostages. The troops from the Marine Battalion Landing Team 6 were deployed to a remote village on the southern...

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