3 MAY: Northern Territory Police are hunting for three men who allegedly sexually assaulted two European tourists at gunpoint in Alice Springs yesterday.

3 MAY: New research has found that cruise passengers add nearly half a kilo to their weight each day during a sailing, returning home more than six kilos heavier from a two-week voyage.

3 MAY: UK immigration workers are to stage a one-day strike next week, threatening huge disruption at airports including Heathrow, which is already being hit by massive delays.

3 MAY: Sydney has been placed 14th on a list of the world’s top 25 destinations issued by comparison website TripAdvisor. It’s the only Australian city to make the 2012 Travellers’ Choice Destination Awards.

3 MAY: South Korea says electronic jamming signals from the communist North have disrupted hundreds of civilian flights, but planes are not in danger, the ABC reports today.

3 MAY: New York’s major airports should be avoided if new ratings by America’s Travel & Leisure magazine are to be believed.

3 MAY: Comparison website TripAdvisor has issued a list of the 10 best tourist destinations in Australia, based on user feedback.

3 MAY: Malaysian Airlines and AirAsia have called off a proposed $364m share swap, according to a sharemarket announcement.

2 MAY: British Home Secretary Theresa May was called to the 10 Downing Street home of Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday to explain massive delays with immigration processing at Heathrow airport. The move came as delays at one terminal extended to two hours on Monday and British Airways blasted claims that immigration staff are meeting processing targets.

2 MAY: The federal government will reportedly launch a campaign today aimed at encouraging more foreign investment in the tourism industry.