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".

Hungary has unveiled plans to build a fence along its border with Serbia as part of an anti-immigration drive, saying it "cannot afford to wait any longer" for the European Union to come up with a solution to the migration crisis.

Bill Shorten's position as Australian Opposition Leader is looking increasingly shaky after another round of harmful revelations about deals struck by the trade union he ran before entering Parliament.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras escalated his defiance towards the country's official creditors, with a pointed attack on the International Monetary Fund.

Tony Abbott's Government has declared it will do whatever it takes to deal with niggling problems related to immigration, citizenship and national security.

Jeb Bush announced his long-awaited presidential campaign yesterday with a promise to beat the Democrats and take back the office once held by his father and brother.

With less than a fortnight to go before federal Parliament's long winter break, Bill Shorten has two problems: his apparent inability to win over voters and an impending appearance before a royal....

Australians appear to have fallen out of love again with Tony Abbott's Government following a brief infatuation in the wake of last month's giveaway Budget.

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, known as the "one-eyed sheikh" has been killed in a US air strike, according to Libyan authorities.

If the United States Congress does not pass "fast-track" authority for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) within the next few weeks it will stall until 2018 at the earliest.

Hillary Clinton used the opening rally of her campaign yesterday to cast her ambition to be the first female president as part of the story of American progress.

In a speech before a business group, Jeb Bush, expected to announce a run for the US presidency, praised his father George H.W. Bush but failed to mention his brother.

Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey has again been accused of being out of touch with everyday economic realities after advising would-be home-buyers facing spiralling prices to get "a good job .......

On the western fringe of Ankara, gouged into some 50ha of forest bequeathed to the Turkish republic by the nation's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, an extravagant presidential compound rises up.

The Obama administration is facing renewed pressure to release a top secret report that allegedly shows that Saudi Arabia directly helped to finance the September 11 attacks.

Where the line between privacy and the government's responsibility to defend its citizens in the post-9/11 climate of international terrorism is drawn has been contested by privacy groups, politicians and intelligence agencies.

Japan's Infrastructure Ministry has announced that the country's elevators may soon have a surprising new feature: Toilets.

Little more than six months are left before France is supposed to steer the world to the most demanding and complex deal on climate change ever attempted.

Like other Western nations, Australia has been grappling with the challenge of how to deal with radicalised Muslims who travel to Iraq or Syria to fight with Isis, writes Kathy Marks.

It's that time of year again, when politicians' thoughts turn to knifing their leader. Almost exactly five years ago, Julia Gillard ousted Kevin Rudd.

It was "a moment bigger than politics", declared the Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, introducing his same-sex marriage bill to the federal Parliament yesterday.

Labour has no regrets about questioning the federal government over correspondence Attorney General George Brandis received from Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis.

A policy document by the state council, or Cabinet, said China faced a "grave and complex array of security threats", justifying the change.

The American Defence Secretary, Ashton Carter, could not have been blunter in his assessment of the Iraqi Army.

NZ's contingent of military training specialists have barely arrived and the folly of this military (mis)adventure is already becoming apparent, writes Armstrong.

More than one million foreigners living in Britain will be banned from voting in the EU referendum.