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Australia rebukes mining tycoon over abusive attack on China

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 14:31

Treasurer Joe Hockey said the remarks aired on Australian television on Monday were "hugely damaging", noting that Palmer had benefited personally from doing business with China.

Ferguson shooting: Missouri Police arrest dozens as protesters throw Molotov cocktails

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 17:09

As the protests in the town of Ferguson, Missouri turned violent with police facing `heavy gunfire` from some `criminal elements`, cops fired tear gas, stun grenades and arrested 31 demonstrators on Monday night.

Iraqi forces mount operation against Islamic State in Tikrit

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 13:53

Iraqi forces launched an operation on Tuesday to drive Islamic State militants out of Tikrit, hometown of executed former dictator Saddam Hussein, officers in the operations room told Reuters.

Karzai calls for end of Afghan election impasse

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 13:51

Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed Tuesday for the two men vying to succeed him to end their dispute over election results and save the country from further violence and economic decline.

Japan volcanic isle may collapse, create tsunami: Study

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 13:49

An erupting volcanic island that is expanding off Japan could trigger a tsunami if its freshly-formed lava slopes collapse into the sea, scientists said Tuesday.

Police come under "heavy gunfire" in racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 13:48

Police came under "heavy gunfire" and 31 people were arrested, authorities said on Tuesday, in racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri sparked by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman 10 days ago.

Two arrested in US school shooting plot in LA

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 13:45

Two students in the Los Angeles area have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a mass shooting at a high school, police said.

Malaysia militants plotted ISIL-inspired attacks: Police

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 13:42

Malaysian police have foiled plans for a wave of bombings drawn up by radical Islamic militants inspired by Iraq`s extremist jihad group ISIL, a top counter-terrorism official said Tuesday.

Kurdish protester killed in clashes with Turkish security forces

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 13:32

A Kurdish protester was shot dead and two others wounded on Tuesday during violent clashes with the Turkish security forces in southeast Turkey, an AFP reporter said. 

Fifteen bodies retrieved after Ukraine convoy attack: Military

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 13:25

Fifteen bodies have so far been recovered from the site of Monday`s rocket strike on a refugee convoy of buses and cars in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said on Tuesday.