Donetsk is Tony Abbott's "Bali moment".

Russia's economy faces a financial stranglehold and President Vladimir Putin's inner circle will be hit with asset freezes and travel bans.

Even while "the monstrous anger of the guns" was hauling millions to their death, the blame game was already well under way.

Banking group HSBC sees economic growth picking up in China and the momentum continuing into next year.

Anti-Semitic attacks are on the rise in Europe amid a growing chorus of criticism at Israel's assault on Gaza.

Vladimir Putin is facing a multimillion-dollar legal action for his alleged role in the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine.

While the 1962 Cuban missile crisis is widely regarded as the nearest the world has come to nuclear war, historians and military analysts believe we were even closer to the brink in late 1983.

Barack Obama has openly questioned why Hillary Clinton would want to go through the "undignifying process" of running for the White House in 2016.

The largest flight of Christians in the Middle East since the massacre of Armenians in Turkey during World War I continues as Isis stick to its hardline policies.

The seven children of Kibbutz Alumim, located just 3.3km from Israel's border with Gaza, have a new game.

Four days after Malaysia Airlines' Flight 17 was shot down, the families of the 298 people on board can only wonder what is happening to the remains of their loved ones.

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza rose to 508 last night after 20 bodies were reportedly found in a home blasted in an Israeli airstrike in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Disbelief at the killing of 298 civilians as they travelled peacefully through the skies above Ukraine is prompting many people to react with anger.

Australia continued to spearhead international demands yesterday for Russian-backed rebels to allow unrestricted access to the MH17 crash site.

European Union foreign ministers meet in Brussels today, facing the challenge of proving Russia's role in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

What does the tragedy of MH17 mean for the conflict in eastern Ukraine and for Russia's relations with Europe and the US?

Malaysia Airlines have released the names of the 283 passengers and 15 crew on flight MH17.

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says New Zealand has used a special sitting of the UN Security Council to call for a full investigation into the crash of flight MH17.

Russia may be forced to take direct or indirect responsibility for loss of all aboard the Malaysian flight

Australia's decision to repeal its levy limiting fossil-fuel pollution makes it the first nation to turn back from a market approach to fighting global warming.

The new Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, is an arch-Eurosceptic who has said he could support Britain pulling out of the 28-member bloc.

The losing World Cup teams and fans are licking their wounds while Germany will celebrate for at least four years.

Angela Merkel does not want to complete her full term as German Chancellor and plans to resign before elections in 2017, according to reports.

It is not every day that a government rejects a foreign aid scheme just as it is about to begin.

Actress Angelina Jolie will visit the asylum seeker detention centre on Nauru in a move likely to put further international pressure on the Australian Government's harsh policies.

When the gang came for him, Ceferino decided he had three choices: join them, refuse to join and risk being killed, or flee the country.

It is difficult to know what will become of the newly declared Islamic State carved out of large conquered areas of Syria and Iraq.

Six heritage-listed Government-owned houses on Sydney's harbourside will soon be up for grabs as the state pushes on with its public housing sell-off.