A UN panel of investigators have collected evidence showing the scale and viciousness of the human rights abuses being perpetrated by both sides in the Syrian conflict.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar lost ground overnight on the back of a much stronger ISM result out of the US.
Posing a new challenge to the Abbott government, reports published in The Guardian Australia on Monday revealed that Australian intelligence agency, then known as the Defence Signals Directorate and now called the Australian Signals Directorate, offered a broader sweep of material to its partners - the U.S., UK, Canada and New Zealand.
Australia has assumed leadership of the G20 meeting in 2014 and invited New Zealand and Singapore to attend a forum of the world's leaders. The G20 meeting is expected to bring in 4,000 delegates and 3,000 media personnel in Brisbane.New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said the Mr Abbott called him last Nov. 27 to extend the G20 invitation. Mr Abbott said New Zealand may be a small country but it has a significant role in the global economy so it is capable of providing valuable insight.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says that carbon tax repeal is the “best possible Christmas present” for Australians.
Hosting the G20 will cost Brisbane taxpayers $400m with only $100m estimated revenue
BlackBerry's start to rise following the release of the BBM app for iPhones and Android devices that got the embattled Canadian phone makers 20 million downloads on the first week of release may be a short-lived spark of hope.
Australia is the new chair of the Group of 20 (G20), and the Australian city of Brisbane will host the next G20 summit to be held Nov 15 to 16, 2014.
Lawyers representing a family of asylum-seekers fighting to stay in Australia with their sick baby born on Nov 10 at the Brisbane’s Mater Hospital say the child is not an unauthorised maritime arrival and are "extremely confident" the court will clear the infant's a right to Australian citizenship. Judge Margaret Cassidy at the Federal Circuit Court is expected to decide on Friday whether the case falls within her jurisdiction. Commonwealth lawyers on the other hand argue the case be h...
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is trading below USD 0.9100 this morning as it maintains its base around its fresh three-month low amidst declining commodity prices and a rallying US Dollar.
The A$2.8 billion ($2.6 billion) takeover bid submitted by US foods giant Archer Daniels Midland to acquire Australian grains handling company GrainCorp has been rejected.
Officials of South Africa's Education Department are now embroiled in a nasty controversy after it included in a list of exam questions a scenario on baby rape.
Colin Russell, the last detained Greenpeace activist in Russia of the 30-member crew, has been granted bail on Thursday.
China's crackdown on online rumours has been successful, the country's internet regulator said on Thursday. Buoyed by this progress, local authorities are now mulling to regulate Chinese Internet even more.
In a bid to reduce Indonesia's anger at Australia over the spying row, Australian Defence Minister David Johnston announced that Canberra will give an old C-130 Hercules plane to Jakarta.
The American National Security Agency spied at the 2010 G20 summit held in Toronto and Canada was well aware of it, according to documents leaked by former contractor turned whistleblower, Edward Snowden.
The collapse of a supermarket roof in the Republic of Latvia's capital Riga, which killed 54 people, has forced the resignation of Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis.
Exercise Black Carillon 2013: Navy’s Submarine Force simulates evacuation under the sea
The Australian Electoral Commission made its final payment to political parties and candidates for the Sept 2013 election
Julie Bishop doesn't believe that the Australian government's opposition to China's air defence zone will affect the trade talks between the countries. The Foreign Minister is standing by her remarks even after the Asian nation labelled them as "irresponsible."
New Zealand Labour party leader David Cunliffe is set to fight for Kiwis' rights in Australia. Speaking in Sydney, Mr Cunliffe told Australian government ministers and business leaders to give Kiwis "a fair go."
Leaked document reveal that the National Security Agency of the U.S. has been in the continuous process of monitoring porn habits of the Muslim radicals.
The United States has not recognised China's newly declared territory over disputed islands situated in the East China Sea. This is apparently true after two US bombers flew through China's air zone on Tuesday as part of their training mission across the Pacific.
Angry and disappointed - these were the two keywords that came out in media reports of what Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono felt when he received and read the letter from Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrision has dismissed findings by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) which reported that Australia's treatment of asylum-seekers fails to meet international standards.
The New Zealand High Court has denied the bid of a man from Kiribati to be recognised as a climate change refugee. Kiribatian man Ioane Teitiota said the rising sea levels in the Pacific island nation, has prompted him to remain in New Zealand even though his work visa had expired. He said there was no land in which he and his family can live on safely if they are forced to go back.
About 800 employees working for Sears Canada's repair services and head office posts stand to lose their jobs in the next six months, as part of the company's reorganisation and restructuring.
Asylum seekers are now free to pass through Indonesian waters to Australia
Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived in Australia. This is her maiden visit to the country. During her visit which will conclude on Dec 2, she will push to encourage global interest in furthering the democratic reform process currently underway in Myanmar. Ms Suu Kyi is scheduled to attend a host of public events in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne, and also hold meetings with the Burmese community in Australia.
As 2015 approaches marking the expiry of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Australia is working with the international community to develop the next set of goals for global development. Setting out the country's priorities for future challenges in global development Senator Brett Mason, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, met with the UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning Ms Amina Mohammed.
