Middle East
New Egypt PM vows to fight terrorists
EGYPT has installed a former member of Hosni Mubarak’s regime as new Prime Minister.
Obama threatens Karzai with US pullout
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has told Hamid Karzai he is planning a full troop withdrawal, after the Afghan leader refused to sign a new security deal.
Jolie meets Syrian orphans
HOLLYWOOD star and UN refugee agency envoy Angelina Jolie has met orphaned Syrian refugee children in Lebanon.
Karzai blames Pakistan over deadly raid
AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has slammed Pakistan security efforts after 21 soldiers died and seven more were kidnapped in a Taliban raid.
Taliban pull out of US hostage talks
THE Taliban has withdrawn from US talks over a prisoner exchange that would have seen a captive American soldier released.
Obama sex pills a hard sell?
VIRILITY is a vital part of being chief. So, when it comes to selling fake Viagra, what brand would be better than the biggest chief of them all — President Barack Obama.
The lake disappearing before our eyes
ONE of the biggest saltwater lakes in the world has shrunk more than 80 per cent in the past decade.
Aussie warship seizes millions in hash
AUSTRALIAN warship HMAS Melbourne has made another big drug bust in the Middle East, seizing two tonnes of cannabis resin from a smuggling dhow.
Tourist bus bomb kills four
A BOMB tore through a bus carrying South Korean tourists in Egypt on Sunday, killing at least four people and seriously wounding 12.
Turkish pollies in bloody fisticuffs
AN ALL-out brawl erupted in Turkey’s parliament which left one MP with a bloodied, broken nose while another nursed a broken finger.
Builders find largest intact mammoth tusk
A TUSK at a construction site appears to be the largest and most intact mammoth fossil ever uncovered in Seattle.
Libya denies coup rumours
LIBYA’S government and armed forces have moved to quash rumours of an impending coup after a retired general called for parliament to be suspended.
Saudis’ secret way to mark Valentine’s
ROSES are in florist back rooms and heart-shaped chocolates are under the counter as Saudi’s defy religious police to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
Crowds visit ‘weeping’ Mary statue
HUNDREDS of people have flocked to a small town in northern Israel to view a statue of the Virgin Mary that residents say ‘weeps’ oil.
The moment US commandos abduct a terrorist
IT took just 58 seconds for US Army Delta Force troops to drag this al-Qaeda operative from his car and whisk him away.
Suicide school’s killer lesson
IT was supposed to be an explosive piece of training. But a group of Iraqi militants have ended up blowing themselves up in a lesson gone horribly wrong.
UN poised for Homs evacuation
Scores of Syrian civilians awaited evacuation on Friday from rebel-held areas of Homs, ahead of new peace talks.
Paramedics blocked from dying student
A STUDENT has died after university staff in Saudi Arabia would not let paramedics enter the female-only area of campus.
Rebels free hundreds from prison
SYRIAN rebels have stormed a prison, freeing hundreds of prisoners, after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates.
Children 'tortured, abused' in Syria
SYRIAN children have been tortured and sexually abused by President Bashar Assad's forces and recruited for combat by the rebels, a new UN report says.
Playground bomb wounds 12 children
A BOMB blast has rocked the playground of a primary school in Libya, wounding 12 children, two of them seriously.
Meet the innocent boy being trained to kill
HE looks barely old enough to ride a bike, yet this young boy fires a deadly weapon with apparent ease. Experts say he is the latest weapon in Syria's Holy War.
Syria talks produce few results
SYRIAN government and opposition delegations have left 10 days of peace talks with few results and a follow-up meeting uncertain.
Hundreds tie knot in mass wedding
NEARLY 600 Palestinians have taken part in a mass wedding in the West Bank and the Gaza strip in an all-expenses paid ceremony.
Miracle: Toddler pulled alive from rubble
THIS little girl is lucky to be alive, after she was rescued from under a pile of rubble following a bomb attack in Aleppo, Syrian's largest city.
Love life of PM's son sparks uproar
THE love life of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair has prompted derision from religious lawmakers.
Besieged women, kids offered freedom
WOMEN and children trapped in a Syrian city under government siege will be permitted to leave under a deal that is raising hopes about peace talks.
Death toll in Egypt clashes nears 50
NEARLY 50 people died in weekend clashes between supporters and opponents of Egypt's military, on the three-year anniversary of the revolt.
Himmler's private letters found in Israel
HUNDREDS of private letters, notes and photographs belonging to Hitler's henchman Heinrich Himmler have reportedly been found in Israel.
Boy buried in rubble pulled out alive
YOU have to see it to believe it. Video has emerged showing the moment a child is pulled out alive from under rubble. WATCH IT NOW.
Six killed in Egypt bomb attacks
UPDATE: A SUICIDE car bomb targeting Egyptian police headquarters and three other blasts in Cairo have killed six people.
App tells family 'I'm alive' as bombs drop
WITH three bomb attacks in January alone, Lebanese are getting used to reassuring loved ones they have survived. And now there's an app for that.
Maid suffocated baby to get holiday
A HOUSEMAID has confessed to killing her employers' baby girl, telling cops she thought it would get her time off for a holiday.
Syria peace talks split over Assad
SYRIAN peace talks began in Switzerland with a bitter clash over President Bashar Assad's future.
The battle to reach Iran nuclear deal
AFTER more than a decade of stalemate and threats, today marks day one of a six-month initial phase of a deal that could defuse tensions over Iran's nuclear program.
Codename Caesar: A man who exposed a massacre
HE photographed the bodies, all 11,000 of them. We don't know his real name. But this defector may have exposed mass killings "reminiscent" of the Holocaust. WARNING: Graphic images
Israel stops giving gas masks to public
ISRAEL has decided to stop issuing gas masks to the public after concluding the threat of chemical attack is low.
UN in Iran to oversee nuclear deal
INSPECTORS from the UN nuclear watchdog have arrived in Tehran to oversee a landmark deal that curbs Iran's nuclear program.
Foreigners among 21 killed in Kabul
UPDATE: A TOTAL of 21 people, including 13 foreigners, died in a Taliban suicide assault on a popular restaurant in Kabul, police said.
Video captures fiery helicopter crash
SEE THE VIDEO: INCREDIBLE footage of a burning Syrian regime helicopter falling through the air before crashing behind buildings has been released.
UK seeks public input on 3-parent embryos
7:57AM THE latest UK public review should be the last step before politicians consider changing law to let doctors offer the new fertilisation technique.
California man accused of fetish crimes
7:40AM THE LA Times says a roller rink employee has admitted taking up to 200 young boys into a maintenance room to have them rub their feet on his hands or face.
Signed Mein Kampf copies to be auctioned
7:28AM TWO copies of Hitler's manifesto Mein Kampf, signed by the author, are to be auctioned in the US.
Dirty stethoscopes 'spread bugs'
6:24AM DOCTORS are being urged to disinfect their stethoscopes between examinations with a recent study finding they may help to spread bugs.
Dolly Parton to play UK's Glastonbury
5:46AM DOLLY Parton will follow her Island in the Stream partner Kenny Rogers as a guest at the Glastonbury music festival in the UK.
Welles' Citizen Kane script for auction
5:45AM THE draft script for cinema classic Citizen Kane belonging to its director and co-writer Orson Welles will be auctioned by Sotheby's in London.
Pill could help humans live longer
4:25AM A PILL to help humans live longer, healthier lives may be in the pipeline following successful tests of the new drug on mice.
Apple may help access Pistorius phone
3:57AM PROSECUTORS in the Oscar Pistorius case will meet with Apple officials in a bid to gain access to the Paralympian's iPhone.
Fish owners warned 'no junk food'
3:57AM AN aquarium is warning fish owners not to feed their pets junk food after it had to wean a giant gourami off a diet of prawn-flavoured chips.
Yahoo furious at alleged spying hacks
3:18AM A NEW report on data interception by spy agencies claims British agency GCHQ intercepted and stored millions of Yahoo webcam chats.
East Timor PM Gusmao plans to quit in Sept
2:52AM THE first-ever prime minister of East Timor, Xanana Gusmao, has expressed a wish to step down as leader, according to his deputy.
Workers exposed to radiation leak in US
2:52AM A RADIATION leak at a US nuclear waste dump in New Mexico has left 13 workers exposed to radiation, according to tests.
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