Papua New Guinea’s government contracts with Catholic Church run health clinics are under review, as they are accused of not fulfilling obligations in providing family planning services.

Senior religious figures say they are respecting the “plan of God” in promoting the natural "ovulation method" of contraception, but this has angered healthcare professionals.

A thousand strong mob has beaten two suspected rapists to death in India, after the rape and murder of a five-year-old-girl in mid-February.

The men were reportedly dragged from a police station, by the mob before being publicly lynched.

There is rising concern for vigilantey-like violence within India, as such forty-two people have been arrested in connection to the lynchings.

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has apologized to over twelve hundred students in Australia and New Zealand for the crash of their online doctors test.

All students, regardless of their progress in the test will be forced to re sit the exam at a later date, causing mass confusion and stress to students who were required to pay $1,800 to sit the test.

Up to five new species of fish have been collected from a haul of thousands caught in the depths of Australia’s Eastern Abyss.

Scientists on board the research ship, Investigator, caught the haul from ocean depths up to forty eight hundred metres during last years voyage.

More than 100 different species of fish are being examined at the CSIRO in Hobart to determine which are new to science.

The Queensland Government is accused of not properly disclosing spending and private sector contracts to public.

The Queensland Audit Office has launched an investigation into Government spending after five departments produced unreliable and confusing reports, stating Government spending lacked transparency.

The initial report blamed the inconsistency as a result of incomplete records, multiple systems and a lack of guidelines.

Adequate shared space for pedestrians and cyclists on the Victoria Bridge is causing concern for the Brisbane City Council and Queensland Government with plans for the Brisbane Metro superbus project.

Plans show “The configuration of Victoria Bridge will be adjusted, with Brisbane Metro and bus services using the centre two lanes.”

However, sources suggest the upstream side may not be wide enough for both cyclists and pedestrians.

A Palestinian teenager slapped an Israeli soldier and is gaining international attention

She is labelled by Israeli activists as a professional provocateur after pushing, shoving and slapping an Israeli soldier.

To Palestinians, the seventeen year old is a hero who stood up to armed Israeli soldiers, the incident was live streamed by her Mother on Facebook and went viral.

A Sri Lankan asylum seeker claimed to be a leader of the Tamil Tigers said he fears being tortured or killed if deported from Australia.

Forty-six year old San-Taru-Pan claimed he was the senior leader of the militant terrorist organisation who waged war against the Sri Lankan Government for more than twenty-five years.

The Australian Government rejected his refugee application and the UN committee against torture has withdrawn a request to halt his removal due to torture concerns.