Foreigners have begun fleeing the Ivory Coast as fighting there intensifies. French troops have taken over the main airport and more than 160 foreigners have fled on specially organised flights. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging the elec...
And theres low in the northern tropics. The Bureau is warning it could still develop into a cyclone. And at the moment, its generating heavy squally rain across the Kimberley and Top End. A northern trough is triggering more patchy rain around Cape Y...
A leading credit rating agency has downgraded its assessment of Ireland's ability to repay its debts, making it more expensive for the country to borrow money in private markets. Standard Poor's said the decision reflects concerns that some holders o...
Julia Gillard is warning that next months federal budget will be a painful one. The Prime Minister is preparing the ground for deep spending cuts, but she wont say exactly where therell be. She says tough decisions will need to be made to get the bud...
And Libya's rebels have lost almost all of the gains that they made earlier in the week. Colonel Gaddafi's army has comprehensively outgunned the opposition. The key city of Ajdabiya is now in serious danger of being lost. That would then give the Li...
A car crash on the Mornington Peninsula south of Melbourne has killed two young men and critically injured three others. The car hit a power pole just before midnight and the Defence Department has confirmed the men are Navy personnel. Now former Pri...
A jury has found a man who threw his four-year-old daughter off Melbourne's Westgate Bridge guilty of murder. Arthur Freeman was found guilty after the jury deliberated for five days. The jury members had earlier told the judge they would not be able...
NATO has now taken full control of military operations in Libya. The battle has moved decisively in the rebels favour. Theyve now recaptured another four coastal towns as Colonel Gaddafis troops flee from coalition air strikes. Rebel forces are movin...
Cloud over north-eastern Queensland in a trough is triggering showers and storms. Thick cloud across the northern tropics is also causing a few storms. Around the states now, and in Queensland, moderate to heavy falls will develop later in the day ar...
Electronics manufacturer Bosch is to cut 380 jobs at its manufacturing plant at Clayton in Melbourne. The company says it'll relocate part of its car electronics business to Asia. The Australian Workers Union says Bosch has not spoken to the union ab...
And officials have confirmed that NATO countries will take over command of military operations in Libya from early next week. A French fighter jet, meanwhile, has destroyed a Libyan plane which had breached the no-fly zone. French officials say the p...
There a bomb has ripped through a crowded bus stop in Jerusalem, killing at least one person and injuring more than 30 others. Authorities said the bomb was hidden in a bag at the side of the road near the bus station. It's the first terror attack in...
Two US airmen have been rescued after their fighter jet crashed in Libya. A military spokesman says it appears to have suffered a technical fault while flying near the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. Colonel Gaddafis forces have launched new attacks on...
US President Barack Obama says Colonel Gaddafi has to go, but forces loyal to the dictator have pushed back against the newly confident rebels. His army has beaten back a rebel attempt to retake the town of Ajdabiya. Coalition forces are now planning...
A Libyan military spokesman has this morning announced a new ceasefire as another round of air strikes appeared imminent. French jets have begun patrolling Libyan air space this morning to enforce the no-fly zone. The United States has declared the i...
