HRW wants funds withheld if move goes ahead.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a busy first day in Rome on Monday, going from the pope to a "Pussy Riot" protest to dinner at the palazzo of his old friend.

Editorial: Viewed against a background of the long-standing enmity between Iran and the West, the nuclear deal signed with Tehran is a stunning achievement.

Less than four months since it won power from Labor, Prime Minister Tony Abbott's conservation Coalition Government is struggling to keep its head above political waters.

Swiss voters soundly rejected a proposal to limit the pay of companies' highest-paid managers to 12 times that of their lowest-paid workers.

When one is caught red-handed, a prompt and unequivocal apology is usually the best response. How Tony Abbott must now regret not saying sorry to Indonesia earlier.

Deadlock broken after China and India object to the word `commitments' in standoff with developed nation.

The model for dealing with the problem has not reduced demand or supply, so we should go way of some US states, writes Alexander Gillespie.

The loosening of China's one-child policy is expected to provide a boost for New Zealand infant formula exporters.

Iran has struck a historic nuclear deal with the US and five other world powers, after more than three decades of estrangement,