Amazon jaguar shot dead after Olympic torch ceremony
Brazilian physiotherapist Igor Simoes Andrade poses for picture next to jaguar Juma as he takes part in the Olympic Flame torch relay in Manaus, Brazil, June 20, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)…
Vietnamese journalist’s press card revoked for serious violation
Mai Phan Loi (Photo courtesy: doisongphapluat.com) Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications has revoked a journalist’s press card for a serious violation of Government regulations. In a statement on…
Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion react as traditional owners representative Raylene Singh holds up the land deed during the Kenbi Native land claim ceremony near…
Brussels bomb alert as man arrested at shopping centre, possibly with explosives
A Belgian police officer patrols with a dog in the Brussels district of Etterbeek, Belgium, June 17, 2016. (Photo: Reuters) BRUSSELS – Belgian police have detained a man possibly…
During siege, Orlando gunman told police he was ‘Islamic soldier’
A police officer looks at a row of crosses that make up part of a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Pulse night club shootings in Orlando, Florida, U.S.,…
Japan military on alert for possible North Korean ballistic missile launch
Japan Self-Defence Forces soldiers prepare to refuel a unit of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo April 10, 2013. (Photo: Reuters/ File Photo) TOKYO…
Vanuatu bus crash kills three and injures several Australians
Australian tourists have been seriously injured after a head-on bus crash in Vanuatu. (Photo courtesy: Glenda S/ Vanuatu Daily Post) At least three people have been killed and several…
U.S. Senate rejects gun-control measures after Orlando shooting
A plane pulls a banner that reads “#End Gun Violence” flies over a vigil for the Pulse night club victims following last week’s shooting in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 19,…
Australian Paralympic sailing team members robbed at gunpoint in Rio
Liesl Tesch (R) was robbed in Rio. (Photo courtesy: Rohan Thomson/ www.smh.com.au) An Australian Paralympic sailor and official have been threatened with a gun and robbed while training in…
Trump parts ways with campaign manager Lewandowski: spokeswoman
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski (L) looks on as Trump speaks during a news conference held at his Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.…
