Bahrain protesters demand departure of PM

THOUSANDS of Shi'ite protesters in Bahrain have demanded a transition government and the removal of Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, who has been premier since 1974, witnesses say. They said the demonstrators marched in the...

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Bomber kills 9 at Pakistan political rally

A SUICIDE bomber in Pakistan has killed nine people including a provincial government official at a political rally, officials say. The rally in Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was held by the Awami National...

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Kenya deputy PM eyes presidential bid

KENYAN Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, charged by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity over deadly 2007-08 election violence, says he will run for president in the March vote. "I have been mandated by (the Jubilee coalition)...

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Taliban seek new Afghanistan constitution

AFGHANISTAN'S Taliban has called for a new constitution as a pre-condition for it joining the country's fledgling peace process, according to a declaration issued by representatives at a landmark meeting in France. Representatives from the country's...

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Punish those who shot UN chopper: Russia

RUSSIA has urged South Sudan to punish those responsible for shooting down a UN peacekeeping helicopter and killing all four Russian crew members aboard, in an attack condemned by the international community. "We call on the government of South...

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Obama to nominate Kerry as secretary of state

US President Barack Obama will nominate Senator John Kerry, a veteran foreign policy hand and former presidential candidate, as his next secretary of state on Friday, a US official told AFP. An official announcement on the appointment of the...

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Syria 'firing Scud-style missiles'

THE Syrian regime has fired Scud-style missiles against rebels, NATO said on Friday, as Palestinians forced to flee their Damascus camp returned after a reported deal to keep out of the Syrian conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile,...

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Gunmen kidnap three tourists in Yemen

GUNMEN kidnapped three tourists in Yemen's capital and drove off with them to an unknown location, a security official told AFP, adding that their nationalities were not yet known. "Four masked gunmen in a vehicle attacked a shop in central Sanaa...

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'God only knows' on fiscal cliff

US House Speaker John Boehner says he's still open to talks with US President Barack Obama on avoiding the double economic hit of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts but he needs Mr Obama to compromise more. Mr Boehner spoke to reporters overnight,...

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Madoff's brother gets 10 years in jail

THE brother of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 10 years in prison for crimes committed in the shadow of his notorious sibling by a judge who said she disbelieved his claims that he did not know about the epic fraud. Peter...

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Patriarch 'dismayed' at holy site attacks

THE head of the Roman Catholic church in the Holy Land expressed "dismay" at a wave of attacks on local Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious sites over the past year. In his Christmas message, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Fuad Twal, noted...

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Central bank boss quits over fake degree

ECUADOR'S central bank president has resigned over revelations he used a bogus university degree to get into a graduate school and study business. Pedro Delgado acknowledged he never completed his economics studies at Ecuador's Catholic University...

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55 dead or missing in boat capsize

FIFTY-FIVE Somalis and Ethiopians have drowned or are missing after their boat capsized off Somalia in the worst such disaster in the area in almost two years, the United Nations says. The UN refugee agency said on Thursday the incident represents...

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Oil prices fall in absence of fiscal deal

GLOBAL oil prices have dipped as Democrats and Republicans remain locked in a stalemate over a deal to resolve the US fiscal cliff, analysts say. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in February slid 25 cents to $US89.73 a...

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Brazil cuts GDP growth forecast

BRAZIL'S Central Bank has cut its GDP growth forecast for 2012 from 1.6 per cent to one per cent, confirming a marked slowdown in Latin America's biggest economy. In September, the bank had already revised its forecast downward from 2.5 per...

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Minogue and Donovan on stage for duet

KYLIE Minogue and Jason Donovan will end more than two decades of anticipation in London this week when they team up on stage for the first live performance of their number one hit, Especially For You. The former Ramsay Street sweethearts will...

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Outrage grows in India over bus gang-rape

THE hours-long gang-rape and near-fatal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi has triggered outrage and anger across the country as Indians demand action from authorities who have long ignored persistent violence and harassment against...

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US stocks mainly lower

US stocks have drifted mostly lower in early trade as investors eye Washington's budget impasse amid a looming deadline. In the first 30 minutes of trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 9.82 points (0.07 per cent) at 13,341.14. The broad-market...

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Dictator's daughter new SKorea president

SOUTH Korea has elected its first female president, handing a slim but historic victory to conservative ruling party candidate Park Geun-Hye, daughter of the country's former military ruler. As leader of Asia's fourth-largest economy, Park, 60,...

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Pakistan: 8 polio workers killed in 2 days

GUNMEN have shot dead a woman working on UN-backed polio vaccination efforts and her driver in northwestern Pakistan, officials say, raising to eight the number of people killed in the last 48 hours who were part of the immunisation drive. The...

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Gunmen kill 5 polio workers in Pakistan

GUNMEN have shot dead five women working on UN-backed polio vaccination efforts in two different Pakistani cities, officials say, a major setback for a campaign that international health officials consider vital to contain the crippling disease but...

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Funerals continue; some return to school

MOST children in Newtown have returned to school for the first time as the toll of funerals for the 26 dead continues on a grey, wet day. The national debate on gun control sharpened as a prominent investor said it would sell shares in the company...

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Fresh protests in Egypt over constitution

EGYPT'S opposition has launched fresh protests in a last-minute bid to scuttle a draft constitution pushed by President Mohamed Morsi and his Islamist backers ahead of a second round of voting. Hundreds of people had already begun gathering in...

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UK judge rules cancer boy operation

A JUDGE has ruled that a seven-year-old British boy with cancer could undergo more surgery despite his mother's opposition, which had led her to run away with her son earlier this month. High Court judge David Bodey ruled that Neon Roberts,...

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Thousands of students wake up to HSC marks

UP to 73,000 students are set to go online, send a text or make a phone call, in order to find out their HSC results on Wednesday. Students in NSW will receive their HSC results from 6am (AEDT) on Wednesday, followed by their Australian Tertiary...

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Italian engineer kidnapped in Syria

AN Italian engineer has been kidnapped in Syria along with two other workers from the steel works in the port city of Latakia, the foreign ministry in Rome says. "In all such cases, the safety of our countryman is of the utmost priority and...

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Wave of Iraq attacks kills at least 47

A WAVE of attacks targeting both Iraqi security forces and civilians has killed at least 47 people and wounded at least 110, security and medical officials say. The attacks, which hit more than a dozen different Iraqi cities and towns on Monday,...

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Doomed French elephants win reprieve

TWO sick middle-aged elephants that French officials wanted to put down have been given a Christmas reprieve after an appeal to President Francois Hollande and an internet campaign to save them. Baby and Nepal, who both have tuberculosis, had...

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US eyes Google antitrust settlement

US regulators are likely to conclude a lengthy antitrust probe of Google's dominance of internet searches with a voluntary settlement, news reports say. The Wall Street Journal said Google was likely to agree to a settlement with the Federal Trade...

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US names Lebanese ex-minister as terrorist

THE United States has named former Lebanese information minister Michel Samaha a "specially designated global terrorist" for allegedly aiding the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to launch attacks in Lebanon. Samaha was arrested on...

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More Aussies could avoid stroke: experts

MANY stroke sufferers miss out on a lifesaving de-clotting drug and four in 10 get treated in general wards rather than specialist stroke units, an advocacy group says. Stroke is Australia's second-largest killer and many of the 350,000 survivors...

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Italy's recovery tipped to start in 2013

ITALY'S economic recovery is likely to begin in the third or fourth quarter of 2013, the central bank governor says, urging any new government to continue reforms and cut red tape for businesses. "Our analyses suggest that there is a higher...

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Gay rights campaigners protest at Vatican

GAY rights campaigners have held a small protest near St Peter's Square during the Pope's weekly prayers after he said legalising gay marriage threatened the institution of marriage. About 15 activists held up colourful paper hearts with slogans...

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Disputed islands are Japan's: new PM

SHINZO Abe, who has led his Liberal Democratic Party to an election win, says there is no doubt about Japan's ownership of islands at the centre of a dispute with China. "China is challenging the fact that (the islands) are Japan's inherent territory,"...

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Abe: A once and future PM for Japan

SHINZO Abe, whose Liberal Democratic Party stormed to victory in Sunday's election, returns to the prime ministership as a hawk with strident views on Japan's place in the world. He was the country's youngest ever prime minister when he stepped...

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