France drops terror charges against rocker

French prosecutors have dropped terror charges against Norwegian neo-Nazi musician Varg Vikernes. Source: AAP FRENCH prosecutors say they have dropped terror charges against a Norwegian musician and freed him from custody, but still want...

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Bomb in Iraq Sunni mosque kills 20

A SUICIDE bomber has struck a crowded Sunni mosque north of Baghdad, killing 20 people, police say, as Iraq struggles to contain the worst violence since 2008. The bomber detonated explosives in the Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Mosque as the imam gave...

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Thyroid cancer risk for Fukushima workers

AROUND 2000 people who have worked at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant face a heightened risk of thyroid cancer, its operator says. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said on Friday that 1973 people - around 10 per cent of those employed in...

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Iran's Ahmadinejad visits Iraq

IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in southern Iraq to visit two of the holiest cities for Shi'ite Muslims amid tight security on the second day of his two-day visit to the country. The outgoing Iranian president waved to worshippers and...

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Nokia sales fall by 24% in quarter

NOKIA Corp says its net loss narrowed in the second quarter to 227 million euros ($A324.8 million) compared to a net loss of 1.41 billion euros a year earlier. The struggling Finnish mobile phone maker said sales fell by 24 per cent to 5.7 billion...

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Navalny: ambitious crusader against Putin

Russia's protest leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to five years in a prison colony. Source: AAP RUSSIA'S charismatic protest leader Alexei Navalny, sentenced to five years in a prison colony, has galvanised the opposition with lacerating...

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Pig brain cells to treat Parkinson's

Brain cells from a rare New Zealand pig will be used in a new trial to cure Parkinson's disease. Source: AAP BRAIN cells from a rare New Zealand pig will be used in an attempt to regrow dying human brain cells in Parkinson's patients. ...

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Kerry visits Syrian refugee camp in Jordan

US Secretary of State John Kerry has visited the sprawling Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees. Source: AAP US Secretary of State John Kerry has visited the sprawling Zaatari camp home to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees to see at first-hand...

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Koreas fail to agree on industrial site

NORTH and South Korea have failed again to reach agreement on reopening their jointly-run industrial estate as they wrangled over who was to blame for its shutdown. A fourth round of talks about the complex ended on Wednesday without agreement,...

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FBT changes dominate climate debate

Labor minister Mark Butler (C) says legislation will be drafted for the ETS before the election. Source: AAP LABOR'S crackdown on work-related benefits to help pay for a shift to an emissions trading scheme (ETS) continues to anger the motor...

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Rudd close to boat policy announcement

THE Rudd government is closer to laying out changes to its strategy on asylum seeker boat arrivals as Opposition Leader Tony Abbott declared Australia was facing a national emergency. After moving to neutralise the carbon tax as an election issue...

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European stocks climb at open

EUROPE'S main stock markets rose at the start of trading on Wednesday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index up 0.26 per cent to 6,573.30 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 gained 0.19 per cent to 8,216.70 points and in Paris the CAC 40 advanced...

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France vows to punish Mali hostage killers

A body found in northern Mali may be that of Philippe Verdon (R) kidnapped by al-Qaeda in 2011. Source: AAP FRENCH President Francois Hollande says there is a "very strong" chance that a body found in northern Mali is that of a French hostage...

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Thousands protest over Zimmerman verdict

Protests have been held in US cities after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murder. Source: AAP THOUSANDS have protested in US cities as President Barack Obama appealed for calm following the acquittal in Florida of a man who gunned...

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Bangladesh Islamist jailed for 90 years

Wartime head of Bangladesh's largest Islamic party was jailed for 90 years for atrocities in 1971. Source: AAP A BANGLADESHI court has sentenced an elderly Islamist leader to 90 years in prison for masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war...

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Activists break into French nuclear plant

Police arrested Greenpeace activists who broke into the grounds of a nuclear power plant in France. Source: AAP SAINT-PAUL-TROIS-CHATEAUX , France, July 15, AFP - Police have arrested 29 Greenpeace activists who sneaked into a nuclear plant...

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