UK warns of terror attack in Somalia

THE British government says it believes terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks in Somalia and urged UK nationals to leave the country. The Foreign Office already advises against all travel to Somalia, including Somaliland, where...

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Kenya to toughen poaching sentences

Poaching has recently risen in east Africa, with whole herds of elephants massacred for their ivory. Source: AAP KENYA plans to bolster lenient sentences for convicted wildlife poachers or ivory smugglers in a bid to stamp out a spike in elephant...

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Italian police find tonne of hashish

ITALIAN police have uncovered a tonne of hashish worth 15 million euros ($A18.7 million) in a frozen foods truck carrying potatoes and arrested its Dutch driver. The police said they became suspicious when they noticed the truck on the outskirts...

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Don't bank on Korea evacuation: DFAT

Tensions in North Korea could escalate quickly, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs says. Source: AAP AUSTRALIANS in South Korea shouldn't assume the government will be able to evacuate them if the threat of war on the peninsular...

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Ballet star Polunin walks out of show

ONE of the ballet's world's brightest but most volatile stars has vanished, again. Sergei Polunin had been due to star in a dance piece based on Billy Hayes' Turkish prison memoir Midnight Express opening next week in London. But director Peter...

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US, Philippine troops start war games

THOUSANDS of US and Filipino troops have begun annual military exercises that the Philippines say are vital to building its defence capabilities to face the rising threat of China. Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario used the launch...

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China closes markets as flu toll rises

Shanghai authorities are culling poultry at a market as the H7N9 bird flu virus was detected there. Source: AAP SHANGHAI has ordered all live poultry markets in the city closed after culling more than 20,000 birds to curb the spread of the...

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India building collapse kills 38: police

A building that was being constructed illegally in Mumbai has collapsed, killing at least 27 people. Source: AAP AT least 38 people have been crushed to death on the outskirts of Mumbai after an unauthorised partly-built apartment block collapsed,...

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Estonia capital gives residents free ride

LOOKING for a free ride? Go live in Tallinn. Estonia's capital has become the world's first to introduce free public transport for all of its residents. All that's required is a transit pass showing you're a registered Tallinner - and the city's...

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Lego denies pulling toy after racism claim

LEGO is denying that the withdrawal of its Star Wars: Jabba's Palace box set is due to accusations of Islamaphobia and racism. The decision to discontinue the product at the end of 2013 "was taken last year and communicated in January," but...

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European stocks mostly higher

EUROPEAN stock markets have risen ahead of interest rate decisions due from the ECB and Bank of England and with Japan unveiling more aggressive monetary easing. Investors are also keeping a close watch over escalating Korean tensions. In late...

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Anger as Palestinians bury prisoner, teens

HEBRON, Palestinian Territories, April 4 AFP - The West Bank simmered with anger on Thursday as thousands mourned a prisoner who died in an Israeli jail and two teenagers shot dead in subsequent protests. Furious crowds lined the streets of the...

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Top Swedish judge backs WikiLeaks

JULIAN Assange may be safe from extradition to the United States even if he returns to Sweden, suggests one of the Scandinavian country's top judges. In a rare public lecture delivered in Adelaide, Justice Stefan Lindskog defended the leaking...

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Taliban attack on Afghan court kills six

Taliban attackers have stormed an Afghan court and surrounding buildings, killing six people. Source: AAP TALIBAN attackers have stormed an Afghan court and surrounding buildings, killing at least six people and wounding 70 others in the western...

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Top NASA climate-change expert retiring

Pioneering NASA climate-change expert James Hansen is retiring after 46 years. Source: AAP PIONEERING NASA climatologist James Hansen, one of the first scientists to raise the alarm about global warming, is retiring after 46 years, a colleague...

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NSW bike rider killed after hitting tree

A 23-year-old man has died after his motorcycle hit a tree on NSW's south coast. Source: AAP A MOTORCYCLE rider has died after hitting a tree on the NSW south coast. The 23-year-old man was riding along Quinns Lane, South Nowra about...

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Three bodies near NT search site for plane

THE body of one male and two females have been found within the search site for a missing light aircraft in the Northern Territory. Fears have been held for the lives of 45-year-old electrical contractor Stuart Sceney, his 53-year-old wife Karmi...

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France orders Rwandan genocide charge

A FRENCH court has for the first time ordered a Rwandan to face trial over the country's 1994 genocide, a judicial source says. Pascal Simbikangwa, a former Rwandan army captain arrested on the French island of Mayotte in 2008, is facing charges...

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WHO plays down China bird flu fears

THE World Health Organisation is playing down fears over a strain of bird flu which has killed two people in China. However, it says it is crucial to find out how the virus infected humans. "It's the first time that H7N9 was found in humans,"...

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UK artist guilty of indecency charges

AN internationally renowned artist has been convicted of sex offences against children in England. A jury at Truro Crown Court found Graham Ovenden, 70, guilty of four charges of indecency with a child. They cleared the pensioner, a former pupil...

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Easter road toll 7 more than last year's

Eighteen people have been killed on the nation's roads during Easter, seven more than last year. Source: AAP EIGHTEEN people have been killed on the nation's roads during the Easter break, seven more than this time last year. Two pedestrians...

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Protest 'polar bear' floats past Kremlin

A GREENPEACE activist in a polar bear suit has floated along the Moscow River past the Kremlin before being briefly detained in a stunt by the environmental group to protest against energy exploration in Russia's Arctic waters. The activist...

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Abbott gay marriage views bizarre: ALP MP

Frances and Bridget Abbott have told News Limited that same-sex couples should be able to marry. Source: AAP A FEDERAL Labor backbencher has accused Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of "trotting out his daughters' views" in support of gay marriage...

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Suicide truck bomb kills 8 in Iraq

A suicide truck bomber has killed eight people at a police headquarters in Iraq. Source: AAP A SUICIDE truck bomber killed eight people at a police headquarters as data showed March was Iraq's deadliest month since August, raising fears of...

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Fears for Aussie amid Savile sex scandal

A SHOWBIZ friend of the high-profile Australian entertainer arrested last week in England on suspicion of sex offences fears his mate's life may have been ruined even if he's never charged. The 83-year-old Australian celebrity was questioned on...

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Iraq Christians mark Easter

AFTER years of flight from violence-racked Iraq to more stable countries, Baghdad's dwindling Christian community marked Easter Sunday by praying for a visit from the new Pope. Worshippers attended services at 28 churches across the Iraqi capital,...

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Media man dies in Sydney cliff top fall

Sydney sport and media circles are in mourning over the death of PR consultant Rod "Rocket" Allen. Source: AAP SYDNEY sport and media circles are mourning journalist-turned-PR consultant Rod "Rocket" Allen, whose body was discovered on Cockatoo...

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Pope prays for peace in Syria, Korea

POPE Francis prayed for a "political solution" in Syria and for "reconciliation" on the Korean peninsula in his first Easter Sunday message in front of a crowd in St Peter's Square. Latin America's first pontiff also issued an appeal for hostages...

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