POLITICS & POLICY

Hollywood stars such as Kim Kardashian, Angelina Jolie and more have joined in the #BringBackOurGirls campaign rally against the government of Nigeria and its president Goodluck Jonathan.

Nations around the world have started conducting respective preparations in anticipation of a strong El Niño weather occurrence this 2014.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s Daughter Frances smokes in public, tainting Australia’s strict tobacco policy

Netizens were quick to react on Twitter with the hashtag #tummyeggs over the unfortunate use of the word "tummy" by Australian MP Geoff Shaw as he explained his point on the radical abortion bill he proposed.

Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan may be out of power for almost a year now since PM Julia Gillard lost in a party coup, but his voice is heard once again in response to the much-hated proposal of the Coalition to impose a deficit tax.

Controversial cull policy off Western Australia reported 170 sharks caught but not a single white shark

Nigeria has asked for Canada’s help with ‘surveillance equipment and other vital security hardware” so that 276 kidnapped schoolgirls could be located.

Yingluck Shinawatra is no longer Thailand's Prime Minister after a court found her guilty of abusing power that led to a prolonged political crisis that has spurred a number of violent protests.

How ‘confident’ is Australia in leading the search for the missing MH370?

U.S. Secret Service went berserk and haywire on Tuesday when a man driving a gray Honda Civic was able to breach protocol and joined a motorcade carrying the Obama daughters through a security checkpoint near the presidential mansion.

The much-despised deficit tax to be imposed on Australians is almost a done deal, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said on Wednesday after emerging for a federal cabinet meeting.

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott may have prevented a war of words with Indonesia by calling Indonesia's president, Susilo Bambang Yudyuhono. Mr Abbott expressed his "regret" for not accepting the president's invitation to visit Indonesia this week. Amid the asylum seeker boat issue and the budget deficits, public support for Mr Abbott's Coalition has dropped to its lowest in four years. The Abbott government is preparing to raise the pension age in Australia and reduce w...

The New Zealand government has offered cash to unemployed Kiwis in exchange for work in Christchurch. On May 6, the government has announced it will give welfare beneficiaries NZ$3,000 to relocate in the city and find a full-time job in the ongoing rebuilding of the quake-damaged city.

An Egyptian TV Station claims it found proof that US had conspired to sparked the Arab Spring revolutions

From mere speculation, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed the high probability of an emerging El Niño at 70 per cent and that it will begin to be felt as early as July.

A new law passed on Monday, May 5 that would now ban swearing in every form of event related to arts, culture and entertainment in Russia.

The diplomatic relationship between neighbours Australia and Indonesia is far from healed caused by the spying scandal in 2013. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's recent decision to decline an invitation from Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to a Bali conference may have even added to the gap.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will surely deny it, but he is now experiencing his Julia Gillard moment as latest surveys showed a drastic drop in the Coalition's approval rating from Aussie voters over his proposed deficit tax.

An Australian Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (DART) parliamentary report has been described as "harrowing" as it contained detailed accounts of the alleged rape of hundreds of child sailors at a West Australian naval base.

The newly published National Commission of Audit has recommended the federal government under Prime Minister Tony Abbott's reign to establish e-Government outlining the path toward accelerated transition to online service delivery.

Wild theories claim US to be keeping information that Yellowstone Volcano will be erupting soon

The Canadian government is accused of trying to "intimidate" Supreme Court judges.

Canada Post's losses continued to escalate for the third consecutive year, incurring a $193 million operating loss in 2013.

One of world’s most experienced hostage negotiators believes that MH370 is all but an American put up show where Australia plays the Co-actor

The search for the missing MH370 is getting costlier day after day for Australia

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has confessed through a video recording to the abduction of the high school girls. Subsequently, protest leader of #BringBackOurGirls campaign was released Monday afternoon.

The patience of Nigerian First Lady, similarly named Patience Jonathan , took her to National TV "News Ten" on May 4. The First Lady was said to have "wept" on television prior to ordering the arrest of Naomi Mutu Nyadar, leader of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign rally.

Employees of the Australian Tax Office had been reminded by no less than Commissioner of Taxation Chris Jordan that they are not ramp models but public servants.

A source named Motorola as he company responsible for the 200kg Lithium Ion Batteries