Bull runners crushed in Pamplona

Bull-runners were crushed in a pile-up in Pamplona on the seventh day of Spain's famed festival. Source: AAP DAREDEVIL bull-runners have been crushed in a pile-up in Pamplona on the seventh day of Spain's famed San Fermin festival, and at...

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Russia mulls asylum for data spy Snowden

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden (C) has told rights activists he will seek asylum in Russia. Source: AAP RUSSIA has been weighing whether to grant asylum to fugitive US leaker Edward Snowden after he told activists he wanted sanctuary...

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Search for answers after French rail crash

A passenger train has derailed and crashed into a station outside Paris, killing at least seven. Source: AAP INVESTIGATORS are working to determine the cause of a train crash near Paris that claimed six lives as the French transport minister...

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Deported WA man criticises fed government

AN Australian man deported from Saudi Arabia, leaving his brother behind in prison for terrorism-related offences, has criticised the federal government for not doing enough to help them. Junaid Thorne arrived back in Perth in the early hours...

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PNG fishermen missing in Torres Strait

QUEENSLAND search and rescue crews are looking for seven Papua New Guinean fishermen who've been missing for almost five days in the Torres Strait. Ten men had set out from the PNG island of Daru Island on Sunday to go fishing on a reef 20 nautical...

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Nine Indian children die in boat capsize

AT least 10 people including nine children have drowned after a boat capsized in a flooded river in India's eastern state of Bihar, police say. The incident occurred late on Thursday on a tributary of the Kosi river when the villagers were returning...

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Twin bombing kills five in Afghanistan

A TWIN bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed five people, an official says. Three civilians died after their car struck a roadside bomb as well as two police officers who had rushed to the scene to help the victims when the second bomb...

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CSR forecasts sustained housing recovery

BUILDING products group CSR predicts a sustained recovery in the Australian housing construction sector, led by New South Wales and Western Australia. CSR believes conditions will improve after recent economic data confirmed an upward trend in...

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European stocks rally at open

EUROPE'S main stock markets have risen strongly at the start of trading after the Federal Reserve indicated that it was in no rush to end its stimulus program. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 0.65 per cent to 6547.50 points on Thursday,...

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Greek public TV signal back on air

GREECE'S public television signal is back on air, nearly a month after the government shut down the country's state broadcaster ERT to cut costs. A backdrop reading 'Greek public television' (EDT) and featuring a globe and coloured waves was...

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Great Bake Off rises perfectly on debut

The debut episode of The Great Australian Bake Off was the fifth most-watched show on Tuesday night. Source: AAP THE Great Australian Bake Off has blended in nicely with viewers, but double-agent reality series The Mole has gone from bad to...

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One dead in Sydney fire

A PERSON has died in a house blaze in Sydney's north. The body of the missing person, originally reported as a child but now believed to be an adult, was found following the Mount Colah fire, a Fire and Rescue spokeswoman said on Wednesday afternoon....

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Driver trapped in NSW bus crash

A BUS driver is trapped inside his bus after it crashed into a home on NSW's Central Coast, leaving one of the occupants with critical head injuries. Police say the bus crashed into a duplex on Greenfield Road at Empire Bay shortly after 4.15...

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Energy giant Shell names new CEO

ANGLO-DUTCH energy giant Royal Dutch Shell says it has appointed downstream director Ben van Beurden as chief executive to replace outgoing boss Peter Voser. "The board of Royal Dutch Shell Plc today announced that Ben van Beurden will succeed...

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S. Korean officials visit Kaesong

A GROUP of South Korean officials and workers have visited a joint industrial complex on the border with North Korea, just days after the two Koreas agreed to fresh talks on reviving the shuttered site. About two dozen visitors from the South...

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Vic laws to target dangerous dog owners

Irresponsible dog owners could be jailed for two years under a proposed crackdown in Victoria. Source: AAP IRRESPONSIBLE dog owners could be jailed for two years and banned from keeping canines under a proposed crackdown in Victoria. Agriculture...

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Protesters to continue Whitehaven fight

Workers at a NSW coal mine have vowed to fight a project they say will destroy local heritage sites. Source: AAP PROTESTERS have vowed to continue their fight against a Whitehaven Coal mine approved last week, saying it will destroy local heritage...

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Five killed in India building collapse

A hotel has collapsed in the southern Indian city of Secunderabad, killing five restaurant workers. Source: AAP A TWO-STOREY hotel has collapsed in the southern Indian city of Secunderabad, killing five restaurant workers and injuring 15...

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Bahrain bomb kills policeman

A BOMB attack has killed a Bahraini policeman and wounded two others in a Shi'ite Muslim village outside the capital, a police statement carried by the official BNA news agency says. "Terrorist groups targeted a police station in Sitra" late on...

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Deported cleric Abu Qatada lands in Jordan

Radical Islamic cleric Abu Qatada has been deported from Britain and is on his way to Jordan. Source: AAP RADICAL Islamist cleric Abu Qatada has arrived in Amman after Britain deported him to face terrorism charges, ending a decade-long legal...

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Solar airplane lands in New York

THE experimental Solar Impulse plane, powered by the sun, has completed a transcontinental trip across the United States, touching down in New York despite a rip in the fabric of one wing. The giant, single-person plane landed at New York's John...

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