World Breaking News
Monday, 25 November
Syria peace conference set for January 22
11:20PM UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Syria's warring sides will finally meet for the long-elusive Geneva II peace negotiations.
Tiananmen leader denied in bid to return
11:13PM THE exiled second most wanted student leader from the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests has been stopped from returning home.
Bomb attacks in Iraq kill 5 troops
10:30PM A SUICIDE car bomb and another bombing near Baghdad have killed five members of Iraq's security forces.
Almost 90% of Indons want harsher action
8:18PM ALMOST one in 10 Indonesians support military action against Australia in response to recent spying revelations.
More gases erupt from Indonesian volcano
8:09PM SIX new eruptions have sent lava and searing gas tumbling up to 1.5 kilometres down the slopes of Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra.
Thai protesters occupy finance ministry
7:48PM DEMONSTRATORS intent on ousting Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Sinawatra have stormed the finance ministry and threatened to seize other buildings.
Pro-West Ukrainians to blockade govt seat
7:00PM PRO-WESTERN Ukrainians are planning to blockade the seat of government in Kiev, hoping to force an historic pact with the EU.
Taylor Swift wins AMA artist of the year
6:48PM TAYLOR Swift has been voted American Music Awards artist of the year for a third time as fans celebrated the women of pop music.
25 missing, 1 dead in China ship sinkings
6:05PM STORMY seas have caused two ships to sink off China's east coast. Twenty five crew are missing in total and one has been found dead.
Scientists make breakthrough lamprey find
5:25PM A NEW Zealand scientist has for the first time discovered a lamprey spawning site in the southern hemisphere.
US man's hunt for daughter leads to Qld
3:37PM AMERICAN Benjamin Todd has lived a parent's worst nightmare for 20 years; he is now reaching out to the daughter who was spirited away to Australia.
Katy Perry to open American Music Awards
1:41PM KATY Perry will open the American Music Awards and Miley Cyrus will close it, but Taylor Swift is expected to win the artist of the year gong.
Harry, team snowed in at Antarctica camp
12:46PM PRINCE Harry and the South Pole Allied Challenge teams are snowed in at their base camp in Antarctica, forcing them to move their departure date.
Miliband attacks 'dirty' Lynton Crosby
12:19PM BRITISH Labour leader Ed Miliband argues the Tories, guided by Australian Lynton Crosby, are planning "the dirtiest election campaign for over 20 years".
Greenpeace activists lived in fear in jail
7:58AM THE captain of the Greenpeace ship that was seized by the Russians has described the fear the activists felt after they were detained on piracy charges.
Twitter takes security tip from spies
7:52AM SOCIAL networking site Twitter has taken steps that make it more difficult for data to be collected on its users without going through legal channels.
Icy comet to get close encounter with sun
6:09AM COMET ISON, now thought to be less than 1.6km wide, will either fry and shatter as it passes the sun, or quite possibly put on a fabulous celestial show.
Sunday, 24 November
Vatican puts St Peter's bones on display
11:04PM BONES believed to belong to Saint Peter have gone on display for the first time.
Yemen court delays elopement case verdict
10:15PM A YEMENI court has postponed its verdict in the case of a woman accused of eloping, with hundreds demanding the couple be allowed to marry.
Crowds search for NATO trucks in Pakistan
8:23PM PAKISTANI activists on the outskirts of Peshawar city are checking the documents of truck drivers headed toward Afghanistan, looking for NATO suppliers.
Sunday, 24 November
Harry prepares for Antarctic trek
3:08PM PRINCE Harry is living in sub zero temperatures as he prepares to fly to the second base camp before starting his charity trek to the Antarctic.
NY deli owners stole $US1M lottery win
1:52PM THE winner of a million dollar lottery in the US was cheated out of his winnings by the US deli owner who sold him the ticket.
Airstrikes in Syria kill 29: reports
12:47PM A SYRIAN airstrike has slammed into a market, killing 24 people, while a separate attack killed 15 people in the north of the country.
Pakistani drone protesters block supplies
12:46PM PAKISTANI politician and cricket star Imran Khan has led a protest calling for an end to US drone strikes in Pakistan.
Scottish independence referendum next year
12:12PM MARCH 24, 2016 will be the day Scotland becomes a country independent of Britain if voters back it in next year's referendum.
Catching Fire ablaze at US box office
11:53AM THE Hunger Games: Catching Fire has grossed $US70 million at the US box office, which is expected to be one of the biggest November openings ever.
Willie Nelson's band bus crashes in Texas
11:10AM US singer Willie Nelson wasn't aboard his band bus when it crashed in rainy conditions, injuring three of his musicians.
Indonesia official says he'll let boats go
4:31AM THE head of immigration at the Law and Human Rights Agency in North Sumatra says surveillance efforts aimed at stopping asylum boat traffic will be halted.
Saturday, 23 November
US wind farm guilty of killing birds
10:27PM AMERICAN bird conservationists say wind farms are killing hundreds of thousands of birds each year, including many protected species.
Latvia mourns roof collapse victims
9:41PM LATVIA, a small Baltic state of two million, has begun three days of official grieving over Thursday's supermarket roof collapse which killed 52 people.
Hunger can be eradicated in Africa: UN
6:26PM THE UN says hunger in Africa can be eradicated by 2025 if countries take the right steps.
Taken US child found safe in Australia
5:36PM A UNITED States woman is facing extradition from Australia after taking her 10-month-old daughter out of the US 20 years ago.
UK slave women 'beaten, brainwashed'
9:27AM THERE are reports that the three women held as apparent slaves in England could have been members of a cult.
Korean war vet still held by North
8:05AM THE US family of an elderly Korean War veteran has pleaded with his North Korean captors to release him.
Friday, 22 November
Over-the-limit Airbus pilot jailed in UK
11:18PM A PAKISTANI pilot who drank three-quarters of a bottle of whisky just hours before he was due to fly out of England has been jailed for nine months.
Healthy diet cuts pregnancy risks: study
11:18PM SCIENTISTS say maintaining a normal weight and blood pressure and following a healthy diet could boost a woman's chances of an uncomplicated pregnancy.
Thais set record for human Xmas tree
11:11PM THAILAND has set the record for the largest human Christmas tree involving 852 schoolchildren dressed in green and red hoodies.
Web inventor rails against net spying
10:03PM TIM Berners-Lee, who developed the web in 1990, has been a vocal critic of internet surveillance.
Protesters clash with police in Jakarta
9:42PM PROTESTERS in Jakarta have called for Australian blood to be spilt, amid ongoing fallout from revelations their president's phone was tapped.
Murphy's mum-in-law calls for death probe
8:22PM BRITTANY Murphy's mother-in-law agrees with the tragic star's father and a former colleague that foul play could have caused Murphy's death.
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