Icelandic voters to choose between Pirates and establishment
REYKJAVIK – Iceland is holding parliamentary elections, with polls showing the opposition led by the anti-establishment Pirate Party could topple the current centre-right ruling coalition. Icelanders’ faith in their political…
IS using tens of thousands as human shields in Mosul – UN
GENEVA – Islamic State forces in Iraq have abducted tens of thousands of men, women and children from areas around Mosul and are using them as “human shields” in the…
World’s largest marine park created in Antarctic Ocean
Twenty-four countries and the European Union agreed on Friday to create the world’s largest marine park in the Antarctic Ocean, covering a massive 1.55 million square km of ocean. The…
Australian farmers pull bid for S. Kidman & co – ABC
Australia‘s richest woman Gina Rinehart and a Chinese partner look nearer to winning their bid for the country’s largest private land holding, after a group ofAustralian cattlemen withdrew their bid,…
Pence’s plane skids off runway at New York airport, no injuries
A campaign plane carrying US Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence has skidded off the runway after landing at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. There were no injuries, the campaign…
China says latest South China Sea drill was normal search and rescue exercise
BEIJING – China’s latest drill in the South China Sea was a normal search and rescue exercise, the defence ministry said on Thursday, less than a week after a US…
PNG court dismisses Australia asylum seeker resettlements on technicality
SYDNEY – The Papua New Guinea Supreme Court has dismissed an application to send asylum seekers held on an isolated island to Australia on a paperwork technicality. A ruling in…
Dreamworld accident: Police continue investigation , theme park to reopen on Friday
Police in Queensland are continuing their investigation at Dreamworld’s theme park, where four adults died after being trapped under an upturned raft. Two men and two women, who all lived…
Vietnam seizes third illegal ivory shipment in a month
Local authorities have seized 1 ton of ivory smuggled from Kenya, the fifth such seizure in the past month. The ivory was hidden in timber in two containers en route…
Kim Kardashian resumes filming E! reality TV show after robbery
LOS ANGELES – Kim Kardashian has returned to filming the reality series “Keeping up with the Kardashians,” the E! network said on Wednesday, following a brief hiatus from the show…
