8 July 2014 Last updated at 08:26
Australia forced into concession over Sri Lanka asylum seekers
Tamil asylum seekers on board a boat intercepted by Australian authorities will not be sent to Sri Lanka without 72 hours' written notice to the high court, government says
US warns against 'power grab' in Afghan poll dispute
The US has warned against a power grab in Afghanistan, amid reports that a losing presidential-election candidate is planning a "parallel government".
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Afghanistan risked losing support to "take power by extra-legal means".
Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said he would not accept what he called a "fraudulent government".
He has contested results of the second round of elections, which gave a lead to his rival, Ashraf Ghani.
Meanwhile, a bomb near Kabul has killed 16 people, including four Nato troops.
Ten civilians and two police officers were also reportedly killed in the attack on a clinic near Bagram, home to the largest US base in the country.Australia forced into concession over Sri Lanka asylum seekers
Tamil asylum seekers on board a boat intercepted by Australian authorities will not be sent to Sri Lanka without 72 hours' written notice to the high court, government says
The Australian government has said asylum seekers on board a boat intercepted by Australian customs will not be sent to Sri Lanka without 72 hours' written notice to the high court, during a hearing that also resulted in the first official acknowledgement of the boat’s existence.
At a hearing in Melbourne, counsel for the immigration minister, Scott Morrison, told the court that the boat, first reported by refugee advocates nearly two weeks ago, was intercepted outside of Australian territorial waters and therefore not subject to Australia's migration laws.
Justin Gleeson SC told the court that the asylum seekers – understood to be 153 Tamils – “have no rights under the Migration Act” and since interception had been moved by Australian authorities to the high seas.
Brazilian police arrest FIFA partner executive in World Cup ticket scandal
Brazilian police have arrested an executive of a FIFA partner company for allegedly scalping World Cup tickets. The illegal ticket sales brought in an estimated $445,000 per game.
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro apprehended Match Hospitality director Ray Whelan on Monday at the Copacabana Palace Hotel, on suspicion of involvement in an international ticket scalping ring.
In a statement following Whelan's arrest, the company said it would "be fully assisting the police in investigating the matter," adding that no other staff members had been implicated in the case so far.
Match Hospitality provides deluxe packages to high-end football customers and was allocated 445,500 of the 3 million purchasable tickets for the 2014 World Cup, according to FIFA. One of the its shareholder companies is owned by Philippe Blatter, the son of FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
Philippine children exploited in billion-dollar webcam paedophilia industry
July 8, 2014 - 11:16AMLindsay Murdoch
South-East Asia correspondent for Fairfax Media
In remote Philippine villages and impoverished urban areas increasing numbers of children, including toddlers, are being forced to perform sex acts that are streamed online to paedophiles around the world.
Police say the Philippines has emerged as the key hub of a billion-dollar cybersex industry where most of the victims are under 18 but some are as young as two.
Most of the paedophiles willing to pay to see child pornography are from Western countries like the United States, Britain and Australia, police say.
Kenyan opposition demands troops withdrawal
Kenya's opposition leaders yesterday called on the country to withdraw its troops from Somalia after a spate of bloody attacks by militants at home, but dropped a demand for talks with the government.
Before the opposition rally began, police fired tear gas at protesters who chanted slogans against President Uhuru Kenyatta and clambered over statues in Nairobi's streets.
But the rally proceeded calmly, after many Kenyans had feared it would stoke tensions in a nation battling an upsurge in political violence. In the latest assaults on Saturday, gunmen killed at least 29 people at two locations on the coast.
Somali Islamist group al-Shabab said it carried out those and other attacks, vowing to drive Kenyan and other African Union forces out of Somalia. The government has blamed local politicians instead, drawing angry denials from the opposition.Can Israelis and Palestinians unite after tragic teen deaths?
Some families of the slain teenagers are trying to show people on both sides of the conflict how it's done.
Through street demonstrations and social media outbursts, some Israelis and Palestinians – including bereaved parents – are calling for coexistence in the wake of the recent murders of teens. Their remarks and gestures stand in stark contrast to the widespread anger and calls for revenge, amplified by the media over the past week.
In early June, three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped. Their bodies were discovered last week. The following day, a Palestinian teenager, Muhammed Abu Khudeir, was murdered by a group of Jewish extremists.
Today, the grieving mother of one of the three kidnapped Israeli teens, Rachel Fraenkel, reached out to Muhammed's parents.
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