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Angry Wollongong Coal shareholders, protesters front the company's annual ...

Wollongong Coal CEO Milind Oza was asked whether the company is fit to run a mine, as is being questioned by anti mining group Lock the Gate Alliance, which is asking the NSW Government to cancel its mining rights. "I will answer all the questions but ... >> view original

Five memorable moments from the career of Argentina's president

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the first woman to be elected president in Argentina, has been a controversial and divisive leader since she secured the top job in 2007. Ms Fernandez was handed power by her late husband Nestor, who was president from ... >> view original

Philippines bracing itself for long battle against haze

Smog from the fires on Sumatra island and the Indonesian section of Borneo island has begun wafting over to the major southern Philippine island of Mindanao, more than 1,200 kilometres (more than 745 miles) away, wreaking havoc on Philippine air traffic. >> view original

EU leaders move to slow refugees arrivals

European and Balkan leaders have agreed on measures to slow the movement of tens of thousands whose flight from war and poverty has overwhelmed border guards and reception centres and heightened tension among nations along the route to the ... >> view original

Whale-watching boat carrying 27 people sinks off British Columbia coast

At least five people have died, 21 are hospitalised and one person is missing after a whale-watching boat carrying 27 passengers sank off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, on Sunday. The vessel, MV Leviathan II, made a mayday call shortly before ... >> view original

Turkish fishermen rescue Syrian baby from Aegean Sea

A Syrian toddler has been rescued after floating for hours in the Aegean Sea after Turkish fishermen spotted his orange lifejacket bobbing among the waves. The baby was seen floating face down hours after the boat on which his family were trying to ... >> view original

Kurdish rescue mission to free Islamic State prisoners: how it happened

Irbil, Iraq: The call came in late. Drone operators had caught sight of what appeared to be people digging trenches near the central Iraqi town of Hawija​, the scene for months of intense fighting between Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga militia and militants ... >> view original

Analysis: Russia-Iran alliance tactical, not strategic

Russia seeks to solidify Assad's regime in an Alawite mini-state in the face of a Sunni onslaught funded by Gulf states. Hassan Rouhani and Vladimir Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani during their ... >> view original

17 killed in Indonesian karaoke bar fire

Seventeen people have been killed in a fire in a packed karaoke bar on Indonesia's Sulawesi island. Witnesses told authorities the fire which started early on Sunday on the second floor of the three-storey building as hundreds of people were singing in ... >> view original

Do not demonise Greer, says TG author

A leading author of books for young adults, who has revealed that he is about to transition into a woman, has urged people not to "demonise" Germaine Greer after she claimed it was not possible to change gender. James Dawson, who wrote the teen ... >> view original