Morocco crash leaves 16 royal guards dead

SIXTEEN members of Morocco's royal guards have died in a road accident as they were headed north on a bus to prepare for a visit by King Mohammed VI, medics say. The pre-dawn accident took place near Al-Hoceima in northern Morocco and wounded...

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Israel drone killed Sinai militants: group

AN Egyptian militant group says a strike that killed four of its members in the Sinai peninsula was Israeli. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis said four of its members belonging to Sinai Bedouin tribes had been killed by Israeli drones on Friday. Egypt's...

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US stocks mostly lower despite China data

US stocks have opened mostly lower despite Chinese industrial production data that showed strength in the world's second-largest economy. Five minutes into trade on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 25.40 (0.16 per cent) at 15,472.92....

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Obama met US IT, telecoms chiefs: report

US President Barack Obama met with leaders of IT and telecoms giants, including Apple, Google and AT&T, to discuss controversial electronic surveillance programs, a media report says. According to a report on the Politico website, Obama...

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US probes spike in dolphin deaths

MORE than 124 bottlenose dolphins have washed up along the Atlantic coast since July, a startling number that has prompted US officials to launch an investigation into the mysterious deaths. Scientists are working to find out if an infectious...

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French farmers go on egg-breaking spree

A GROUP of rogue French farmers has gone on a furious egg-breaking rampage, destroying tens of thousands on roads and pledging to smash many more in protest against low prices. "More than 100,000 eggs were destroyed in the Cotes d'Armor (a department...

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US kidnap victim watches house demolition

ONE of three women held captive, beaten and raped in an Ohio home for more than a decade watched as the house of horrors was demolished. "For the love of the missing people," Michelle Knight, 32, shouted as a small crowd joined her in releasing...

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European stocks close mixed

EUROPEAN stock markets closed mixed on Wednesday, with London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares falling 1.41 per cent to 6,511.21 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 lost 0.47 per cent to 8,260.48 points, while the CAC 40 in Paris finished 0.15 per cent...

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Chaos as huge fire guts Nairobi airport

A DEVASTATING fire has caused chaos at Nairobi's international airport, forcing scores of flight cancellations at east Africa's biggest transport hub. After being shut down for most of Wednesday, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) will...

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Usher's ex-wife gets custody hearing

USHER'S ex-wife has asked for an emergency custody hearing after one of the couple's sons nearly drowned in a pool at the singer's Atlanta home. A lawyer for Tameka Foster Raymond filed the request in court on Tuesday. It says the boy "suffered...

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Belfast mayor jostled by loyalist mob

BELFAST'S Lord Mayor has been forced to flee an official engagement after being mobbed by loyalists. Sinn Fein's Mairtin O Muilleoir, 53, required a police escort to evade angry protesters at the re-opening of a park in the staunchly unionist...

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Bombings kill 12 in Baghdad: officials

A SERIES of bombings hit the Iraqi capital has killed at least 12 people, officials say. The four car bombs and three roadside bombs on Tuesday also wounded more than 40 people. Iraq is struggling to contain the worst violence to hit the country...

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Bush has surgery on blocked artery

FORMER US president George W Bush has undergone surgery to clear a blocked artery in his heart but plans to resume his normal schedule this week, his office says. Doctors detected the problem during a routine check up on Monday on the 67-year-old...

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Fatal building explosion in Argentina

A POWERFUL blast has ripped through a 10-storey building in Argentina's third largest city, leaving at least one person dead and 15 injured. Firefighters said apparently a furnace in the downtown apartment building in Rosario exploded on Tuesday,...

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European stocks lower on US stimulus fears

EUROPEAN stocks finished lower on Tuesday as Wall Street took a beating from a drop in the US trade deficit which fuelled fears the Federal Reserve's stimulus program may soon be wound up, dealers said. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares...

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The Simpsons to get a Lego series

WANT to build a new home for Homer or try out a new hairstyle for Marge? Danish toy company Lego on Monday confirmed it will launch a special series themed on The Simpsons family globally in 2014. Lego spokesman Roar Rude Trangbaek wouldn't...

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Norway closes Saudi, Jordan embassies

NORWAY has closed its embassies in Saudi Arabia and Jordan to the public due to threats of attacks by Al-Qaeda, the foreign ministry says. The Scandinavian country has also raised the security level at other diplomatic missions in the Middle...

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Clashes in north Nigeria kill 35

CLASHES between Nigeria's military and Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in two northeastern towns have left at least 35 people dead, most of them insurgents, the army says. A clash in the town of Bama sparked by an attack on a police base...

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European stocks close mixed on data

EUROPEAN stocks ended Monday's session in mixed mode as markets digested positive eurozone data amid a drop in retail sales and weaker-than-expected profits at global banking giant HSBC, dealers said. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares...

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Tablet shipments slow with no new iPad

WORLDWIDE shipments of tablet computers slowed down in the second quarter because Apple didn't release a new model of its trend-setting iPad, research firm IDC says. Shipments totalled 45.1 million units in the April-June period, down nearly 10...

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Retirees more worried about finances

AFTER consistently topping the list of those who feel most financially secure, retirees are starting to worry. A survey by ME Bank shows Australian households recorded an overall financial comfort level of 5.5 out of 10 - up from 5.29 six months...

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Hot-air balloons fill sky above France

A MASSIVE gathering of hot-air balloon enthusiasts in northeastern France has set two world records, filling the sky with 408 of the colourful craft at one time and lining up 391 of them for takeoff. But organisers of the Lorraine Mondial Air...

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Zeppelin takes to skies near Paris

TOURISTS seeking an original way to take in France's famed countryside have a new way to do it - in a helium-filled Zeppelin. Airship Paris' 76-metre-long, five-storey airship has begun flights over the forests and villages northwest of Paris....

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Mars rover hoping to yield more secrets

THE dazzling success of NASA's rover Curiosity has paved the way for a human conquest of Mars, scientists say, almost one year after the groundbreaking probe first touched down on the Red Planet. Since it successfully alighted on the Martian...

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Terror threat 'most serious' in years

THE top Republican on the US Senate Intelligence Committee says the weekend closures of nearly two dozen US embassies and consulates in the Muslim world are "the most serious threat" he's seen in recent years. Senator Saxby Chambliss said on...

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