NEW DELHI: Israel has reversed its decision to shut down an Associated Press (AP) live video feed from Gaza, following protests from the US news agency and concerns raised by the White House. Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi had initially ordered the confiscation of AP’s equipment, accusing the agency of breachingContinue Reading
A former Australian journalist turned aid worker says she is “really lucky” to have survived after shots were fired at her vehicle near a checkpoint to enter northern Gaza. Tess Ingram, who once worked for the Australian Financial Review’s Perth bureau and WAToday, now works for the United Nations Children’sContinue Reading
A few weeks on from a terrifying mid-air incident on a Boeing plane, airline executives, aviation experts and whistleblowers have raised concerns about safety practices at the manufacturer. In footage which horrified the world, a door plug suddenly blew off an Alaska Airline flights from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, CaliforniaContinue Reading
A Malaysian man convicted of the brutal slaying of a “politically linked” pregnant model has pleaded with authorities to let him stay in Australia. Former elite police bodyguard Sirul Azhar Umar was sentenced to death in Malaysia in late 2014 for the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, after he had alreadyContinue Reading
Pro-Palestinian supporters have called out the ABC for not “properly” paying tribute to journalist Roshdi Sarraj, who was killed in Gaza after working with the broadcaster. Mr Sarraj, 31, was a freelance Palestinian journalist and filmmaker who had filed video footage for ABC’s 7.30 program before he was killed inContinue Reading
A passenger plane preparing to take off from Sudan for Saudi Arabia came under fire on Saturday as deadly fighting rocked Khartoum, the kingdom’s flag carrier said. The Airbus A330 bound for Saudi Arabia “was exposed to gunfire damage… with guests and crew on board” ahead of its scheduled departureContinue Reading
South Africa is on the verge of “collapse” amid rolling blackouts and warnings a total power grid failure could lead to mass rioting on the scale of a “civil war”. Western embassies including the United States and Australia have advised their citizens in the country to stock up on “severalContinue Reading
The news is full of new concessions from China to Australia. China appears to be reversing its shadow-ban on importing Aussie coal that wiped $1 billion off Australia’s balance sheet. This backflip is a revealing outrun of events given the past five years of China’s attempt to strangle Australia’s economy.Continue Reading
A Victorian man has been killed fighting in Ukraine, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has confirmed. Former Australian Army serviceman Sage O’Donnell, 24, died in the days leading up to Christmas, according to The Herald Sun. Mr O’Donnell’s grief-stricken mother issued a statement via DFAT. She saidContinue Reading