Australia’s role as a testing ground for global media giants such as the New York Times, Daily Mail and the Guardian could hasten the decline of embattled local players as they fight for eyeballs and advertising dollars, analysts warn, reports AFP. With traditional sources of circulation and advertising…

A German aid worker and an Afghan guard were killed as gunmen stormed an international guest house in central Kabul, officials said Sunday, as insecurity…

A court in the Gaza Strip yesterday sentenced three men to death over the assassination of a Hamas military commander that the Islamist movement accused Israel of masterminding, reports AFP. After a trial that lasted four days, two of the accused were sentenced to be hanged and one to be shot, the military…

Two soldiers and two suspected rebels were killed Saturday in Indian Kashmir near the de-facto border that divides the disputed territory with Pakistan, the Indian army said, reports AFP. Kashmir has been split between India and Pakistan since the end of British colonial rule in 1947, with both nations…

An American climber died yesterday on his way to the summit of Mount Everest, expedition organisers said, the latest death to mar the ongoing climbing season. The 50-year-old mountaineer died close to the Balcony, a small platform above the 8,000-metre mark considered the mountain’s “death…