SBS World News Radio

The Northern Territory Government is in crisis.

There are grave concerns for the crew of a fishing vessel that issued a distress signal from waters near Antarctica where debris has been sighted.

It's been 60 years since the so-called Petrov Affair, which saw a Soviet diplomat in Sydney defect to Australia with assistance from agents of the domestic security agency ASIO.

Ninety-five years ago, thousands of Australian war veterans and the Queensland police fought a bloody, pitched battle in the streets of Brisbane over the banned Red Flag of Soviet Russia.

Hungarians go to the polls on Sunday, April 6, in a general election which polls suggest will return Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz Party to power.

Almost 2,000 years after the destruction of Pompeii, those who live in the foothills of Mount Vesuvius are facing another catastrophe.

A UN court orders a stop Japanese whaling; Youth unemployment 'startling'; Super-kosher food.  

Hungary to go to the polls; Remembering the Red Flag riots; Weekend sport wrap.    

World News Radio's weekend sport round up with Attila Mosonyi

The Sri Lankan government has condemned a proposed UN inquiry into alleged war crimes at the end of the country's civil war in 2009.

A peace deal signed between the Philippines government and Muslim rebels has given rise to hope that a lasting peace can be achieved in the south of the country.    

Amnesty International says some countries are beginning to increase the number of people they put to death.    

A community group says Russian Australians feel under seige as a result of the political and media's treatment of the situation in Ukraine.    

The Australian Council of Trade Unions says a $27 weekly increase to the minimum wage is necessary to stop increasing income disparity in Australia.  

Ninety-five-years ago, thousands of Australian war veterans and the Queensland police fought a bloody pitched battle in the streets of Brisbane.