Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed a major deal safeguarding 9,000 jobs announced at the…
EU in major free trade deal with Singapore
The EU and Singapore have clinched a free-trade agreement (FTA) - the second such deal…
UN Security Council condemns North Korea rocket launch
The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea for launching a rocket in defiance of…
Pakistan lawless tribal areas ‘fuelling rights crisis’
Pakistan is failing to address thousands of human rights abuses taking place in its tribal…
Thai ex-PM Abhisit charged with murder over protest death
Former Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva has been charged with murder over the death of a…
Sri Lanka Matale ‘mass grave could be a crime site’
Human remains in what appears to be a mass grave unearthed last month in central…
Yemeni court jails 93 Republican Guard soldiers
Yemen's military prosecutors say a military tribunal has sentenced 93 soldiers and officers of the…
Iran says it got 2 more US drones in past missions
The naval chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard claims Iranian forces had captured at least two…
Still many live in poverty
MORE than 230,000 Australians used a homeless service in 2011-12 and 99,000 were children or…
Sydney wins ‘best city in Australia’
Sydney has been named the nation's favourite city, beating its rival Melbourne by a solitary…