US peace envoy back in Belfast for talks

AMERICAN envoy Richard Haass has returned to Belfast for a second attempt at quelling simmering disputes in Northern Ireland. Haass, a former U.S. diplomat, was called in by the province's power sharing government to help resolve lingering disputes...

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Zimbabwe ambassador goes into hiding

Zimbabwe's ambassador to Australia has gone into hiding after applying for a protection visa. Jacqueline Zwambila was due to return home on Tuesday but instead appealed to the Australian government claiming her life would be in danger if she returned...

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Five die in Beirut bombing

A POWERFUL bombing has rocked a central business district of central Beirut setting cars ablaze and killing five people, including a senior aide to former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, officials said. The National News Agency said Mohammed...

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German teenager dies in Tasmania crash

A GERMAN teenager has been killed in a single-vehicle accident in a remote part of Tasmania. The 18-year-old woman's body was found in a vehicle that rolled on a dirt road in the Leven Canyon area. Her 20-year-old companion is being treated...

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Ambush in Central African Republic

SIX Chadian peacekeepers have been killed and 15 wounded after being ambushed in the Central African Republic's chaotic capital, the spokesman for an African Union peacekeeping force says. Eloi Yao told The Associated Press by telephone on Thursday...

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Donors needed to get over blood hurdle

PEOPLE are being urged to roll up their sleeves to help Australians get over one of the last hurdles of 2013. In the lead-up to the New Year's Day holiday, the Australian Red Cross Blood Service needs to ensure it has a constant supply of platelets,...

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Canoeist missing at NSW dam

A MAN remains missing after falling out of a capsizing canoe and failing to surface at a dam in the NSW Southern Tablelands. Police said the 21-year-old was one of three young men thrown into the water when the canoe tipped over on the Pejar...

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Weekly US jobless claims drop 42,000

THE number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 42,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 338,000, the biggest drop since November 2012. But economists say the figures from late November and December are warped by seasonal...

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American abducted in Pakistan urges help

A 72-YEAR-OLD American development worker who was kidnapped in Pakistan by al-Qaeda more than two years ago has appealed to President Barack Obama in a video to negotiate his release, saying he feels "totally abandoned and forgotten". The video...

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Two young boys taken from Qld home

TWO young boys taken from a home south of Brisbane by a man in a silver sedan may be at risk, say police, who are seeking urgent public assistance to find them. The boys, aged three and four, were taken from a residence in Errol Street, Loganlea,...

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A very merry Christmas for Aussie shops

THE Christmas clock is ticking, and the tills have been ringing. Last-minute shoppers have helped push Australian retailers towards what's tipped to be their biggest Christmas since the global financial crisis hit. Australian National Retailers...

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Arsenio Hall crashes his Porsche

LOS Angeles police say talk show host Arsenio Hall drove off a road in the San Fernando Valley but he's uninjured. Sgt Russell Carr tells City News Service that Hall lost control of his Porsche and drove into a dirt shoulder at around 7.15pm on...

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NSW house fire leads to cannabis discovery

A MAN has been charged after police seized more than 40 cannabis plants from the scene of a house fire in Sydney's west. Emergency services were called to a home in Fairfield East on December 19 following reports of a fire, police say. The...

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South Pole trek soldiers hail Harry

PRINCE Harry has been praised by his brave band of wounded soldiers as they received a heroes' welcome after returning from a "crazy" South Pole adventure. The injured British service personnel who formed the Walking With The Wounded charity expedition,...

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US consumer spending up 0.5% in November

AMERICANS increased their spending in November by the most in five months, and their income edged up modestly. Consumer spending rose 0.5 per cent from October, when spending had risen 0.4 per cent, the Commerce Department said on Monday. It...

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NAB enters undertaking with ASIC

THE National Australia Bank has entered into an enforceable undertaking with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission following an inquiry into an October 2012 share price spike on the Australian stock exchange. The undertaking relates...

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Montreal mafia boss Rizzuto dies

VITO Rizzuto, the reputed head of the Montreal mafia, has died. He was 67. Maude Hebert-Chaput of Montreal's Sacre-Coeur Hospital says Rizzuto died of natural causes early on Monday. Authorities considered Rizzuto the head of Canada's most...

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Aussies trapped in besieged S. Sudan city

AUSTRALIANS, British, Canadian and Kenyan citizens are among 3000 foreigners trapped in a South Sudan city experiencing bouts of heavy machine gun fire, one of the most violent areas of a weeklong conflict that has likely killed more than 1000 people,...

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Amphetamine abuse growing: report

AMPHETAMINES have surged ahead of alcohol as the main substance addicted Australians seek treatment for, a report from a rehabilitation centre has found. Odyssey House released its latest annual report on Monday. It found addiction to amphetamines...

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CIA helped Colombia target rebels: report

A COVERT CIA program has helped Colombia's government kill at least two dozen leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the rebel insurgency also known as FARC, The Washington Post reports. The National Security Agency has also...

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Khodorkovsky says he won't enter politics

KREMLIN critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, unexpectedly pardoned and released from jail, says he will not enter Russian politics, or fund the country's opposition to President Vladimir Putin. Khodorkovsky, speaking to the press in the German capital...

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Man survives 15m plunge in Blue Mountains

A 29-YEAR old man has survived a 15-metre plunge down a waterfall in the Blue Mountains. The man was hiking through the Valley of the Waters with his family about 2.30pm (AEDT) on Saturday when he allegedly climbed over a safety fence, slipped...

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