Melbourne attack: Man arrested after fire and stabbings
A man has been arrested after setting a car on fire and stabbing three people - one fatally - in central Melbourne, Australia.
The attacker was shot by police after confronting officers on a busy city street, authorities said. He was...
Pakistani University of Newcastle student hit with knuckle duster in brutal attack
Abdullah Qaiser says he came to Newcastle from Pakistan last year to study in a secure environment.
But on Saturday night, the 21-year-old had his nose smashed by a man wearing a knuckle duster after his car was...
Saudi skies are now open to flights to Israel
For the first time ever, an international airline can use Saudi airspace to fly to Israel.
Air India is launching a new flight from New Delhi to Tel Aviv, starting on March 22, and has been given permission to use the skies over Saudi Arabia, an...
Hi Guys,
I just want to share this documentary i watched on Australian television the other day which shows foreign diplomats abusing foreign workers including Pakistan's High Commissioner to Australia Naela Chohan.
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/behind-closed-doors/9424204
India has more billionaires than Russia
India's billionaires club is getting bigger: The country now boasts the third highest number of super rich in the world.
Asia's third biggest economy has 97 billionaires, 27 more than a year ago, according to an annual survey by research firm Hurun...
A shocking insight into the sexual exploitation of many thousands of poor and vulnerable children in Pakistan, one of the world's most important Muslim nations. #4Corners
Four Corners : Streets Of Shame : ABC iview
Chinese officials loom large in doctored photo
A screen shot of the digitally manipulated image that went viral in China, depicting local officials visiting with an improbably small elderly woman. Photo: New York Times
Efforts to promote a visit by local government officials to an elderly...
Nephew confesses to murder of Australian-Pakistani family
Islamabad, Pakistan: A nephew has confessed to killing an entire Australian-Pakistani family of five, saying he murdered his relatives because it was the easiest solution to get money.
In a prison cell interview, Sikander Zia told...
China high-speed railway section reportedly collapses, reviving safety fears, jolting shares
By Associated Press, Published: March 12
SHANGHAI Part of a high-speed railway line that had already undergone test runs collapsed in central China following heavy rains, state media reported...
China chemical plant explosion kills 13
Posted February 29, 2012 08:56:28
An explosion has ripped through a north China chemical factory, killing at least 13 people and injuring 43, the government said.
The impact of the blast, which occurred near Shijiazhuang city, capital of Hebei...
Move to strangulate Pak economy
By: Ashraf Javed | February 28, 2012 |
LAHORE Water experts and agriculturists on Monday sharply reacted to the dangerous Indian move of inter-linking of disputed rivers in the Occupied Kashmir and said that the $100 billion project to link around 30...
China cracks down on unrest ahead of Tibetan holiday
By Chi-Chi Zhang, CNN
January 31, 2012 -- Updated 0720 GMT (1520 HKT)
Chengdu, China (CNN) -- Thousands of Chinese security forces have flooded into an ethnically Tibetan area of southwestern China following large protests that...
Afghan child bride to get treated in India
AFP & Yahoo!7 January 3, 2012, 11:15 am
An Afghan child bride who told media she was tortured by her mother-in-law will be sent to India for medical treatment.
The young girl told how her mother-in-law locked her in a toilet for six...
New dawn in Antarctic awareness
SAM BATEMAN and ANTHONY BERGIN
From: The Australian
December 31, 2011 12:00AM
WITH the announcement of an increased US military presence in Australia, our strategic planners are focused on the rising importance of the Indo-Pacific. But we have taken...
Saudi woman executed for 'witchcraft and sorcery'
A Saudi woman has been executed for practising "witchcraft and sorcery", the country's interior ministry says.
A statement published by the state news agency said Amina bint Abdul Halim bin Salem Nasser was beheaded on Monday in the...
Labor votes in favour of selling uranium to India
December 4, 2011 - 1:10PM
Federal Labor has cleared the way for Australian uranium to be exported to India after a fiery debate on the floor of the party's 46th national conference.
Despite feisty resistance from opponents, the landmark...
Dawn of freedom in IHK to rise soon
Published: August 30, 2011
OUR STAFF REPORTER (i wonder who this guy is???)
SIALKOT - Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Yaqub Khan has expressed complete solidarity with the oppressed people of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. He said that...
China considers legalising secret detentions
(AFP)
BEIJING China is considering changes to its criminal law that human rights activists said Saturday would effectively legalise the forced disappearance of dissidents.
Proposed amendments to "residential surveillance" laws would allow...