POLITICS & POLICY

Putin's proposal can lead to a truce and provide the needed time for the work towards a broad dialogue.

NATO's current approach in not entangling in the political and historic baggage of members will help in de-escalating many tensions.

Jabhat al-Nusra, the militant group in Syria that held US journalists hostages had at least three Canadian members who were involved in the proceedings.

Ukraine has received a tangible form of help from the European Union when Slovakia finally opened a pipeline to deliver much needed essential gas to the war-torn country.

The housing bubble is often a precursor to crashing economies as it has been proved in many countries.

The commercial interest on marijuana in the pretext of medical use cannot be overlooked.

The authorities could have avoided the criticism about food and water being denied to the activist for 15 hours

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced in Parliament that the government will open an embassy in Kiev. He described the relationship between Australia and Ukraine as close since the fatal crash of MH17.

Intelligence authorities from the United States have warned the global community the aeroplanes now reported missing since August when Islamic militants overtook Libya's international airport in Tripoli could be used to stage 9/11-style terrorist attacks in the region.

Australia saw a jump on cigarette taxes by 13.7 per cent on Monday, thereby pushing the rates to $1 per cigarette.

NATO has sent its regrets to Ukraine and advised the country it would need to fight off Russia's aggression on its own. The reason is plain and simple - Ukraine is a non-member state.

The concerns of Russia need to be addressed by EU and must engage it in spite of Ukraine.

Dedicating Hitler's house to crimes against humanity sounds interesting as a means to curb the appeal of Nazism.

Great Britain has to realign and restructure in order to face the new reality after the Scottish vote

Despite their combined superpowers and so-called technological advancements in military warfare, a Ukrainian diplomat has labelled the western leaders as "really weak" against Russia in the face of the latter's aggression into his country.

Strengthening public transport system is the right approach in urban development

As the United States and the European Union grapple to counter and control Russia's ambitious invasion and expansion plans, China's been pretty much just on the sidelines, watching and earning concrete advantages from the crisis over Ukraine.

New Zealand opens its advanced voting today until election day on Sept. 20. Among the first who will be voting are Labour party leader David Cunliffe and Kim Dotcom.

Attempts to clean up the image of Magaluf, a major holiday resort on Majorca, went down the drain yet again as a new sex scandal video erupted once more.

Russia has called Julie Bishop a “he.” The official Twitter account of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation referred to the Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs and called her a “he.”

NATO is going to ask Canada to be a part of its rapid response force by contributing equipment and troops.

The government of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has mining tycoon and MP Clive Palmer to thank for because after one year in power, the Coalition successfully repealed the mining tax law on Tuesday.

Islamic State has allegedly beheaded U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff. This is the same man whom the militant group threatened to kill in its earlier video which showed the beheading of another American journalist James Foley.

Julie Bishop said it is Australia's responsibility to challenge and destroy ISIS, one of the "most barbaric and brutal terrorist organisations the world has ever seen." She offered Australia's intelligence resources to help rescue the UN peacekeepers taken in Syria.

When power is produced from natural resources like river water, keeping the retail price at a high is not justified

A payroll firm from Canada's Ontario Province has found that Canadians are now preferring to receive their salaries in Bitcoin rather than the traditional Canadian cash dollars. More surprisingly, many other workers are requesting about the payment option.

Australia threatens imposing more sanctions on Russia if it does not pull out its military troops in Ukraine. The Ukrainian defence minister has declared that a "great war" has arrived in his country and tens of thousands of lives will be lost if Russia remains unchecked.

NATO has announced it will be creating a 5,000-strong rapid high-readiness force team that will immediately pounce on Russia should the latter expand its aggression into eastern Europe and the Baltic states.

Gaza needs a healing touch with speedy reconstruction work at all levels