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Child abuse inquiry aims to put spotlight on show business

[2015-06-16 07:45]

A wide-ranging Australian inquiry into child sex abuse said on Monday it plans to put the spotlight on the entertainment industry, urging anyone who has been a victim to come forward.

Schools reopen as nation seeks normality in MERS outbreak

[2015-06-16 07:45]

Thousands of South Korean schools that closed over worries about Middle East respiratory syndrome reopened on Monday as the country sought to return to normal, nearly four weeks into an outbreak that showed signs of slowing.

AKP ready to work on forming a coalition

[2015-06-16 07:45]

Turkey is preparing for a return to a coalition government after 13 years of one-party rule by the Justice and Development Party, known as the AKP, hoping it can avoid the chaos and uncertainty that dogged such alliances in the past.

$585b stock market opens its doors to direct foreign investment

[2015-06-16 07:45]

Saudi Arabia's stock market, valued at $585 billion, opened up to direct foreign investment for the first time on Monday, as the kingdom sought an economic boost amid low global oil prices.

'One-eyed' militant hit, Libya says

[2015-06-16 07:45]

A veteran Islamist militant blamed for a deadly attack on an Algerian gas field and accused of running arms smuggling routes across North Africa was hit in a US airstrike in Libya, according to the Libyan government.

The 'uncatchable' terrorist

[2015-06-16 07:45]

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed terrorist reported to have been killed in a US airstrike in Libya on Monday, was an al-Qaida veteran and the mastermind behind a devastating attack on an Algerian gas plant in 2013.

US, Venezuela hold talks in Haiti

[2015-06-16 07:45]

A US envoy met Venezuela's second-most powerful official in Haiti in another sign of rapprochement between the two countries, according to Venezuelan state media.

Magna Carta marks 800th anniversary

[2015-06-16 07:45]

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister David Cameron were scheduled to attend a ceremony on Monday to recognize the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the document that laid the foundation for parliamentary democracy in the West.

PM tells creditors to be 'more realistic'

[2015-06-16 07:45]

Athens will stand its ground until its creditors become "realistic", Greece's prime minister said on Monday, a day after last-ditch debt talks collapsed and raised fears of a Greek default and exit from the eurozone.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2015-06-16 07:45]

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir left South Africa for Khartoum on Monday after attending the 25th summit of the African Union, according to a government spokesman.

Clinton pitches campaign at ordinary US citizens

[2015-06-15 07:46]

US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton promised in a speech on Saturday to fight for a fairer society for ordinary US citizens, staking out a place on the left to cut off any budding challenge for the Democratic nomination.

Swedish prince marries former glamour model in televised ceremony

[2015-06-15 07:46]

Flag-waving Swedes and royals celebrated in the blazing summer sun on Saturday as reality show starlet Sofia Hellqvist married Prince Carl Philip and became a princess.

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