January 19, 2015 - Page 10

THERE has been heavy fighting in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk as government forces upped operations against Russian-backed militants. A government spokesman said Ukrainian forces had retaken most of the area

BELGIUM is asking Greece to extradite one of the suspects arrested there over a possible link with the alleged Islamist plot against Belgian police, prosecutors say. The statement came hours after Belgium

EXECUTING two Australian drug smugglers on death row in Indonesia will not solve its drug problem, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said. Australia would continue to work on behalf of “Bali

POPE Francis has departed for Rome after drawing huge crowds in the Philippines and spreading a message of alleviating poverty.A record six million people braved stormy weather to attend an outdoor Mass

JAPAN’S Sharp plunged in Tokyo on Monday following a report that said the consumer electronics giant would fall back into the red, reversing company forecasts for an annual profit. The firm fell

SUSPECTED militants from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram have kidnapped dozens of people in raids in neighbouring Cameroon, officials say.They said many of those kidnapped in the cross border attack against villages

AUSTRALIAN beaches which had closed due to sightings of large sharks for a record nine days, reopened on Monday, officials said, but rough surf kept most swimmers away. A five-metre (16 foot)