POLITICS & POLICY

Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy who works for Al Jazeera English was sentenced to 7-year imprisonment in Egypt, and the ruling has enraged the international community.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar remains above 0.9400 cents on the back of surprisingly strong Chinese manufacturing figures.

Like the Coalition government's proposed federal budget, more Australians are taking the side of the Opposition when it comes to the carbon tax, including some Liberal officials.

More Australians consider global warming as a serious issue as the Abbott government chooses to not consider climate change a priority. In the latest Lowy Institute poll, the number of Australians who think global warming is a "serious and pressing" concern has increased on its second consecutive year.

New Zealand's Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse has brushed off a U.S. State Department report accusing the country of rampant human trafficking.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott calls for G20 leaders to hasten economic growth while Australia itself drags actions on global tax evasion.

The Bureau of Meteorology warned residents of Sydney and south-east NSW on Monday to brace for damaging winds and blizzard conditions that could last until Tuesday.

Australia becomes the highest foreign per-capita contributor to the armed group conflicts

Canada has declared a reform of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program that seeks to prevent employers in regions where unemployment is high from hiring foreign workers. The revamped law likewise seeks to limit the number of workers employers can hire.

Canada has recaptured the inmates who escaped in a daring helicopter jailbreak from a facility near Quebec City almost two weeks ago.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has come off its recent highs to start this week of trading below 0.9400.

In another hit on the embattled Abbott government, the latest survey by the Climate Institute found that only 30 per cent of Australians now are against the carbon law of the Gillard administration. That is a big decline from the 52 per cent in 2012, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Thursday marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new chapter in Spanish history. Not only did their wildly successful National Football Team return home after unceremoniously exiting the 2014 FIFA World Cup in the first round, the country also saw the exit of King Juan Carlos, the monarch who has led the country for several years. King Juan Carlos made his abdication official and his son, the Crown Prince Felipe has been sworn in as King Felipe VI and was welcomed to his seat by cheers a...

Prime Minister Tony Abbott feels "very satisfied" with no arrivals of boat people in six months.

Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons facility is now under control by militants.

The government mulls of stripping Aussie jihadists of their dual citizenship – an extreme measure says Scott

Chris McLaughlin, senior vice-president for external affairs at Inmarsat, contradicted Inmarsat's scientist Chris Ashton interview with BBC's Horizon program

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has renewed his offer to set a meeting with Clive Palmer to work in smoothening relations with crossbench senators.

The New Zealand government has rejected a proposal for underwater mining for iron ore deposits said to be threatening the sanctuary of the rare and endangered Maui dolphins. According to the country's Environmental Protection Authority, the project was scrapped due to the "uncertainty" about the environmental effects off the coast of New Zealand.

A corpse weighing 200-kilogram was denied by a morgue for being too-fat

Amid the Iraq crisis, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has recently announced Australia is giving $5 million humanitarian aid.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is considerably stronger after the US Federal Reserve surprised when it revised economic growth forecasts downwards overnight.

The Australian Labour and Greens parties have challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott to a double dissolution election after the Senate has voted down a bill to scrap the Clean Energy Finance Corporation for the second time.

With the chance of the 2014 El Niño weather phenomenon still going, dairy and beef farmers in Australia have been advised to brace for potential impacts on the industry.

From an initial July impact forecast, the Australia's Bureau of Meteorology announced the El Niño weather phenomenon seemed to lag behind and might probably develop by September, even as it saw a deceleration in Pacific Ocean warming associated with the weather pattern.

SMS rates are expected to drop following a decision from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

The New Zealand Greens has accused the government of further endangering the rare Maui "hobbit" dolphin by opening its habitat to oil exploration and drilling.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar traded to a fresh one-week low, following dovish comments by the Reserve Bank of Australia yesterday and offshore moves into the USD overnight.

Oklahoma meteorologist Danielle Dozier of local KOCO-TV just got on air and was about to deliver her live morning weather report when the walls of the studio around her rattled from an earthquake.