China quake toll up to 113

THE earthquake that has struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province has left at least 113 people dead and more than 2,600 injured. Nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region, Saturday's...

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Female suicide bomber kills 4 in Pakistan

A FEMALE suicide bomber has blown herself up outside a hospital in a lawless tribal area of northwest Pakistan, killing at least four people and wounding four others. The attack took place on Saturday in Khar, the main town of Bajaur tribal...

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Japan wins spot in mega trade pact

JAPAN has won its bid to enter talks on a massive Pacific trade pact that includes Australia. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would account for more than 40 per cent of the global economy. Japan had to win over Canada to be included in the...

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Dozens killed in battle near Damascus

AT least 69 people, many of them rebels, have been killed in a four-day battle pitting Syrian insurgents against government forces in Jdaidet al-Fadl near Damascus, a monitoring group says. "Regime troops are trying to seize total control of the...

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NSW keen to extend Governor Bashir's term

Premier Barry O'Farrell asked Marie Bashir (pic) to stay on as NSW Governor for an extra six months. Source: AAP PREMIER Barry O'Farrell has asked NSW Governor Marie Bashir to extend her commission for six months. Professor Bashir is due...

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Pakistan's Musharraf under house arrest

A Pakistani court put ex-military leader Pervez Musharraf under detention in his fortified home. Source: AAP A PAKISTANI court put ex-military leader Pervez Musharraf under arrest in his plush villa in an unprecedented move against a former...

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Baghdad bomb kills 27 as unrest spikes

A cafe bombing has killed 27 people ahead of the first elections since US troop withdrew from Iraq. Source: AAP VIOLENCE spiked as Iraq readied for its first elections since US troops withdrew, with 27 people killed in a late-night bombing...

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Manhunt after first Boston suspect dies

POLICE killed one of the Boston marathon bombing suspects in a shootout early Friday and pursued a chaotic street-to-street manhunt for his accomplice, officials said. The Boston bomb suspects are from a Russian region near Chechnya, and have...

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Abbott declares all bets off on surplus

OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has declared "all bets are off" on a timeframe for delivering a budget surplus. Mr Abbott, answering questions from Geelong voters in the nation's most marginal seat of Corangamite, said he didn't know the starting...

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Govt must help carmakers innovate: Combet

THE federal government must help the carmaking industry to innovate so that the embattled sector remains viable in the years ahead, the federal government says. Speaking in Sydney on Thursday night, Innovation and Industry Minister Greg Combet...

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Nestle reports Q1 sales rise of 2.3%

Food and drinks giant Nestle has reported 2.3 per cent rise in first quarter sales. Source: AAP SWISS food and drinks giant Nestle SA has reported first-quarter sales of 21.9 billion Swiss francs ($A22.87 billion), up 2.3 per cent from the...

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Germany approves aid to Cyprus

The German parliament has approved an international bailout package for Cyprus. Source: AAP THE German parliament has approved an international bailout package for stricken eurozone member Cyprus by a large majority. In the Bundestag lower...

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Putin foe Navalny goes on trial in Russia

The trial of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on embezzlement charges has been adjounred. Source: AAP RUSSIAN opposition leader Alexei Navalny has gone on trial on charges he says were ordered by President Vladimir Putin to eliminate...

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N. Korea refuses South access to Kaesong

North Korea will not be returning to the negotiating table with the US, media reports say. Source: AAP NORTH Korea has barred a delivery of supplies to South Koreans in the closed Kaesong industrial zone, as the South's president said it was...

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Sex charges over assaults on Sydney girls

A MAN has been charged with indecently assaulting two teenage girls, including allegedly attacking one of the girls on a train in western Sydney. Police said they charged the man, 36, on Wednesday with five counts of indecently assaulting a...

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Trial begins over faulty breast implants

Four executives and the founder of PIP are in court over the sale of faulty breast implants. Source: AAP FRANCE has launched one of its biggest-ever trials as five managers from company PIP faced charges of selling faulty breast implants that...

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Whistleblower seeks help from NSW premier

A policeman who exposed alleged child sexual abuse by priests wants the NSW premier to step in. Source: AAP A SENIOR policeman who says he won't be protected under whistleblower laws after he exposed alleged child abuse by Catholic priests...

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Asylum granted to dictator's son-in-law

THE Seychelles have granted a year's asylum to the son-in-law of Tunisia's deposed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, officials say. Sakhr El Materi, who was convicted in absentia of corruption by a Tunisian court, appealed for asylum in the Indian...

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EU court stops extradition of UK Islamist

THE European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the extradition from Britain of a mentally ill man who is wanted by US authorities for conspiring to establish an Islamist militant training camp in Oregon. A seven-judge panel which examined...

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At least 16 killed in Ghana mine collapse

A MINE collapse in Ghana's central gold-producing region has killed 16 people who were working illegally and had been told to leave by the operator, police say. "They retrieved 16 bodies," area police commander William Otu said of Monday's disaster...

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Costa Concordia pre-trial hearings begin

The deadly Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster has returned to court in Italy. Source: AAP THE deadly Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster has returned to court in Italy with the start of a long series of indictment hearings against six suspects...

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Vic Legal Aid workers reach pay deal

VICTORIA Legal Aid has avoided a 48-hour work stoppage planned to start on Friday after reaching an in-principal agreement with workers. Legal Aid initially rejected the 11.23 per cent wage increase that is part of the tentative new three-year...

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Wave of bombs kills 19 ahead of Iraq polls

MORE than a dozen bombings across Iraq have killed at least 19 people in the latest in a spike in violence just days before the country's first elections since US troops withdrew. The violence, which struck during morning rush hour amid tightened...

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Tight security for Thatcher funeral

Margaret Thatcher's funeral will have tight security as police fear protesters could disrupt it. Source: AAP MARGARET Thatcher's funeral will be surrounded by tight security as police fear protesters opposed to her political legacy and anarchists...

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Roadside bomb kills Pakistan politician

A bomb blast on a bus in Pakistan has killed at least nine people. Source: AAP A ROADSIDE bomb in restive northwest Pakistan has killed a political party official as he travelled to a campaign meeting, a month before the country votes in...

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Gunmen attack Somali court complex: report

GUNMEN have stormed the main court complex in Somalia's capital, firing guns and detonating two blasts, witnesses say. Yusuf Abdi, who was near the court when the attack happened on Sunday morning, said that armed men forced their way inside...

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14th Iraqi local polls candidate killed

A ROADSIDE bomb has killed an Iraqi provincial elections candidate and three other people north of Baghdad, bringing the number of candidates killed in attacks to 14. Najm al-Harbi was travelling to Baquba on a highway in Diyala province in...

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Brits opposed to paying for funeral: poll

SIXTY per cent of Britons are opposed to taxpayers contributing millions of pounds to Margaret Thatcher's funeral, a new poll suggests. Baroness Thatcher's ceremonial send-off on Wednesday is to cost the country STG10 million ($A14.7 million)....

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