HRW says Vietnam has “blatantly broken its promise” not to prosecute boat returnees”
SYDNEY – A leading human rights group has called on the federal government to put pressure on Vietnamese authorities to drop charges against “boat people” returned from Australia. Human Rights…
Victorian government makes historic apology for gay criminalisation
Gay rights activists hold a rainbow flag during a rally to support same-sex marriage in central Sydney, August 11, 2012. (Photo: Reuters) MELBOURNE – The Victorian government has made…
Obama to lay out vision for Vietnam ties after ending arms ban
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the National Convention Centre inHanoi, Vietnam May 24, 2016. (Photo: Reuters) HANOI – United States President Barack Obama is set…
Facebook says found no political bias on Trending Topics
File photo of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his keynote address at Facebook F8 in San Francisco, California March 25, 2015. (Photo: Reuters) SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook Inc will…
Jockey Michelle Payne in hospital after fall
Prince of Penzance ridden by Michelle Payne (green cap) at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, November 3, 2015. (Photo: Reuters) Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne has been taken to hospital…
At least one dead in petrol tanker crash on Calder Freeway, Melbourne
A petrol tanker has rolled on the Calder Freeway, colliding with ten cars. (Photo courtesy: Dennis Manktelow/ Herald Sun) At least one person has died with six people seriously…
Suicide car bomb kills at least 40 army recruits in Yemen’s Aden
In December 2015, people gathered at the site of a car bomb attack that killed the governor of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden. (Photo: Reuters) ADEN – A…
Aust-bound woman arrested in Vietnam for trying to smuggle drugs
HO CHI MINH CITY – A 76-year-old Vietnamese woman has been arrested for supposedly trying to smuggle one kilogram of methamphetamines at Ho Chi Minh’s international airport bound for Australia.…
Family of dead Australian climber seeks repatriation of her body as Everest season peaks
Light illuminates Mount Everest (C) during sunset in Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region, in this picture taken November 30, 2015 (Photo: Reuters) SYDNEY – The parents…
Fire at Thai school kills at least 17 girls
Photo taken of the fire at the Pitakkiat School dormitor. (Photo: Wiang Pa Pao police Facebook) BANGKOK – At least 17 girls have died after a fire swept through…
