Prime Minister John Key has mounted a scathing attack on the failings of the United Nations and the permanent members of the Security Council, saying it gets bogged down in arcane detail and had become hostage to the interests of the most powerful.
The Indonesian Navy has slammed the Australian Government's plans to turn back asylum-seeker boats, warning that the policy is "too risky" and could cost lives at sea.
Bono has spoken about being chased down the street by German anarchists wielding placards shouting "Make Bono history!"
Germany's Social Democrats threw down the gauntlet to Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday .
In routing her opponents to earn a third term in office, Chancellor Angela Merkel has joined the ranks of Germany's most popular politicians.
The rich and powerful's 'free market' manipulation to their own advantage is a threat to Western democracy, writes Bryan Gould.
After his jaunt with royalty, Prime Minister John Key will return to business with a thud tonight.
Scientists will this week issue their starkest warning yet about the mounting dangers of global warming.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that he could not be sure attempts to persuade Syria to surrender its chemical weapons would succeed.
Like it or not, Prime Minister Tony Abbott will have to face gay marriage as his new Government launches into its already controversial agenda.
Hassan Rouhani, Iran's new President, has pledged he would "never" develop nuclear weapons as part of a series of overtures to the West.