Vietnam protesters denounce China on anniversary of navy battle
HANOI – Demonstrators have marched in Vietnam’s capital to mark the 28th anniversary of a bloody naval battle with China and to denounce Beijing’s growing assertiveness in the hotly contested…
Second car bomb in a month kills ‘at least 34’ in Turkish capital, Ankara
ANKARA – A car bomb tore through a crowded transport hub in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday, killing at least 34 people and wounding 125 in the second such…
Australian journalists detained in Malaysia for questioning PM
CANBERRA – Australia says it’s deeply concerned over the arrest of two Australian journalists in Malaysia after they attempted to question Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak over corruption allegations, Foreign…
Al-Qaeda gunmen kill 16 in Ivory Coast beach attack
GRAND BASSAM – Gunmen from al-Qaeda’s North African branch have killed 16 people, including four Europeans, at a beach resort town in Ivory Coast, the latest in a string of…
Maryland officer dies after shooting; 2 in custody
LANDOVER – A gunman has opened fire on a police station in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., killing one officer in what authorities called an unprovoked attack before the…
Sichuan Hanlong Exec sentenced to eight years for insider trading
SYDNEY – An Australian court has sentenced the former head of China’s Hanlong Mining Investment Pty Ltd for eight years, in one of the country’s harshest sentences for insider trading.…
North Korea fires missiles, liquidates South Korea’s assets
SEOUL – North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off the east coast city of Wonsan, flying about 500 kilometres, South Korea’s defence ministry says. The…
Scientists discover ‘Drowned apostles’ under 50 metres of water
Massive underwater limestone towers have been found in line with Australia’s famous ’12 Apostle’ ocean rock formations, in a surprise discovery that scientists said was previously thought impossible. The five…
EU tells Russia to free hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot Savchenko
MOSCOW – The European Union’s foreign policy chief has told Russia to free Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot accused over the killing of two Russian journalists, as Savchenko relaxed a…
Android malware targets big Aussie banking apps
A new malware targeting customers of Australia’s biggest banks has been detected. Westpac, Bendigo Bank, Commonwealth Bank, St. George Bank, National Australia Bank, Bankwest and ANZ Bank have all been…
