Hundreds of passengers scheduled to board an Australian Qantas jet were forced to spend a night in hotels after a tiny snake was found on the door of the aircraft.

Millions of Australians voted in national elections Saturday with conservative challenger Tony Abbott heading for a thumping victory over Labour Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal competed on hard courts for the first time in five months on Wednesday, with both reaching the third round of the Montreal Masters.

At least 75 supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi were killed in clashes with police in Cairo early on Saturday, doctors at an Islamist-organised field hospital said.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Thursday officially launched his political party to contest Australian elections this year, saying a victory for this candidates would be akin to planting the country’s “best investigative journalists” in the Senate.

Egypt’s Army chief called Wednesday for mass rallies to back a crackdown on “terrorism and violence,” in comments quickly slammed as a “threat” by a senior Islamist who vowed to continue protests.

The family of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi Monday accused the powerful military of “abducting” the Islamist leader and vowed to take legal action against the Army chief.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Friday announced that no more boatpeople will be resettled in Australia as refugees, with all unauthorised arrivals to be sent to poverty-stricken Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Myanmar President Thein Sein said that all political prisoners would be freed by the end of the year and that a ceasefire with ethnic groups was possible within weeks.

Edward Snowden has very sensitive “blueprints” detailing how the National Security Agency operates that would allow someone who read them to evade or even duplicate NSA surveillance, a journalist close to the intelligence leaker has said.