Egypt's tourism faces meltdown

EGYPT'S tourism industry is facing meltdown as foreign governments order visitors to stay in their hotels and tour operators cancel trips to the crisis-hit country. Fears of nationwide unrest in the wake of a violent crackdown by the military-backed...

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Work begun on more US homes in July

US developers have broken ground on new homes at a faster pace in July, partly reversing a sharp drop the previous month. The figures suggest that housing construction is maintaining its recovery. The Commerce Department said on Friday that builders...

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Woman dies in northern NSW house fire

AN elderly woman has died in a house fire in northern NSW. Emergency services were called to the home in Inverell shortly before 1pm (AEST) on Friday to find the place well alight. Attempts to enter the house by police and an off-duty paramedic...

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Earthquake shakes Mexican capital

AN earthquake has shaken Mexico's capital with authorities putting it at a moderate magnitude of 5.3. There have been no reports of damage or injuries from Friday's quake but many office workers evacuated their buildings after it set off alarms...

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Five dead in Philippines ferry sinking

A FERRY with nearly 700 people aboard has sunk near the central Philippine port of Cebu after colliding with a cargo vessel, killing at least five people. Hundreds of others have been rescued following Friday night's collision. The captain...

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Egypt declares state of emergency

EGYPT has declared a month-long state of emergency as violence rages across the country following a crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. The nationwide state of emergency started on Wednesday at 4pm, the presidency said in...

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UK Sky News cameraman killed in Egypt

A TV cameraman for Britain's Sky News has been shot and killed while covering the deadly violence in Cairo, the channel says. Mick Deane, a 61-year-old father of two children, had worked for Sky for 15 years and was a veteran cameraman who had...

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Emissions up under coalition policy: study

AUSTRALIA'S carbon pollution levels will increase under a coalition government, new research shows. In a blow for the coalition less than four weeks from the federal election, modelling by The Climate Institute has found that opposition policy...

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US condemns Egypt violence

THE United States has strongly condemned Egyptian forces' bloody crackdown on protesters and denounced the imposition of a state of emergency. White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Wednesday urged the Egyptian military to show restraint after...

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Egypt VP, Nobel laureate ElBaradei resigns

EGYPTIAN vice president, Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, has announced his resignation in a letter to the interim president, seen by AFP. The resignation on Wednesday comes after scores were killed in a crackdown by security forces on loyalists...

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Woman charged over soldier death clips

A WOMAN has been charged with terror offences over video clips about the London murder of soldier Lee Rigby. Rebekah Dawson, 21, from Hackney, east London, is accused of dissemination of terrorist publications and encouragement of terrorism,...

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Woman's nose 'bitten off' at holiday camp

AN English woman has been charged with grievous bodily harm after allegedly biting off another woman's nose at a holiday camp. The incident is alleged to have taken place in the theatre area at Butlins in Bognor Regis on April 11 when a performance...

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Norway bars Apple from taking aerial shots

NORWAY'S intelligence agency has blocked US company Apple from flying over Oslo to take 3D aerial photos for its map application, citing national security. "I can confirm that Apple was not authorised to take aerial photographs because the level...

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Canada train crash firm loses licence

CANADA'S transportation agency says a US-based rail company whose runaway oil train caused a fire and explosion that killed 47 people in a Quebec town has lost its operating licence. The agency said on Tuesday it was suspending the certificate...

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Scientists grow human heart tissue

SCIENTISTS say they have used stem cells to grow human heart tissue that contracted spontaneously in a petri dish - marking progress in the quest to manufacture transplant organs. A team from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, used...

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Snowden's father gets visa to visit Russia

US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's father says he has secured a visa to visit his son in Russia. Lon Snowden and family lawyer Bruce Fein aren't saying when they'll visit Russia. They also say they haven't spoken directly with...

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Somali rebels seized $A824,800 in aid: UK

AL-SHABAB rebels in Somalia have seized STG480,000 ($A824,800) of UK-funded humanitarian aid supplies, the British government says. The supplies were seized between November 2011 and February 2012, when the militants raided warehouses and offices...

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Mandela 'making slow but steady' progress

NELSON Mandela is making "slow but steady" progress back to health, although he remains critically ill, the office of the South African president says. The 95-year-old former president and anti-apartheid icon has been in hospital for more than...

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