“I was a suicide bomber”: Paris suspect charged in Belgium
BRUSSELS – The prime surviving suspect for the November 13 Paris attacks planned to blow himself up at a sports stadium with fellow Islamic State militants but changed his mind,…
Motor racing-Rosberg wins dramatic Australian Grand Prix
MELBOURNE – Nico Rosberg has won a dramatic Australian Grand Prix for Mercedes after Ferrari’s challenge was squandered by a bungled tyre strategy and Fernando Alonso walked away from a…
Thousands rally in nation-wide protests against offshore detention of asylum seekers
MELBOURNE – Thousands of Australians have gathered in rallies in support for asylum seekers, both facing deportation to offshore detention centres and currently being held in PNG and Nauru under…
Dozens killed in air strikes on Syrian city: monitor, activists
BEIRUT – Dozens of people were killed in a series of air strikes on the city of Raqqa in northern Syria on Saturday, a monitoring group and activists said, as…
Turkey: suicide bombing in central Istanbul
ISTANBUL/ANKARA – Five people including a suicide bomber were killed and 36 wounded in an attack on a major shopping and tourist district in central Istanbul on Saturday, in the…
Chinese nationals arrested for importing drugs
SYDNEY – Twenty-four people, many of them Chinese nationals, have been arrested in Australia and charged with illegally importing drugs, Australia’s anti-money laundering regulator say. The suspects used Australian-based money…
Sydney among first cities to switch off lights for Earth Hour
SYDNEY – Cities on Australia’s east coast were among the first in the world to turn lights out on for the 10th annual Earth Hour, a global lights out event…
Running for parliament: Vietnam’s ‘Lady Gaga’ among 100 independent candidates
Vietnamese pop star Mai Khoi in her music video, Selfie Orgasm. (Youtube: Mai Khoi) Pop star Mai Khoi has joined a group of lawyers, journalists and political…
Twins discovered to have different fathers in rare case
A pair of twins have been discovered to have different fathers after their parents grew suspicious of their different looks, according to local reports. The two-year-old children from Vietnam’s northern…
Taiwan “needs to protect its space” after China renews ties with Gambia
TAIPEI – Taiwan needs to protect its international space as its diplomatic position is precarious, president-elect Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday after China resumed ties with former Taiwan ally Gambia…
