Kenyan police quizzed over airport looting

INVESTIGATORS in Kenya are questioning police and airport workers suspected of taking advantage of a fire at Nairobi's main airport on Wednesday to steal cash and alcohol, an officer says. "It is embarrassing because some of them concentrated...

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Britain issues forced marriage alert

THE British government has warned teachers, doctors and airport staff to be on alert for a rise in forced marriages over the school summer holidays. Summer marks a peak in reports of young people - mainly girls - being taken abroad on "holiday",...

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Another asylum seeker boat arrives

A BOAT carrying 28 asylum seekers has been intercepted by the Navy off Christmas Island. Customs says the boat, which also had two crew on board, sought and recieved assistance from HMAS Maryborough on Friday night. The people on board have...

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Rudd dumps ALP candidate for Hotham

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has dumped the ALP's candidate for the safe Labor Victorian seat of Hotham following claims of misconduct several years ago, while another candidate has quit the campaign after a racism row. Geoff Lake was forced again...

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Japan national debt at one quadrillion yen

JAPAN'S eye-watering national debt has topped Y1 quadrillion, official data shows, a record figure that underlines Tokyo's struggle to curb its huge borrowing. The figure supplied by the finance ministry of Y1.008 quadrillion by the end of June...

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One Nation defends candidate over gaffe

THE One Nation party is defending its candidate who was ridiculed after referring to Islam as a country, saying it was a simple slip of the tongue. One Nation leader Jim Savage says its candidate for Rankin in Queensland, Stephanie Banister, 27,...

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Tokyo investors eye Japan, US data

TOKYO investors will be eyeing Japanese and US economic data next week, but trading is expected to be thin with many dealers off for a national holiday. US economic figures including retail sales and industrial output are due out as markets look...

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European stocks mixed before weekend

EUROPEAN stock markets have traded mixed and the euro retreated from seven-week highs against the US dollar as traders banked profits ahead of the weekend pause. London's FTSE 100 index on Friday gained 0.26 per cent to 6,546.46 points following...

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Peter Garrett's talents wasted: Blundell

Senate candidate James Blundell (R) says Peter Garrett's intellect was wasted in politics. Source: AAP COUNTRY music star James Blundell says fellow artist Peter Garrett's intellect was wasted in politics. But the lead Queensland Senate...

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Schools key in Corangamite: Shorten

Senior minister Bill Shorten believes Labor's battle for the seat of Corangamite will be tough. Source: AAP LABOR can win the election, senior minister Bill Shorten says, but he's less confident it will retain its most marginal seat. ...

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Greens pledge big cut for small business

The Greens say they would support a bigger corporate tax cut, but only for small businesses. Source: AAP THE Australian Greens want to cut corporate tax rates harder and faster than the coalition - but only for small businesses. Opposition...

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BoE ties rate rise to fall in unemployment

THE Bank of England (BoE) has made a major break with policy, insisting that any rise in its record-low key interest rate would be tied to a drop in Britain's unemployment rate. The BoE said it "intends not to raise Bank Rate from its current...

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Gay activists target Libs but not Labor

GAY marriage activists will target marginal seats held by federal coalition MPs opposed to their cause. But they won't go after Labor MPs who disagree with gay marriage now that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is on side. Australian Marriage Equality...

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Solomons PM rejects taking asylum seekers

The Solomon Islands says it has rejected a request from Australia to accept asylum seekers. Source: AAP THE Solomon Islands government says it has rejected a request from Australia to accept asylum-seekers. Solomons Prime Minister Gordon...

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Hong Kong shares down 1.34% by close

HONG Kong shares have fallen 1.34 per cent, dragged lower by a sharp fall in HSBC Holdings after the banking giant posted disappointing first-half results. The benchmark Hang Seng Index lost 298.31 points to 21,923.7 on turnover of HK$49.02 billion...

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Japan radioactive water 'may overflow'

THE operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says it is struggling with its latest efforts to stop contaminated underground water leaks from running into the sea. Tokyo Electric Power Co said that some of the water was seeping over...

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US extends closure of Mideast embassies

US security official says the embassy closures in the muslim world are the "most serious" he's seen. Source: AAP US missions across the Middle East and Africa will be closed through August 10 after US intelligence uncovered what lawmakers said...

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Envoys extend visit to defuse Egypt crisis

INTERNATIONAL envoys have extended their visit to Cairo as efforts intensify to find a peaceful way out of the crisis sparked by the Egyptian military's overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns...

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Extra federal money for WA road schemes

Deputy PM Anthony Albanese has granted more money to West Australia for road upgrade schemes. Source: AAP WESTERN Australia will get extra federal funding for roadworks on the increasingly crowded Kwinana Freeway and Great Eastern Highway....

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Malaysia ends search for missing migrants

MALAYSIAN rescuers say they will stop searching for 33 Indonesians missing at sea, more than four days after their boat sank on their way home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, with seven confirmed dead. The wooden boat was believed to be smuggling 44...

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Israel to free Arab prisoners on August 13

PALESTINIAN negotiator Saeb Erakat says Israel will free the first batch of a promised 104 long-serving Palestinian and Israeli Arab prisoners on August 13. "The release of veteran prisoners will be in four batches as Israel refused to release...

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One dead, 11 hurt in LA car chaos

One person is dead after a car drove through a packed crowd along LA's Venice Beach. Source: AAP AN accelerating car driven by a young man screeched across a footpath and straight into a crowd enjoying one of California's most popular boardwalks,...

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Tunisia says 'terror' suspect killed

TUNISIAN forces have killed a "terror" suspect in a dawn raid and separately foiled a political assassination, like the one that has plunged the country into crisis. Sunday's announcements came after rival protests for and against the Islamist-led...

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Man arrested over $1.4m Cannes jewel theft

A SUSPECT in the theft of jewellery worth one million euros ($A1.49 million) during this year's Cannes Film Festival was arrested in June during a robbery on a Spanish island, French newspaper reports say. A 40-year-old French-Algerian man known...

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