Pope set to begin Middle East pilgrimage

The Vatican has billed Pope Francis' first visit to the Middle East as a "pilgrimage of prayer". Source: AAP POPE Francis has headed for Jordan at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at boosting ties with Muslims and Jews as well as easing...

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Vic motorcyclist nabbed 100km/h over limit

!--Vic motorcyclist nabbed 100km/h over limit | The Courier-Mail -->!-- Last updated: May 25, 2014 A MOTORBIKE rider has been caught travelling at almost 100 km/h over the speed limit in the middle of Melbourne's...

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Girl, 13, hit crossing Sydney road

A TEENAGE girl has been placed in a coma after she was hit by a car near Dee Why, on Sydney's northern beaches. The CareFlight helicopter, police and paramedics rushed to help the unconscious 13-year-old after she was hit while trying to cross...

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Port Hedland strike halted for 30 days

Fortescue Metals has warned it could cut jobs if a threatened strike at Port Headland goes ahead. Source: AAP A POTENTIALLY damaging strike that could have shut down operations at Australia's largest export port has been called off. But...

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US to end to door-slot mail for millions

!--US to end to door-slot mail for millions | The Courier-Mail -->!-- Last updated: May 23, 2014 MILLIONS of people in the United States will no longer get mail delivered to their door but will have to go to...

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Bali crash victim arrives in Australia

AN Australian man who was critically injured in a motorcycle crash in Bali has arrived safely in Melbourne and is receiving hospital treatment. There were concerns Nicho White, who has not roused from an induced coma, would not survive his medivac...

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Body of Sydney-based hiker found in NZ

A SYDNEY man who watched helplessly as his girlfriend was swept away by a raging stream in New Zealand says he has lost a part of himself after rescuers recovered her body. Police have not identified the woman but she has been named in Sydney...

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Abbott contradicts budget on uni fees

A student union says Tony Abbott behaved cowardly by cancelling a university visit amid protests. Source: AAP CONFUSION abounds over government plans to deregulate university fees after Prime Minister Tony Abbott contradicted his own budget....

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Gonski urges Abbott to rethink school cuts

Grecko: I'm nothing like Brynne GABI Grecko, the new love of Geoffrey Edelsten, has hit out at being compared to his ex-wife, Brynne, insisting she is very different to the blonde socialite. Drunk teen's knife-attack frenzy A DRUNKEN...

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One dead, two injured in Vic car crash

A PASSENGER was killed and another man is in a life-threatening condition after a speeding car crashed into a Victorian residential garage. Three men were out getting food when the driver lost control and hit a pole before smashing into the...

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Colombia arrests bus driver after crash

COLOMBIAN authorities have arrested the driver of a bus that crashed and killed 31 children. The youngsters burned to death on Sunday after the bus caught fire and exploded in the north of the South American country as they returned from church...

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George Harrison's guitar brings $657K

!--George Harrison's guitar brings $657K | The Courier-Mail -->!-- Last updated: May 20, 2014 GEORGE Harrison's 1962 Rickenbacker guitar has sold for $US657,000 ($A710,850) at auction. ', ...

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Eastern Ukrainians rap Kiev in talks

Lawmakers and officials from eastern Ukraine have criticised the fledging central government. Source: AAP LAWMAKERS and officials from eastern Ukraine have poured criticism on the fledging central government, accusing it of ignoring legitimate...

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Greek water referendum 'not sanctioned'

GREECE'S second largest city, and 10 of the other 13 municipalities comprising the Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area, will hold a "referendum" on whether to privatise the Thessaloniki Water Authority (EYATH), despite a government warning that it considers...

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Record floods lead to Bosnia landslides

floods triggering landslides and covering homes, have left hundreds of people homeless in Bosnia. Source: AAP LANDSLIDES in Bosnia have left hundreds of people homeless, while thousands more have fled homes in neighbouring Croatia and Serbia...

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