Syrian state media say at least 100 people have been killed in a government offensive to recapture the beseized western town of Qusair. The official reports say that the dead were terrorists, the term the Syrian government uses to describe rebels. Opposition activists put the number of dead at aroun...
At least three police officers have been killed after gunmen attacked their station in northern Iraq. Local officials say, another two policemen were wounded in the town of Rawa, some 260 kms north-west of Baghdad. Reports also say another seven policemen died in a separate attac...
One of Australia's most recognisable actors, Penne Hackforth-Jones, has died at the age of 64 after battling lung cancer. Born in 1949 in the US state of Connecticut, she was brought up in Australia. Her first credited role was in the 1969 TV series Riptide. Hackforth-Jones appeared i...