Tony Abbott's address to the National Press Club today is being seen as a leadership make or break event.

Japan says the death of journalist Kenji Goto is an 'atrocious act' as Isis threatens to kill a Jordanian pilot if a female prisoner isn't returned by Friday.

The Labor party is on the brink of a stunning return to power in Queensland just one term after it was crushed by the Liberal National Party.

Saudi officials deny they blurred out US First Lady Michelle Obama, but her decision not to wear a headscarf, and don blue, not black at the late King's funeral, is controversial.

Another tale of Russian spooks operating in the US has emerged, described by the former CIA analyst Mark Stout as a "classic case of espionage".

For all his faults, and they were many, John Howard had a sure-fire ability to read the popular mood and act accordingly.

Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Greece, after his radical left-wing movement forged an unwieldy alliance with a far-right party.

Tony Abbott has been criticised over his decision to make gaffe-prone Prince Philip a Knight of the Order of Australia.

The drawn-out saga of the alleged fleecing of France's richest woman - a senile L'Oreal heiress - has finally come to court.

As Alexander Litvinenko lay dying from radiation poisoning in 2006, he named the man he thought had ordered his murder: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Stephen Jacobi writes: If the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is not finished soon, we may need to move on to something else.

It was billed as an early dress rehearsal for the Republican presidential nomination fight.

Greece's new far-left Syriza party promised to dump tough austerity measures - but will that mean the country will have to leave the Eurozone to do it?

Two years ago, news that a left-wing, anti-austerity party had won power in Greece would have sent seismic waves through Brussels and the money markets.

Global markets are braced for an extended bout of extreme volatility after left-wing party Syriza stormed to victory in the Greek elections.

Anti-austerity party on the brink of a landmark election victory in Greece as critics claim it could haul the country out of the Eurozone and leave it bankrupt.

Late Saudi King Abdullah was hailed as "a strong advocate for women" - so why are four of his daughters reportedly under house arrest?

A 46-year-old Ukrainian tank commander says politicians might yet stop the conflict that grips the east of his country, but supplies of arms from the West would bring a quicker result.

A radical leftist party that wants to cancel Greece's European Union debts of more than 200 billion ($300 billion) went into today's election with a seven-point lead.

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia has died at the age of 90, bringing to an end the rule of the world's oldest monarch.

The PM's halfway up a mountain in the Swiss Alps when he takes a break from his deliciously cliched fondue dinner to explain the Davos experience over a dodgy phone connection.

King Abdullah, who has ruled Saudi Arabia since August 2005 and sought to modernise the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, has died.

America's most unrepentant news network has issued a string of on-air apologies for broadcasting erroneous information, including an expression of regret.

Former National MP Michael Cox says Anzus conflict in 1984 will hurt chances of Helen Clark becoming United Nations secretary general.

John Key and his wife joined a private family celebration with David Cameron at the British PM's retreat at Chequers, ahead of talks dominated by the issue of terrorism.

Four years after he officially gave up his role as Britain's roving trade ambassador, the Duke of York is still racking up more air miles than any other member of the royal family.