World Breaking News
Sunday, 22 December
'Topless' protest falls flat in Brazil
Sun Dec 22 05:09:20 EST 2013 ONLY a handful of women have joined in a protest against a Brazilian law that makes female toplessness punishable by up to a year in prison.
Lockerbie services held in UK and US
Sun Dec 22 04:05:32 EST 2013 SERVICES have been held in the UK and the US to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie terrorist bombing.
Swedish Christmas goat engulfed in flames
Sun Dec 22 01:59:15 EST 2013 A 13-METRE high, 3.6-tonne straw goat in Sweden symbolising Christmas spirit has been burnt down for the 27th time.
Astronauts begin urgent space repairs
Sun Dec 22 00:15:24 EST 2013 NASA astronauts have begun a spacewalk to repair a breakdown at the International Space Station.
Saturday, 21 December
Saudi Arabia reports death from new virus
Sat Dec 21 23:51:19 EST 2013 THE number of people who have died from a new respiratory virus in Saudi Arabia has risen to 56 after the death of a 73-year-old man.
Cafe fire shuts UK theme park
Sat Dec 21 23:20:26 EST 2013 EIGHT fire engines were on the scene of a blaze at Creaky Cafe at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in Surrey.
US military aircraft hit in South Sudan
Sat Dec 21 22:55:28 EST 2013 A US service member is in a critical condition after military aircraft came under fire in South Sudan.
Attacks across Iraq leave 15 people dead
Sat Dec 21 22:36:20 EST 2013 POLICE officials in Iraq said a major general and five troops were killed when they stormed a booby-trapped hideout in the volatile western Anbar province.
Khodorkovsky starts life as a free man
Sat Dec 21 22:18:02 EST 2013 KREMLIN critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been reunited with his son in Germany, a free man after more than 10 years behind bars in Russia.
Gunman had botched vasectomy: Neighbours
Sat Dec 21 22:05:21 EST 2013 DETECTIVES are working to obtain a gunman's medical records to learn about his physical and mental health before he went on the rampage.
Gay couples wed in Utah after ruling
Sat Dec 21 18:19:25 EST 2013 UTAH has begun issuing marriage licences to dozens of gay couples while state officials are taking steps to appeal a judge's ruling striking down a ban.
Italian serial killer captured in France
Sat Dec 21 17:37:48 EST 2013 A SERIAL killer who failed to return to his prison in Italy after being granted leave to visit his elderly mother has been recaptured in France.
Spain govt backs tightening abortion law
Sat Dec 21 17:24:06 EST 2013 SPAIN'S government has approved draft legislation that would only allow abortion in cases of rape or danger to the mother's physical or mental health.
Brisbane man accused in US over Silk Road
Sat Dec 21 17:13:20 EST 2013 A US crackdown on the alleged underground drug dealing website Silk Road has led to the arrest of a Queensland man.
Cruise, tabloids, settle defamation suit
Sat Dec 21 16:32:21 EST 2013 TWO tabloid magazines say they regret if anyone interpreted their stories as meaning Tom Cruise had cut all contact with his daughter since his divorce.
Putin 'pities' jailed Russian punks
Sat Dec 21 16:28:21 EST 2013 RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin says the soon-to-be-freed Pussy Riot stars' protests were "humiliating for women".
2014 can be breakthrough US year: Obama
Sat Dec 21 16:23:27 EST 2013 US President Barack Obama has told reporters 2014 "can be a breakthrough year".
UK marks 25 years since Lockerbie bombing
Sat Dec 21 14:57:42 EST 2013 THE Lockerbie atrocity remains the deadliest act of terrorism in the UK, says Prime Minister David Cameron.
Farmers clash with police in Greece
Sat Dec 21 13:38:48 EST 2013 FARMERS from Crete are clashing with police outside Greece's parliament in Athens in a protest against a new property tax.
Nigerian church bomber gets life in jail
Sat Dec 21 13:37:49 EST 2013 A NIGERIAN court has sentenced Kabiru Sokoto to life in prison for the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of a church outside Abuja.
Saturday, 21 December
Discarded food could feed the world: Pope
Sat Dec 21 12:08:01 EST 2013 POPE Francis has praised the ecological task being done by people who search for food on rubbish dumps.
Neglect blamed for London theatre collapse
Sat Dec 21 11:39:13 EST 2013 APOLLO'S previous owner, Andrew Lloyd Webber, had said the building was in a "shocking" state and recommended it be demolished.
Syrian rebels yet to name talks delegates
Sat Dec 21 09:35:51 EST 2013 SYRIAN opposition forces are not ready to name their delegates for peace talks in Switzerland in January, international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says.
Mordaunt's Oscar nomination hopes dashed
Sat Dec 21 09:05:33 EST 2013 A SHORT-LIST of films in the running for the foreign language Oscar has brought bad news for Australia and New Zealand.
UK TV firms 'cleared' over Rigby footage
Sat Dec 21 03:55:25 EST 2013 BRITISH broadcasters have reportedly been cleared of breaking TV regulations by airing graphic footage of soldier Lee Rigby's murder.
Court date set for ICJ case with E Timor
Sat Dec 21 03:55:20 EST 2013 LAWYERS representing Australia will travel to The Hague in January for the first hearing in its ICJ dispute with East Timor over ASIO raids in Canberra.
UK mosque firebombers jailed for six years
Sat Dec 21 02:39:22 EST 2013 TWO former soldiers who firebombed a British mosque have each been jailed for six years for arson.
Border tree sparks Lebanon, Israel tension
Sat Dec 21 02:28:17 EST 2013 UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have deployed to quell tensions after the Israeli military tried to cut down a tree on the border.
Judge throws out rendition case against UK
Sat Dec 21 02:03:24 EST 2013 A HIGH Court judge says a Libyan military commander's damages claim against the British government is not a matter for UK courts.
Kinnock's son plans to become UK MP
Sat Dec 21 01:36:14 EST 2013 STEPHEN Kinnock, who is the husband of Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, is hoping to follow in his father's footsteps by becoming a Labour MP.
Sisters cleared of fraud in UK Lawson case
Sat Dec 21 00:06:18 EST 2013 SISTERS Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo have been found not guilty of defrauding former employers Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi.
Friday, 20 December
Investigators probe UK theatre collapse
Fri Dec 20 20:38:49 EST 2013 A SURVEYOR says the roof of London's Apollo Theatre is secure, as investigators try to find out why plaster and masonry fell on the audience, injuring 76.
Milky Way to be mapped in 3D
Fri Dec 20 19:47:46 EST 2013 A ROCKET has blasted off carrying a European Space Agency telescope that will soon begin a five-year mission to map the Milky Way in high-precision 3D.
States jostle for attention in royal visit
Fri Dec 20 18:07:57 EST 2013 BOOKMAKERS expect Prince William and wife Kate to visit Sydney or Melbourne ahead of the Sunshine State when they come to Australia next year.
Honda tops US insurance sector safety list
Fri Dec 20 17:55:33 EST 2013 HONDA has topped the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's list of 39 safest vehicles for 2014.
Paul Rudd cast as superhero Ant-Man
Fri Dec 20 15:40:30 EST 2013 MARVEL Studios has announced Paull Rudd's casting in the film Ant-Man, playing scientist Henry "Hank" Pym, who can change his size to fight crime.
Christie's to auction trove of Miro works
Fri Dec 20 14:17:25 EST 2013 PORTUGAL took ownership of the 85 Miro works when it nationalised the struggling Banco Portugues de Negocios during the 2008 global crisis.
Man thought to be Gacy victim found alive
Fri Dec 20 12:58:24 EST 2013 ROBERT Hutton was located in April after his sister submitted his name as a possible victim of US serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
Secret Santa turns out to be Bill Gates
Fri Dec 20 12:02:55 EST 2013 A WOMAN has received a stuffed cow toy, a signed card, a travel book and a $US500 charity donation as a secret Santa present from Bill Gates.
O'Neal wins case to keep Fawcett portrait
Fri Dec 20 11:30:35 EST 2013 JURORS voted 9-3 in Ryan O'Neal's favour in a case over who owns a Farrah Fawcett portrait painted by Andy Warhol.
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