Новости за 19.02.2016

US warplanes carried out air strikes against Islamic State-linked Islamists in western Libya on Friday, killing as many as 40 people in an operation targeting a suspect linked to two deadly attacks last year in neighbouring Tunisia.

Three women are dead, and another two people are seriously injured after a Sydney police chase.

Christchurch is a perversely apt place for Test cricket's No. 1 ranking to go on the line. The city is like the points table: its once familiar architecture is gone, nothing concrete has replaced it yet and everyone is feeling a little disoriented. Test cricket is in such a state of flux that no-one is unabashed enough morally to claim the top rating for themselves, or for that matter to nominate another.

The boy appears to be no older than 12. He hugs his father, climbs into an armoured vehicle packed with explosives and then kisses his father's hand before departing on a mission that ends in a fireball on the horizon.

Hurricane and gale warnings have been posted across the South Pacific nation of Fiji as Tropical Cyclone Winston bears down on the islands.

Child rapist Roy 'Dootch' Kennedy has bemoaned his tough life in a confounding courtroom display that proved too much for the woman he thrice impregnated when she was still a girl.

Harper Lee, who wrote one of America's most enduring literary classics, To Kill a Mockingbird, about a child's view of right and wrong and waited 55 years to publish a second book with the same characters from a very different point of view, has died at the age of 89.

A propaganda charm offensive by President Xi Jinping saw him perform a role reversal that threatened to break the Chinese internet.

The proposed Shenhua Watermark coal mine in northern New South Wales will be allowed to relocate 262 koalas and destroy their natural habitat, the Land and Environment Court has ruled.

The pre-season of Fremantle's Hayden Ballantyne has hit a hurdle with a hamstring injury forcing him out of the NAB Challenge clash with Richmond in Mandurah on Friday night.

The Perth Wildcats have one foot in the NBL grand final after edging the Illawarra Hawks 80-68 in game one of the semi-final series at Perth Arena on Friday night.

A group of scientists, researchers and traditional owners is on the cusp of reshaping Australian history, with experts signalling that Aboriginal rock art in Western Australia may be up to 50,000 years old, making it among the oldest cultural expressions in the world.

The WikiLeaks founder says a pen he was given in prison was the only help he's ever received.

Cardinal George Pell has vehemently denied allegations that he sexually abused minors while a priest in Ballarat and as Archbishop of Melbourne.

The current voting system for the Senate is the equivalent of pulling the names of senators out of a hat.

Yes, David Borger, Parramatta should have its own museum ("Moving the Powerhouse lets everyone have a piece", February 19). But why must the Powerhouse be moved to achieve this? Ninety-five per cent of its collection is in storage.

Fremantle forward Hayden Ballantyne is set to receive a "please explain" from the AFL's integrity unit after being caught using his phone during Friday's 60-point NAB Challenge win over Richmond in Mandurah.

Australian great Karrie Webb dug deep but compatriot Minjee Lee fell in a hole as two great Brits staked claims on the Women's Australian Open title on Friday.

The clock is ticking. Increasingly, people are asking where is the Turnbull government's vision.

Two men have been charged over a series of fires lit in the Ashwood area between February 3 and Friday morning.

Saul Eslake describes Australia's tax system as 'like a giant Swiss cheese'. Attempts to plug these holes is now underway.

Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat at a loss to understand his team's "lifeless" performance in a 1-0 home loss to Adelaide United.

It doesn't matter which way the wind blows for Peter Brown. The mines are on three sides of his property.

Peter Beattie's bid for a federal seat was doomed from the start due to the refusal of Gillard loyalists to campaign for the Labor Party, the former Queensland premier claims in a new book.