POLITICS & POLICY

Losing a child due to horrific circumstances is painful enough. What makes it doubly painful is when parents cannot pursue the alleged killer all because the suspect was also a child himself.

An attack on Syria regardless of with or without parliamentary support but without the necessary backing of the United Nations is already a prelude to doomsday WW3, Noam Chomsky, an anti-war activist and author said on Monday.

Beijing on Monday has laid down a new set of schemes meant to reduce its pollution emissions, as the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) commence issuing forecasts for air pollution conditions around the country.

New Zealand and Australia have been asked by the U.S. to pledge support for its potential military strike against Syria. Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand has yet to make a decision and give his commitment on the matter.

The Marshall Islands, a small island state in the Pacific, cries for help as the islands continued to sink due to rising sea levels. Composed of 29 coral islands and atolls in the middle of Australia and Hawaii, the Marshall Islands are currently just 2 metres above sea level. The islands want help from the New Zealand government as the population will be at risk to increasingly intense droughts and storms.

Australian Federal Election Update Sep 3: Homeless voters from Perth cast their votes in a trial mobile polling; AEC announced bilingual voter information officers to be deployed for the election and postal voters are being reminded that deadline for their votes are nearing deadline.

In what was believed to be a rare occurrence for the country, a tornado has struck the Koshigaya city of Japan, ripping off the roofs of a number of houses and buildings as well as toppling down a number of structures. No casualties have been reported. At least 67 were injured.

Kevin Rudd News: Pm tackles single mother cuts but fails at home state says Newspoll and under fire for conflicting with pastor over gay marriage

In a last ditch attempt to save himself from a seemingly impending defeat 6 days away, Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, on Sunday, promised a host of measures to woo voters back. His assurances, including tax breaks and education programmes and plans to counteract the country’s slowing economy, came as opinion polls showed him slipping towards a landslide defeat.

The medical drama that rich people accused of crimes resort to has begun for pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim-Napoles. The inevitable result of this would be that by the time she has to appear before the Senate or a court, she would be too weak and have to be pushed in a wheelchair.

Taliban suicide bombers along with gunmen launched an attack on a U.S. base in Nagarhar province, based near the Pakistan border of the eastern Afghanistan.

Stephane Gendron said that the councillors disproved of a project by a Muslim group due to their racist mentality.

The U.S. secretary of State has said the President has every right to ignore the congress

Facebook’s move to give government agencies and, soon, advertisers, free rein over the personal information of network users has reignited the debate on privacy in the social media sphere.

Desperate times call for desperate measures as New Zealanders in Australia struggle with basic necessities because of strict Australian welfare law. Unlike Australians living in New Zealand, Kiwis who moved to Australia will not be entitled to government assistance like unemployment and sickness benefits. Some New Zealanders were finding it difficult to make ends meet, according to an Oz Kiwi organisation in Queensland that pushes for Kiwi equal rights in Australia.

Even crop-damaging pests such as beetles, moths, bacteria, worms, fungi and other pests are also trying to escape the Earth's excessive heat. A study released by Exeter University in the UK on Sunday showed that the pests have been racing to either the north or south poles at an average speed of 3 kilometres a year or a rate of more than 25km a decade since 1960.

Taking a step towards opening its Australia office, social media giant, Twitter is reported to have recruited former Google Australia display advertising head, Karen Stocks as local country head. The move has a strong commercial motive but will also help closer engagement with authorities.

They were there just for some routine training exercise and yet two of the warships of the Royal Canadian Navy collided with each other in the Pacific Ocean over the weekend, presumably due to human error, while conducting manoeuvres.

Mermaids made it to the headlines in May 2013 after Animal Planet ran a hit mockumentary called "Mermaids: The New Evidence." Many viewers thought the YouTube promo video was for real. Now the same mythical creature can be hired for your theme parties for under $2,000 - if you're in Malaysia.

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Indonesia has been felt in some parts of northern Australia.

When New Zealand passed the new patents bill, it was a milestone for the country's struggling software industry. With the new patents bill now a law, it would exempt software from being patented. As Clare Curren, the Labour Party's ICT spokesperson, said it was a historic moment for New Zealand's intellectual property. According to Mr Matthews, New Zealand has already been approached by several companies based in the U.S. that were seriously considering relocation. The new patents b...

Although Syrian troops didn't necessarily rejoiced, they also didn't find it amusing when the U.S. backed out from a verbal tussle it very well started after it alleged the former of using chemical weapons during an attack in Damascus on Aug 21. Syrian troops mocked the U.S. as selfish because its intentions were never really for world peace.

In a cautious yet deliberate move toward action, President Obama is ensuring the validity of his claims on chemical attacks in Syria on its own people. A revenge attack by the U.S. defence officials is planned by the end of the week; most likely on Thursday as UN officials leave Syria after investigating on the chemical. massacre

This early, political pundits in the Philippines are predicting that Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged mastermind of the P10-billion pork barrel scam, will join the Wheelchair Club of the Philippines. The more prominent members of the group are former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and ex-Chief Justice Renato Corona.

‘Black budget' shows CIA swells in size after 9/11

Stephen Harpers criticises Trudeau while he seems to consider the suggestion of marijuana-ticketing

China has suspended extending environmental approvals to future projects of the China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) and China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec Group) due to their non-compliance to set pollution targets.

U.S. defense firm Lockheed Martin is 'neck-up' in controversy with the Canadian government putting a cap on its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. Reports say that the government of Canada has hit the 'reset button' on the deal because costs go beyond the agreed rate of $9 billion for the contract. A spending cap that limits the purchase of F-35s to $9 billion has been placed by the conservative party in Canada.

Four West Papuan pro-independence leaders were arrested by authorities on Wednesday, in Sorong – a coastal city in the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua - on charges of organising a congregation pray meeting at the Maranthan Church in the city. Over 2000 people had gathered at the local church to pray for the safe passage of the “Freedom Flotilla” to West Papua - a journey, which the organisers say, hopes to reunite the indigenous cultures of Australia and West Papua, and bring human ri...