The first of at least four new unmanned surveillance aircraft roughly the size of a Boeing 747 has been spotted on its long journey across the Pacific to Australia. The Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton — also known as the AUS 1 — left a Californian Naval Air Station on ThursdayContinue Reading
A group of asylum seekers has been detained on a remote island in the Torres Strait near Papua New Guinea after entering Australia illegally in a dinghy. The men, believed to be from West Africa, are being held on Saibai Island in Far North Queensland, about 4km from PNG. AnContinue Reading
Six more bodies of Rohingya refugees have been found at sea off Indonesia after a boat with more than 150 people aboard capsized last week, local authorities said Monday. The bodies of the six women were found off the coast of Aceh province, search and rescue officials said in aContinue Reading
2GB stalwart Ray Hadley had to be censored on his own program after lambasting Anthony Albanese and other ministers in a fiery rant. On Monday morning, the 2GB host lashed out at Mr Albanese, Immigration Minister Andrew Giles, Energy Minister Chris Bowen and Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke. He labelledContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has called Peter Dutton’s reaction to the arrival of asylum seekers in Western Australia “disturbing”, after pushing back against the Opposition Leader’s claims that his government was weak on national security. On Friday, about 40 men, reportedly from Pakistan and Bangladesh, were discovered near the small Indigenous communityContinue Reading
More than 40 asylum seekers have been found roaming in remote Western Australia as more details come to light about the latest breach in border security. NCA NewsWire understands a single boat carrying the asylum seekers hit the shores of northwestern WA on Friday, with a large group of 30Continue Reading
DHAKA: Bangladesh‘s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won re-election for a fifth term Sunday, officials said, following a boycott led by an opposition party she branded a “terrorist organisation”.Hasina’s ruling Awami League “has won more than 50 percent seats,” an Election Commission spokesman told AFP, with counting ongoing.She has presidedContinue Reading
DHAKA: As Bangladesh goes to the polls today, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina extended her wishes for India and said that Bangladesh is lucky to have a trusted friend like India. She also highlighted India’s support during the Liberation War in 1971.In her message to India, Bangladesh Prime Minister SheikhContinue Reading
Health officials in India are racing Thursday to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus, which has already killed two and carries a fatality rate the World Health Organisation says is as high as 75 per cent. Around 800 people have been tested over the last few days in theContinue Reading
A virus with a fatality rate that can reach 75 per cent is resurgent in India, sparking growing concern. Nipah virus is classified as a zoonotic disease, meaning it can jump from animals to humans. It was first identified after an outbreak in Malaysian pig farmers in 1999. It thenContinue Reading