Spanish police arrest 17 'Voodoo pimps'

SPAIN'S Interior Ministry says police have arrested 17 people on suspicion of smuggling Nigerian women into Spain and forcing them into prostitution using threats including claims they would cast Voodoo spells on them if they didn't comply. ...

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Scuffles erupt at Hong Kong pro-govt rally

SCUFFLES have broken out as thousands marched in support of Hong Kong's scandal-plagued leader Leung Chun-ying, ahead of a mass pro-democracy rally planned for New Year's Day. About 2500 people took to the cold and windy streets waving Chinese...

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Jordan rejects Saddam Hussein candidates

JORDAN'S electoral commission has refused to register an independent list of candidates calling itself Saddam Hussein after the executed Iraqi dictator, the group's leader says. "We have filed an appeal against the electoral commission's rejection...

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Man shot in stomach in Sydney's southwest

A MAN has been shot in Sydney's southwest. A 21-year-old man was found with a wound to his stomach after police were called to Green Valley Road, Busby about 11.15pm (AEDT) on Sunday following reports of a shooting. The man was treated by ambulance...

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Benghazi security a 'huge problem': Obama

PRESIDENT Barack Obama has admitted that a probe into a deadly assault on a US consulate in Libya had uncovered a "huge problem" in security procedures at the mission. "We're not going to be defensive about it," Obama said in an interview recorded...

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Russia sends landing ships to Syria

A RUSSIAN warship carrying a marines unit has left its Black Sea port for Syria amid preparations for a possible evacuation of nationals living and working in the strife-torn country, news reports say. The Novocherkassk landing ship is the third...

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Magazine mistakenly publishes Bush obit

GERMANY'S respected news weekly Der Spiegel has mistakenly published an obituary for former US president George Bush senior, hours after a family spokesman said the 88-year-old was recovering from illness. Bush was hospitalised in Houston November...

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Switzerland freezes Mubarak sons' $300m

SWISS authorities have frozen $US300 million ($A290 million) sitting in Credit Suisse accounts in Geneva held by the sons of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the newspaper Le Matin Dimanche has reported. The funds are held in accounts...

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Ex-governor, jilted wife eye same seat

This 2006 photo shows Mark Sanford after winning his second term as South Carolina governer. He is joined by his family, from the left, sons Bolton; Landon; his then wife, Jenny; and son Marshal. Picture: AP Source: AP FORMER South Carolina...

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Peace envoy Brahimi back in Syria

INTERNATIONAL peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has arrived in the Syrian capital on a new mission to try to resolve a brutal conflict that has raged for almost two years. Officials said the UN-Arab League envoy, seen at the Sheraton Hotel in central...

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Second-hand exporters mimic charity

CHARITIES are reportedly having millions of dollars diverted away from them by second-hand clothing exporters who are imitating appeals and donation bins. According to an investigation by Fairfax published on Monday, the exporters launch appeals...

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Korea says North 'rocket' could reach US

NORTH Korea's recent rocket launch amounted to the test of a ballistic missile capable of carrying a half-tonne payload as far as the US west coast, the South Korean defence ministry says. North Korea launched its three-stage Unha-3 rocket on...

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Kenya arrests 61 over tribal violence

KENYAN police have arrested 61 suspects over a brutal attack on a remote village in the southeast involving two rival communities that left 45 people dead including women and children. Villagers were hacked to death and their homes torched in...

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NRA: Public wants armed guards in schools

NATIONAL Rifle Association executive Wayne LaPierre says the American people think it would be "crazy" not to put armed guards in every school, as the group has suggested in the wake of the massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut....

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Air strike on Syria bakery kills dozens

AN air strike near a bakery in the rebel-held town of Halfaya in the central Syrian province of Hama has killed dozens of people, a monitoring group says. "Dozens of people were killed in an air strike on Halfaya," said the Syrian Observatory...

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Turkey lifts NATO Israel veto

NATO member Turkey has agreed to lift its veto on non-military co-operation between the alliance and Israel, which it imposed over a deadly raid on a Turkish aid ship to Gaza in 2010, a diplomat says. Ankara took the retaliatory measure after...

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Disputed islands are Japan's: new PM

SHINZO Abe, who has led his Liberal Democratic Party to an election win, says there is no doubt about Japan's ownership of islands at the centre of a dispute with China. "China is challenging the fact that (the islands) are Japan's inherent territory,"...

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S Africa leader vows 'meaningful change'

EMBATTLED South African President Jacob Zuma has made the case for his re-election, telling ANC members they will see meaningful economic change, as he seeks to face down a leadership challenge from his deputy. Zuma wooed delegates at the African...

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Syria planes in deadly refugee camp raid

WARPLANES have bombarded a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus for the first time in Syria's uprising, as the army escalates its bid to suppress the rebellion in the capital. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday's air...

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Business confidence at record highs: CBA

OPTIMISM among mid-sized Australian businesses has hit record highs in the lead-up to Christmas, a quarterly survey has found. Commonwealth Bank's future business index rose to 9.3 in December, from 4.3 in September. The survey focuses on companies...

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More Aussies could avoid stroke: experts

MANY stroke sufferers miss out on a lifesaving de-clotting drug and four in 10 get treated in general wards rather than specialist stroke units, an advocacy group says. Stroke is Australia's second-largest killer and many of the 350,000 survivors...

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Gay rights campaigners protest at Vatican

GAY rights campaigners have held a small protest near St Peter's Square during the Pope's weekly prayers after he said legalising gay marriage threatened the institution of marriage. About 15 activists held up colourful paper hearts with slogans...

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Italy's recovery tipped to start in 2013

ITALY'S economic recovery is likely to begin in the third or fourth quarter of 2013, the central bank governor says, urging any new government to continue reforms and cut red tape for businesses. "Our analyses suggest that there is a higher...

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Disputed islands are Japan's: new PM

SHINZO Abe, who has led his Liberal Democratic Party to an election win, says there is no doubt about Japan's ownership of islands at the centre of a dispute with China. "China is challenging the fact that (the islands) are Japan's inherent territory,"...

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Abe: A once and future PM for Japan

SHINZO Abe, whose Liberal Democratic Party stormed to victory in Sunday's election, returns to the prime ministership as a hawk with strident views on Japan's place in the world. He was the country's youngest ever prime minister when he stepped...

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S Africa leader vows 'meaningful change'

EMBATTLED South African President Jacob Zuma has made the case for his re-election, telling ANC members they will see meaningful economic change, as he seeks to face down a leadership challenge from his deputy. Zuma wooed delegates at the African...

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Syria planes in deadly refugee camp raid

WARPLANES have bombarded a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus for the first time in Syria's uprising, as the army escalates its bid to suppress the rebellion in the capital. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday's air...

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Business confidence at record highs: CBA

OPTIMISM among mid-sized Australian businesses has hit record highs in the lead-up to Christmas, a quarterly survey has found. Commonwealth Bank's future business index rose to 9.3 in December, from 4.3 in September. The survey focuses on companies...

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More Aussies could avoid stroke: experts

MANY stroke sufferers miss out on a lifesaving de-clotting drug and four in 10 get treated in general wards rather than specialist stroke units, an advocacy group says. Stroke is Australia's second-largest killer and many of the 350,000 survivors...

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Gay rights campaigners protest at Vatican

GAY rights campaigners have held a small protest near St Peter's Square during the Pope's weekly prayers after he said legalising gay marriage threatened the institution of marriage. About 15 activists held up colourful paper hearts with slogans...

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Italy's recovery tipped to start in 2013

ITALY'S economic recovery is likely to begin in the third or fourth quarter of 2013, the central bank governor says, urging any new government to continue reforms and cut red tape for businesses. "Our analyses suggest that there is a higher...

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Abe: A once and future PM for Japan

SHINZO Abe, whose Liberal Democratic Party stormed to victory in Sunday's election, returns to the prime ministership as a hawk with strident views on Japan's place in the world. He was the country's youngest ever prime minister when he stepped...

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Six dead as heavy snow hits Balkans

FREEZING temperatures and heavy snowfall have killed at least six people and caused travel chaos across the Balkans. Officials said four people have died in Croatia and two in Serbia as a result of blizzards in the region of southwestern Europe...

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13 die after Taiwan bus falls into ravine

A TOUR bus has plunged 300 metres down a ravine deep inside Taiwan's mountains in Hsinchu County, killing 13 passengers. Ten others were injured in the crash which occurred on Sunday, according to the Hsinchu fire bureau. Authorities said the...

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Report into CTV building collapse due

THE results of the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission investigation into the collapse of the CTV building in Christchurch will be released on Monday afternoon. The third and final part of the commission's report examines the collapse of...

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10 dead after army opens fire in S Sudan

AT least 10 people have been killed after South Sudanese troops opened fire on demonstrators angry at officials moving the seat of local authority outside a state capital. "The SPLA (army) opened fire" on protesters "demonstrating the excessive...

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Syria-linked clashes kill six in Lebanon

SECTARIAN clashes linked to the 21-month conflict in Syria have killed six people and wounded 40 in neighbouring Lebanon. Sunday's fighting in the northern city of Tripoli between Sunni Muslims and Alawite co-religionists of Syrian President Bashar...

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US drone kills senior al-Qaeda leader

A US drone strike has killed a senior al-Qaeda leader in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials say. Sheik Khalid bin Abdel Rehman al-Hussainan, who was also known as Abu Zaid al-Kuwaiti, was killed when...

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New voting law jeopardises coalition seats

THE coalition could lose a swag of marginal seats at next year's federal election as new electoral laws automatically enrol up to 1.5 million voters. An analysis of Newspoll surveys indicate the coalition's primary vote would slip by 1.5 percentage...

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Syria rebels seize chunk of Aleppo base

SYRIAN rebels have seized control of a sector of Sheikh Suleiman base west of Aleppo, bringing them closer to holding a large swathe of territory extending to the Turkish border in the north. The rebels on Sunday took control of Regiment 111 and...

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Geithner invites Republican counter-offer

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama is ready for tough concessions to reach a deficit deal, but Republicans must commit to higher tax rates on the rich. That was the view of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner who made appearances on five Sunday talk shows...

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Diggers non-combat injuries 'intolerable'

AT least one in eight Australian soldiers who served in Afghanistan suffered a non-combat related injury or physical or mental illness between 2005 and October 2012. A senior soldier welfare advocate said a 12.5 per cent casualty rate would...

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New Zealand slams Kyoto extension

NEW Zealand's climate minister on Sunday strongly defended a decision not to sign an extension of the Kyoto treaty that limits greenhouse gas emissions, saying the pact is outdated, and his country's policy is "ahead of the curve." At climate...

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Bombing in Syria's Homs kills 15

FIFTEEN civilians were killed in a bomb attack on Sunday in a government-held district of the central Syrian city of Homs, state media reported. "A terrorist attack struck the Hamra district of Homs," the state SANA news agency said, adding...

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Israel called to explain targeting reporters

ISRAEL must provide an "immediate and detailed explanation" for its targeting of journalists during last month's Gaza conflict. In a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Committee to Protect Journalists said it was "gravely...

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'Now we have a state,' Abbas says

PALESTINIAN president Mahmud Abbas returned to the West Bank on Sunday after winning upgraded UN status for the Palestinians, telling cheering crowds: "Yes, now we have a state." "Palestine has accomplished a historic achievement at the UN," Abbas...

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