More than 200 people were feared dead after a heavily overloaded boat carrying asylum-seekers, mostly from Afghanistan and Iran, sank off Indonesia en route to Australia, rescuers said Sunday.
Myanmar is to chair the Asean grouping of south-east Asian nations in 2014, the bloc’s leaders agreed Thudesday, boosting the government’s bid for international recognition of its ...
An Australian labour tribunal ordered an end to the industrial dispute between Qantas Airways and its employees on Sunday. The decision will allow Qantas flights to resume.
France is through to the final of the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand after beating Wales 9-8 in a semi-final the French trainer described as the ugliest in the sport’s history.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has presented a bill for a new pollution tax aimed at reducing carbon emission by 80 per cent of 2000 levels by 2050.
Germany's Constitutional Court has rejected an attempt to declare aid for Greece and other eurozone rescue packages illegal but said parliament must have greater say in any future bailout ...
