Ukrainian church desecrated in Sydney

A UKRAINIAN church in Sydney has been desecrated with racial slurs in an attack the NSW government has labelled vicious and abhorrent. MEMBERS of the Ukrainian community woke on Saturday morning to find the St Andrew's Ukrainian Catholic Church...

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Royals defend apartment spending

The Voice star Joel comes clean THE Voice coach Joel Madden has opened up about his hotel room drug bust and beating the odds to become a ­successful rock star, husband and father. Early bird gets the Christmas toy CHRISTMAS shopping...

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Another Tamil man sets himself on fire

ANOTHER Tamil man has set himself alight, the latest in a spate of self-immolation cases involving asylum seekers who fear being sent back to Sri Lanka. THE 40-year-old man splashed himself with petrol and ignited it, but his housemates intervened...

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Hendra virus kills NSW horse

Hendra virus has killed a horse in northern NSW, causing authorities to quarantine a property. Source: AAP HENDRA virus has killed a horse in northern NSW, causing authorities to quarantine a property as they run tests on its stablemates...

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Thailand disappointed at US blacklist

THAILAND says it is disappointed with a decision by the US State Department to blacklist it for its failure to do enough to fight human trafficking. BUT the southeast Asian country vowed it would continue to fight the scourge. The United States...

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Pregnant woman airlifted to hospital

A PREGNANT woman has suffered serious head injuries after a car crashed into a northwest Sydney house, also injuring a teenage girl and another woman. THE 25-year-old, who is four months pregnant, has been airlifted to Westmead Hospital with...

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SUV carrying rapper ScHoolboy Q fired on

A gunman has fired on an SUV carrying rapper ScHoolboy Q after a concert in Colorado. Source: AAP A GUNMAN with a rifle fired on an SUV carrying rapper ScHoolboy Q after a concert at the popular Red Rocks outdoor amphitheatre near Denver...

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10 Islamists sentenced to death in Egypt

An Egyptian court has sentenced 10 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood movement to death. Source: AAP AN Egyptian court has sentenced ten supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement to death in absentia on...

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PM wants Monash to be household name

THE efforts of Australian General John Monash on the Western Front in World War I should be as widely recognised as the story of Simpson and his donkey at Gallipoli, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says. Mr Abbott revealed on Saturday a new memorial...

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New report spells out phone tap powers

Government tapping of people's phones is widespread around the world, a new UK report shows. Source: AAP GOVERNMENT tapping of people's phones is widespread around the world with Australia among a long list of countries permitting access to...

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No visa info over Tamil's death: group

IMMIGRATION Minister Scott Morrison says Australian officials have contacted the family of a Tamil asylum seeker explaining visa processes so they can travel to Australia to attend his funeral. But a spokesman for the Tamil Refugee Council said...

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One dead, one hurt in SA speed boat crash

ONE person is dead and another has been rushed to hospital after a speedboat crashed on the Murray River in South Australia. SA Police say Saturday afternoon's accident occurred during a competitive event. "There were two victims, one is sadly...

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Alleged Sydney card skimmer charged

A man has been caught allegedly skimming money out of ATMs in Sydney's west using stolen card data. Source: AAP A MAN has been caught allegedly skimming money out of ATMs in Sydney's west using stolen card data. Police were contacted...

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Man dies after car hits pole in Victoria

A MAN has died after his car left the road and struck a power pole in the Victorian town of Warragul. Police believe the 19-year-old Warragul man was driving west along Queen Street just before 7pm on Saturday when he lost control on a bend...

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Roma girl Maria to stay in Greece

A BULGARIAN Roma girl who was seized in October from a couple falsely claiming to be her parents is to stay in Greece in the care of the Smile of the Child charity. A court in the Greek city of Larissa on Saturday terminated any parental rights...

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Iran billionaire executed over $2.8b fraud

A BILLIONAIRE businessman at the heart of a $US2.6 billion ($A2.8 billion) state bank scam, the largest fraud case since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, has been executed, state television reports. Authorities put Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, also...

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Gunmen fire inside El Salvador bus, kill 6

Police in El Salvador say gunmen boarded a bus in a town near the capital killing six people. Source: AAP POLICE in El Salvador say gunmen boarded a bus in a town near the capital and opened fired on passengers, killing six. National...

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Suspected drug ring busted in Canberra

Police have raided 10 north Canberra properties, uncovering what they say is a major drug syndicate. Source: AAP A MAJOR drug ring has been busted in the national capital, with a Canberra man set to face court charged with trafficking drugs....

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Pope set to begin Middle East pilgrimage

The Vatican has billed Pope Francis' first visit to the Middle East as a "pilgrimage of prayer". Source: AAP POPE Francis has made an urgent plea for peace in war-torn Syria as he kicked off a three-day pilgrimage to the Middle East. And...

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Vic motorcyclist nabbed 100km/h over limit

A MOTORBIKE rider has been caught travelling at almost 100 km/h over the speed limit in the middle of Melbourne's premiere restaurant strip. The rider reached a speed of up to 133 km/h in the 40 km/h-zone on Lygon Street, in Carlton. He was...

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Girl, 13, hit crossing Sydney road

A TEENAGE girl has been placed in a coma after she was hit by a car near Dee Why, on Sydney's northern beaches. The CareFlight helicopter, police and paramedics rushed to help the unconscious 13-year-old after she was hit while trying to cross...

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Man who helped create GI Joe dies

DONALD Levine, the American toy company executive credited with developing the world's first action figure, GI Joe, has died aged 86. He died of cancer early on Thursday at a hospice on Rhode Island, said his wife, Nan. They were just about to...

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Chelsea Clinton collects Oxford doctorate

FORMER US president Bill Clinton says he "couldn't be prouder" of his daughter after attending her doctorate graduation ceremony at Oxford University. Chelsea Clinton, who is pregnant with her first child, was accompanied at the Saturday ceremony...

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Two killed in Bahrain car bomb explosion

TWO people have been killed and a third seriously injured when a car exploded in Bahrain. The three were inside the vehicle when two successive explosions took place. Police investigating the scene in Muqsha, north of the capital Manama, said...

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Pakistan TV host Mir shot by gunmen

POLICE in Pakistan say gunmen have shot a famous television talk show host amid a wave of attacks on journalists in the country. Police say Hamid Mir, a host on the private television broadcaster Geo, was wounded in the attack on Saturday near...

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US beef prices highest since 1987

THE highest beef prices since 1987 are hitting the hip pockets of home cooks and restaurant owners in the US. A dwindling number of cattle and growing export demand have tightened the supply and caused the average retail cost of fresh beef to...

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Man shot twice as police swarm suburban street

Police at the scene of a shooting in Denison Court, Capalaba, in Brisbane. Picture: Adam Smith. Source: CourierMail A MAN has been shot by police at Capalaba after throwing an officer through a glass-plated window. Police swarmed the Denison...

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Ukraine's neighbours eye Russian gas hedge

FOUR Central European nations are urging the US to boost natural gas exports to Europe as a hedge against the risk that Russia could cut its supply of gas to Ukraine, but the White House says such a move would take more than a year. Ambassadors...

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Seven die in horror crash in Belgium

SEVEN people have died on a Belgian motorway after their car drove at high speed into the back of a German truck and caught fire. The accident happened in the early hours of Saturday at Zonhofen, near the Dutch border. Some of the occupants...

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Australians on board missing plane

A search and rescue mission is underway for a Malaysia Airlines flight, which has lost contact with air traffic control. Flight with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board missing ... Malaysia Airlines service bound for...

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Oil slicks may be from missing plane

VIETNAMESE air force planes have spotted two large oil slicks in the area where a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 vanished, the first sign that the aircraft carrying 239, including six Australians, has crashed. The air force planes were part of a...

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Boys, 12 and 14, charged over crime spree

TWO boys, aged 12 and 14, have been charged with intimidation, assault and other offences after a two-day crime spree in a northwestern NSW town which started with a Molotov cocktail being thrown in front of a house. Police were called to the...

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Sink hole swallows soldier's grave in UK

WORK is to begin next week on filling a sink hole that has appeared in a British military cemetery, swallowing the grave of a soldier called Private Ryan. The grave in the Pembroke Dock war cemetery, Wales' only military graveyard, collapsed...

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Man drags boy from Melbourne playground

POLICE are searching for a man who dragged a six-year-old boy from a playground in Melbourne's southeast before letting him go. The boy was in the playground on Dempster Way in Narre Warren when he was approached by an unknown man about 5pm...

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Berkshire Hathaway's 4Q profit up 10%

WARREN Buffett's company says fourth-quarter earnings rose 10 per cent to nearly $US5 billion ($A5.60 billion) as its insurance, rail and energy businesses generated major profit gains. Berkshire Hathaway's insurance companies, which include...

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Total fire ban declared for parts of Vic

A total fire ban has been declared for parts of Victoria as temperatures soar to the mid-40s. Source: AAP A TOTAL fire ban has been declared for parts of Victoria as temperatures soar to the mid-40s. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) has...

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Knox's judge explains guilty verdict

THE judge who presided over Amanda Knox's second murder conviction says he suffered over the verdict but that he and the jury agreed about her guilt in the death of British student Meredith Kercher. Judge Alessandro Nencini said he agreed to...

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Man's body found in burnt shed in NSW

A MAN'S body has been found after a shed fire on NSW's Central Coast. The 63-year-old's body was discovered inside the shed after Fire & Rescue NSW officers extinguished the blaze behind a home on Panorama Avenue at Charmhaven after 5pm...

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Conditions ease as SA sees property loss

TWELVE homes have been lost in South Australia as thousands of hectares lay scorched across the state. But easing weather conditions have enabled firefighters to gain the upper hand on a large blaze in the Eden Valley on Saturday night. Residents...

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UK pollie blames gay marriage for floods

A UK Independence Party (Ukip) councillor has blamed recent storms and floods on the British government's decision to legalise gay marriage. David Silvester, who defected from the Tories in protest at David Cameron's support for same-sex unions,...

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Vic fares 'well' in bushfire emergency

VICTORIA has done "reasonably well" during the major bushfire emergency that gripped the state during the past few days, authorities say. More than 100,000 hectares have burnt across the state in conditions described as the worst since Black Saturday....

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Turkmenistan to make people pay for gas

THE president of Turkmenistan says his government will begin installing gas meters in households, ending the unlimited supply of free gas to citizens in the energy-rich Central Asian nation. President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov said during a...

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