Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday the United States and its negotiating partners "will not rush, and we will not be rushed" into finalising a nuclear deal with Iran.

Greece has made a final bid for aid from Europe's bailout fund, as it faces a race against the clock to avoid economic collapse.

Bill Shorten had another bruising day at the royal commission into trade union corruption, exacerbated by calls for his resignation by a former Labor Party national secretary.

The Conservative government's new budget cuts corporate, income and inheritance taxes while also cutting welfare.

Greece's government seems determined to incur the world's blame for the emergent economic turmoil in Europe.

European officials say Greece now has just five days to avoid bankruptcy.

Nobody knows exactly when or why the witnesses and small-time crooks caught up in one of India's biggest-ever corruption scandals began dying under mysterious circumstances.

The European Central Bank has tightened liquidity conditions for the Greek banking system following the landslide referendum victory for the Athens Government.

Greece has given Europe a mighty political shock but also placed its own future on the line after voters rejected terms for bailing out its crippled economy.

Bill Shorten's approval ratings have plunged to an all-time low according to two new opinion polls, which have piled pressure on Australia's Opposition leader.

Fearful, angry, divided. This is Greece as citizens voted in a referendum that could define the country for generations to come.

Today's referendum result in Greece is set to dominate market trading this week, although economists predict that it will not lead to huge impacts locally.

Barack Obama's Charleston speech could come to rank with Martin Luther King's at the Lincoln Memorial as an inspiring moment of modern times, writes John Roughan.

Piled high with rubbish congealing in the summer heat, municipal dustbin R21 on Athens' Sofokleous St does not look or smell like a treasure trove.

Her critics call her the villain of the Greek drama, a taskmaster forcing a bankrupt nation to its knees.

Iraqi soldiers have graduated from the New Zealand and Australian Defence Force training at Taji Military Camp to join the fight against Isis.

Currency traders will be on tenterhooks this week as the Greek sovereign debt crisis goes from bad to worse, with more downward pressure likely to come on the Kiwi dollar.

Looking for Ben & Jerry's chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream? The company renamed it, "I dough, I dough," on Friday to celebrate the Supreme Court's ruling on gay marriage.

Unlimited money and tech-savvy advisers ensure 2016 campaign will be a gamechanger, writes Peter Huck.

In a defiant speech, the public broadcaster's managing director, Mark Scott, said the ABC was not an official mouthpiece and had a duty to air a diversity of views.

President Francois Hollande held an emergency national defence council meeting after allegations by the online whistleblower WikiLeaks that America's National Security Agency (NSA) spied on three successive French presidents.

Legislation stripping terrorists with dual nationality of their Australian citizenship will be introduced into Parliament today.

Pacific Investment Management Co Chief Executive Officer Douglas Hodge says investors have had three years to prepare.

You gotta love the show. The pageantry. US presidential campaigns are theatre high and low, Jack Tame writes.

Pope Francis has blamed the rich and powerful for placing the planet in unprecedented danger as he demanded urgent and concerted global action against climate change.

Two years ago President Barack Obama predicted that when it came to averting mass shootings through gun control, "sooner or later, we are going to get this right".