Quake kills 272 along devastated Ecuador coast
A fireman searches through debris after an earthquake struck off Ecuador’s Pacific coast, at Tarqui neighbourhood in Manta. (Photo: Reuters/Guillermo Granja) PEDERNALES, Ecuador – The death toll from Ecuador’s…
Parliament debates make-or-break labour reform
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (Photo: Reuters) SYDNEY – Australia’s parliament returned for a special sitting on Monday to debate crucial labour reform bills which are likely to be blocked…
Tennis-pro Lindahl avoids jail for match-fixing
Former professional tennis player and coach Nick Lindahl (R). (Photo: Reuters/ Paul Miller/AAP) MELBOURNE – Former Australian professional tennis player Nick Lindahl has avoided a jail term after pleading…
Brazil MPs win vote to impeach Dilma Rousseff in Congress
Opponents of President Dilma Rousseff celebrate after the Lower House of Congress voted to proceed with her impeachment in Porto Alegre. (Photo: Reuters) BRASILIA – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff…
Bodies of Aussie soldiers killed in Vietnam War to be brought home
The remains of Gillespie, an Australian soldier killed during the Vietnam War, were returned home to a ceremonial welcome in December 2007. (Photo: Australia Department of Defence handout) The…
Mali arrests third man in connection with Ivory Coast beach attack
Relatives of soldiers killed in last month’s al Qaeda attack on the beach resort town of Grand Bassam, comfort each other during a ceremony to honour the dead soldiers, in…
Powerful earthquake kills 77 in Ecuador
People stand on the debris of a building after an earthquake struck off the Pacific coast in Manta, Ecuador. (Photo: Reuters) GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador- A powerful earthquake killed at least 77…
Vietnamese comedian pleads not guilty to child molestation at US arraignment
Hong Quang Minh appears in court for an arraignment hearing with his attorney, Do Phu, at the jail in Santa Ana on April 15, 2016. (Photo: The Orange Country…
Second deadly quake strikes Japan
Romon gate (bottom R), designated as a nationally important cultural property, and other buildings damaged by an earthquake are seen at Aso Shrine in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan. (Photo:…
Iranian asylum seeker in Australian detention convicted of attempted suicide
Prosecutors had sought to have the man jailed over the attempted suicide. (Photo: Joe Armao/H.A.S) MELBOURNE – Australian refugee advocates and opposition politicians have condemned the conviction of…
