Australian election strategist Lynton Crosby is in line for a British knighthood, sparking a fresh row over cronyism in the British honours system.

Polls may be underestimating Trump's support as according to new research, the Republican who plan to vote for him are too embarrassed to admit it.

Here's a look at what the CIA's predictions in 2000 got right and wrong about the world of today.

In the year 2000, the CIA commissioned a report on what global trends will be in 2015. Here's what they got right and wrong.

Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton's restroom break was 'too disgusting to talk about' and that she was 'schlonged' by a male opponent.

Criminals were deported to New Zealand this year with no monitoring or supervision regime in place because work on a scheme stalled.

Margaret Thatcher's daughter has sold off the Iron Lady's belongings for a neat $10 million.

Many of Putin's comments circled back to relations with the United States, including a bit of look-ahead musing on the White House race. Putin said Russia would work with "whomever the American voters choose", but he singled out Trump.

Donald Trump does not herald some frightening new dawn of neo-fascism set to dominate US politics, writes Phil Quin. His extreme anti-Muslim and anti-immigration platform is not noticeably gaining ground.

Documents reveal Prince Charles access to top-level Cabinet documents, making him a formidable lobbyist for his own agenda

At present, the atmosphere resembles a wild, uncontrolled rubbish dump. Polluters are free to sink their carbons into the atmosphere simply because they can, writes Klaus Bosselmann.