Articles By Staff Reporter

Last Newspoll 2012 Survey Says Popular Julia Gillard Will Lose Out to Tony Abbott

Australia To Boost Refugee Intake To Deter Smugglers

The Canberra government hopes that the measures will prevent people from making the risky sea voyage to Australia from Indonesia.

Assad And Lavrov

Russia Again Warns Against Foreign Military Intervention In Syria

Russia and China have repeatedly rejected moves by the United Nations Security Council to pressure Bashar al-Assad.

Iran's Fateh Missile

Iran Claims Six New Weapon Upgrades

Last month, Iran claimed it successfully test-fired medium-range missiles that are capable of hitting Israel.

Lebanon

Syrian Bloodshed Spills Over Into Lebanon

Assad is a member of the Shia Alawite minority of Syria, which rules over a predominantly Sunni populace.

Gaziantep

Car Bomb Kills 7 In Heavily Kurdish Southeastern Turkey

Ankara believes that the Damascus regime may be supplying arms to PKK.

Germany's ARD

Chinese Factory Workers Attack German TV Crew

Irate Chinese workers shouted "kill the foreign spies."

Syria civil war

UN Ends Observer Mission In Syria

Continued violence across Syria has made it almost impossible for the mission to remain.

 Al-Shara

Syrian Vice President Defects: Report

The statement was read by a man idenitifed as a relative of al-Shara.

Black Hawk helicopter

Afghan Helicopter Crash Kills 11 Troops, Including 7 Americans

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the crash, although that hasn’t been verified.

Lebanon

Saudi Arabia Orders Its Citizens To Leave Lebanon Over Kidnapping Fears

The Saudi embassy in Beirut noted credible threats to abduct Saudis in Lebanon, which borders strife-torn Syria.