Brisbane, Sep 10: A woman was on Thursday was shot dead at a McDonald’s restaurant in Australia’s Queensland state, a media report said. The 49-year-old was shot by a 57-year-old man, who then turned the gun on himself in the dining area of the restaurant on Gold Coast city’s Siganto Drive, ABC reported. Queensland Police […]
Sydney, Sept. 9 : Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed that the country will extend its campaign of airstrikes from Iraq into Syria, adding that Australia would accept extra 12,000 refugees affected by the conflict.According to ABC News, Abbott said that the refugee sanctuaries for resettlement would be made permanent. The Government of Australia will […]
SYDNEY : Minister for Trade and Investment – with responsibility for tourism – Andrew Robb, welcomed the latest International Visitor Survey today showing international visitor spend grew by 10 per cent to a record $33.4 billion, or $3.2 billion more than the previous year. This is the strongest yearly growth since 2001, the period of […]
Sydney, Aug 30 : Thousands of protesters in Lebanon are holding a record-breaking rally against politicians driven by ‘You Stink’ campaign that started with the closure of the country’ largest landfill in mid-July, resulting in garbage piling up on the streets of Beirut and beyond.According to ABC News, the protests are being held against a […]
Sydney, Aug 30 : Thai authorities have said that the man arrested in connection to the Bangkok blast is part of a people- smuggling gang.According to ABC News, the 28-year-old man was detained on charges of possessing illegal explosives.Investigators said that the man was found with multiple passports and bomb-making equipment during a raid at […]