POLITICS & POLICY

The world has gone up against the terror group Islamic State in Iraq. Sans military artillery of mass destruction, the global populace put up a united front against the militant group right on social media where ISIS put for all to see the video beheading of US photojournalist James Foley. The hashtag #ISISmediaBlackout erupted immediately after the video went up on YouTube.

Australia has been found to be doing all it can to return Syrian refugees from Manus Island to Syria in a series of emails obtained by the Guardian. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said asylum seekers were not forced to return and has in fact partnered with the International Organisation for Migration. The agency denied Morrison's claims.

The U.S. government was apparently aware that the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, was going to kill American journalist James Foley as a response to the airstrike U.S. President Barack Obama had earlier authorised on the militant organisation.

There is potential in many other Canadian cities to hog global limelight

The book may become a catalyst in making Kiwi political parties to operate within the limits of ethical borders

A report claims the Islamic law apparently accepts beheading as a sentence for a minor crime such as drug smuggling.

The desire to maintain work-life balance is strong among the entrepreneurs

Sense of Insecurity leads to protests by right wing Jews against the marriage

A supporting document to study the unexplained facets of UFO sightings in Canada

Scandals can pull down any formidable party because it concerns with public trust

Canadian workers seeking higher and better financial compensation may want to transfer to the country's energy sector. A survey released by global consulting firm Mercer on Monday said the energy sector is forecast to experience a pay hike of 3.7 per cent in 2015.

Australian MP Clive Palmer called China “mongrels” that shoot its own people. Interestingly, Palmer’s opponents have earlier accused the politician of threatening the democratic relation between Australia and China with his reckless use of words against the Asian government.

Hamas seems to be wary of a deal that will have a prominent role for Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza

Ukraine has started understanding the importance of state violence as a pre-condition for peace

Japan is all set to resume the exports of rice from tsunami-stricken Fukushima prefecture. Singapore will be the first country, since 2011, to receive some 300 kilogrammes of rice harvested at Sukagawa City.

After reportedly beheading American photojournalist James Wright Foley, ISIL terrorists are threatening to do the same to another American journalist, Steven Sotloff, who appears to have witnessed the decapitation of Foley.

ISIS posted the beheading video of American photo-journalist James Foley. The U.S. journalist went missing more than a year back while he was in Syria. ISIS, now known as the Islamic State, threatened U.S. President Barack Obama holding him responsible for Foley’s death.

Web tycoon based in New Zealand has denied accusations that he was involved in hacking a blogger's site earlier in 2014. In a statement, Dotcom said Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater's insinuations were designed to "deflect" the people's attention from his "dirty political behaviour."

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Tuesday that Canberra and Jakarta would sign by the end of August the Code of Conduct, an indicator that the diplomatic rift between Australia and neighbour Indonesia would formally end.

Ukraine has finally given the go signal for the Russian humanitarian aid mission to enter the country. However, it has yet to be decided when this will ever happen, as a bus carrying refugees have been hit with a missile near the city of Luhansk. Ukrainian officials accused pro-Russian rebels of carrying out the act.

HitchBOT, Canada's beer cooler-turned-hitchhiking robot, has finally arrived in Victoria, finally completing a 6,000-kilometre cross-Canada trek that started on July 26 from Halifax.

Any probe report has to be convincing to the general public

Joint operation with Iraq state army and air power of the US are producing the desired results

As the election campaign in New Zealand sweeps across the country, Prime Minister John Key's election posters were marred by anti-Semitism messages. Although Mr Key is not a practicing Jew, he is the son of a Jewish woman who sought refuge from Europe.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is facing mounting pressure to elevate climate change in the G20 agenda. According to a report from the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), the upcoming G20 summit in Brisbane in November will be the "perfect opportunity" for global economies to reform the financial and taxation sector while developing plans to address the threat of climate change.

Food makers from member-states of the European Union included in Russia's list of banned agriculture imports are devising ways to smuggle their products into President Vladimir Putin's country via Switzerland, according to reports.

The U.S. has lashed out at the extremist militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) by sending airstrikes targeting the 400 ISIS fighters in and around the Mosul Dam complex. All these as Kurdish forces fired mortars and explosives in a bid to retake a strategic dam in northern Iraq.

Australian criminals who are not allowed to buy guns in their own country can just go to New Zealand to get their hands on a weapon. Reports said New Zealand police does not conduct mandatory record checks to people who apply for gun licenses. A pilot programme in 2012 was implemented for Australian and New Zealand authorities to share information but Kiwi police had apparently not use it to screen possible criminals.

The New Zealand Greens party has issued a challenge to other political parties in the country to support its campaign to end child poverty by increasing tax rates for the wealthy. The Greens plans to impose a 40 per cent tax on all income above $140,000 to help raise money to reduce child poverty. Reports said trust tax rates would also be raised to 40 per cent.