French tax protests rumble on

THOUSANDS of trucks blocked highways and roads across France in ongoing protests over an environmental tax that continue to smoulder, despite the government putting the levy on ice. The Interior Ministry said around 2200 trucks were taking part...

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Tibetan campaigner arrives in Dharmsala

A 42-YEAR-OLD Tibetan has arrived at the headquarters of the government-in-exile in India after cycling through Europe and Asia in a campaign protesting China's heavy-handed rule in the Himalayan region. Scores of people lined the streets of...

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Militants attack polio team in Pakistan

MILITANTS have attacked police protecting an anti-polio team in Pakistan's troubled northwest, killing one policeman and injuring another. The policeman was part of polio eradication campaign in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province....

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Sri Lanka starts counting civil war dead

SRI Lanka's government has started counting the dead, wounded and missing in its quarter-century civil war amid international pressure to conduct a credible investigation into war crimes allegations. It comes two years after a local war commission...

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Syrian troops retake rebel-held town

THE Syrian army has retaken a mainly Christian town near the capital Damascus, a week after Islamist rebels seized it. The army regained full control of Deir Attiyeh in the Damascus countryside "after eliminating the last dens of terrorists...

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Britain scales back loan program

THE Bank of England has scaled back a loan program meant to spur economic recovery, amid fears that cheap mortgages could inflate a housing bubble. The Fund for Lending program was launched in June last year by the bank together with the Treasury...

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Deposit outflows from Cypriot banks slow

CYPRUS' central bank says deposit outflows from the bailed-out country's banks have slowed to their lowest level in 10 months. Figures released on Thursday show overall deposits at the end of October to be at 47.3 billion euros ($A71.2 billion),...

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UK police probe Peaches Geldof tweet

PEACHES Geldof could face a criminal investigation after she named two women who allowed their babies to be abused by disgraced rock star Ian Watkins. The daughter of Boomtown Rats star Bob Geldof posted the names of two women involved in the...

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Police want help with Laverton North grab

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 14-year-old girl was grabbed by an unknown man in the western suburbs of Melbourne. Police say the teenager was walking along Fitzroy Street in Laverton North on at about 7.30am on November 7 when a...

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US jobless claims drop as lay-offs slow

THE number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 316,000, a sign that workers are in less danger of being laid off. The Labor Department says the less volatile four-week average fell 7,500...

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Man attempts to lure girl in Wollongong

POLICE are appealing for information after an unknown man attempted to lure a 13-year-old girl into his car in Wollongong. Police say a green older-model sedan with light-blue number plates pulled up beside the girl at 4pm on Wednesday when...

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UK detectives quiz 'slavery victims'

THREE women allegedly held as slaves in London are to be formally interviewed by police for the first time. Officers have had indirect contact with the trio, who it is claimed were effectively brainwashed into remaining in a political collective...

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McCann teams 'should become one'

BRITISH and Portuguese police should join together as one team in their investigations into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, London's Metropolitan Police Commissioner says. Currently Scotland Yard is running its own inquiry into what happened...

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BlackBerry shake-up continues

THE shake-up at Blackberry is continuing after the ouster of CEO Thorsten Heins earlier this month. Chief Operating Officer Kristian Tear and Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben, both hired by Heins, will leave the struggling smartphone maker....

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More spy revelations could be on way

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott could be constrained in responding to Indonesia over spying claims because of concerns there could be more damaging revelations still to be revealed, it's been suggested. Josh Frydenberg, parliamentary secretary to Prime...

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Report warns of fishing in NSW sanctuaries

MORE than six months after the NSW government opened up marine sanctuaries to recreational fishing, a new report is warning the pastime can have as much damage as its commercial counterparts. The Centre for Policy Development report by former...

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Man charged over fatal Sydney crash

A MAN has been charged over a fatal car crash during a street race in Sydney's southwest. Police say the 23-year-old was racing a Mitsubishi Lancer on the Hume Highway at Greenacre last week. The cars crashed and spun into two other vehicles...

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