ISRAEL has warned Hamas against any escalation in violence, reinforcing its border with Gaza amid continued Palestinian rocket fire and heightened tensions following the murder of three Israeli youths and a Palestinian teenager. “We are looking for calm, ...

ISRAEL has warned Hamas against any escalation in violence, reinforcing its border with Gaza amid continued Palestinian rocket fire and heightened tensions following the murder of three Israeli youths and a Palestinian teenager. “We are looking for calm, ...

LIONEL Messi rescued Argentina once again to help sink Switzerland as the US's fairytale World Cup run came to an end against Belgium early yesterday. Messi set up the winner for Angel Di Maria two minutes from the end of extra-time to give the South ...

STANDING before more than a million happy monarchists slipping down The Mall from Buckingham Palace, British stand-up veteran Lenny Henry welcomed Rolf Harris to the stage as “The Legend”. The Queen had just taken her seat for the public Diamond ...

STANDING before more than a million happy monarchists slipping down The Mall from Buckingham Palace, British stand-up veteran Lenny Henry welcomed Rolf Harris to the stage as “The Legend”. The Queen had just taken her seat for the public Diamond ...

NORTH Korea has proposed that the two Koreas halt hostile military activities starting later this week — an apparent show of its desire for peace before a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The surprise suggestion from the North's top military body, the ...

THEY can't get to war quickly enough. Even for a country traumatised by decades of conflict, the men and boys of Iraq are answering the call to holy war. It matters not that they are being asked to confront the most brutal terrorist group of our time, the Islamic ...

THE brothers of jailed Australian journalist Peter Greste say they'll never stop fighting for his freedom after Egypt's new president crushed their hopes of a presidential pardon. Andrew and Mike Greste were given the news after emerging from their first visit ...

NATO has reported a further build-up of Russian forces near Ukraine as its new President put in place key pieces of his pro-Western government and embraced an EU trade pact that has been bitterly resisted by the Kremlin. Ukraine's parliament unanimously ...

US President Barack Obama was meeting national security advisers at the White House early today, with a televised statement expected afterwards, as he faced rising pressure to respond to rampant advances by Sunni militant fighters. Mr Obama was ...

THE new president of Ukraine has promised that government troops would soon stop firing on pro-Russian armed separatists, offering a chance to end the fighting that has killed hundreds and wracked the industrial east. In another concession to Moscow, ...

THIRTY-seven people remained missing today after an apparently overloaded boat carrying Indonesian illegal migrants heading home for Ramadan sank overnight in rough seas off western Malaysia, killing at least two. Officials said 58 people had been ...

WITH Spain's World Cup defence on the brink of a premature and disastrous ending, defender Sergio Ramos has insisted La Roja are united in their bid for redemption following the 5-1 thrashing they copped from Netherlands. Canada-born Dutch midfielder ...

RUSSIA has offered Ukraine a “discount” of $US100 ($107) per 1000 cubic metres of gas but Kiev has rejected the deal and is seeking a formal change to the rate set in the two sides' contract. “We know these Russian games: a discount is set by a Russian ...

CHINESE-Australian artist Guo Jian has been detained by police in Beijing for speaking out about tomorrow's 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. Mr Guo, 52, was taken from his Beijing home late on Sunday night after he said in an interview ...

STATE officials in north India have fired two police officers for failing to investigate the disappearance of a pair of teenagers who were gang-raped and found hanging from a tree. The firings came after widespread outrage and growing criticism of India for a ...

IN another devastating blow to Ukraine's armed forces, rebels shot down a troop helicopter Thursday, killing at least 12 soldiers, including a general who had served in the Soviet army and was in charge of combat training. The loss underscored the challenge ...

ONE of the world's most recognised anti-sex-slavery activists has resigned from her foundation after questions were raised about her shocking story of being sold into a brothel as a child. Somaly Mam, a glamorous and energetic Cambodian campaigner, ...

A FIRE which swept through a South Korean hospice for elderly, infirm patients, killing 21 people, appeared to be an act of arson by an 81-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer, police say. Seven were injured in the blaze, which broke out shortly after midnight at the ...

A FIRE which swept through a South Korean hospice for elderly, infirm patients, killing 21 people, appeared to be an act of arson by an 81-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer, police say. Seven were injured in the blaze, which broke out shortly after midnight at the ...