N. Korea crisis already gone too far: Ban

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says tensions have already soared too high on the Korean peninsula and has warned Pyongyang against making nuclear threats. "I am deeply troubled.... The current crisis has already gone too far," Ban said at...

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Black hole wakes for a planet-sized snack

ASTROPHYSICISTS have witnessed the rare event of a black hole awakening from its slumber to snack on a planet-sized object in a galaxy 47 million light years away, the University of Geneva says. The observation made using the European Space...

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Parents guilty over six fire deaths in UK

THE parents of six children who died in a house fire in the UK have been found guilty of their manslaughter. Mick and Mairead Philpott were convicted by jurors at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday of the unlawful killing of the six siblings...

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Amnesty criticises Kuwait over executions

AMNESTY International has criticised Kuwait for resuming executions after a six-year pause, describing the decision as a "real setback". "These are the first executions carried out in Kuwait since 2007 and mark a deplorable setback for human...

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European stocks close sharply higher

EUROPE'S main stock markets have closed sharply higher in low volume trade, with London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies rising 1.23 per cent to 6490.66 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 jumped 1.91 per cent to 7943.87 points on Tuesday, while...

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UN General Assembly adopts arms treaty

THE UN General Assembly has adopted the first-ever treaty to regulate the $US80-billion-a-year conventional arms trade. The assembly voted 154-3 for a resolution that will open the treaty for signature from June. Syria, North Korea and Iran...

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EU countries take action against Google

GOOGLE'S new privacy policy is under legal attack from regulators in its largest European markets, who want the company to overhaul practices they say let it create a data goldmine at the expense of unwitting users. Led by the French, organisations...

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