POLITICS & POLICY

Global British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto on Monday said it will give up 19 per cent stake in the highly controversial Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska. It would donate them instead to two state charities.

United States has been accused of helping Syrian rebels by providing them anti-tank weapons.

Al Jazeera journalists who have been facing terrorism-related charges in Egypt now complete 100 days in jail.

Racism or discrimination because of cultural diversity is once again on the rise in Australia. According to the new Mapping Social Cohesion survey conducted by the Scanlon Foundation, 19 per cent of Australians experience discrimination because of their ethnic origin, religious beliefs and colour of skin.

Independent MP Geoff Shaw finished off a speech in the parliament with his “cry for the unborn.”

In a candid interview on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Bill Clinton has admitted he had his aides investigate what the government knew about aliens and UFOs when he was president. He discussed about the movie "Independence Day" hoping the first alien encounter is not hostile.

‘Plain Packaging’ debate went to ambiguity as Australia refuse to release government data.

ACMA research reports that connecting to mobile networks led to an increase of $33.8 billion in the economy

Experiencing at least 50 aftershocks per hour since Tuesday's big earthquake rumbler, Chileans from the port city of Iquique have started to flock uphill.

Canadian politician Cheri DiNovo demands a ban on Russian vodka in her province

The female cadet of the Royal Australian Air Force who was the centre of the Skype sex scandal in 2011 has left the military training school. A spokesperson of the Department of Defence confirmed her leaving the academy but did not provide additional details to protect her privacy.

A collection of childhood toys, including Queen Elizabeth's Parisian dolls, tea set and childhood outfits used by Britain's royal family, will soon be on display in the "Royal Childhood" exhibit as part of the Summer Opening of the Buckingham Palace in London from July 26 to September 28.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has traded in a narrow range overnight ahead of Thursday's batch of economic news.

Thanks to hard-earned lessons in 2010, Chile was more than focused and prepared when it got hit again by a massive earthquake four years later in 2014. Commendable and worth emulating by other nations.

A press conference with New Zealand Labour party leader David Cunliffe had to be terminated abruptly because a man drove up alongside Mr Cunliffe and began shouting abuse. The Labour leader was trying to answer questions from reporters outside his electorate office in New Lynn when the stranger began cursing the Labour leader.

Herald Sun was ordered a gag order by the Supreme Court in lieu of its report about Lawyer X, the Gangland Lawyer

Australia may be violating international law for detaining children in its asylum seeker detention centre. The Australian Human Rights Commission has conducted an investigation into the country's practice of holding refugee children in detention facilities in March. According to the Gillian Triggs, president of the Human Rights Commission, Australia may be in breach of international law. In a visit to Australia's detention facility in Christmas Island last March, Ms Triggs said that intern...

Surrounded by spring blossoms, Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Prince Phillip and Prince William attend the unveiling of the Windsor Greys statue in Windsor southern England on Mar. 31, 2014.

One of the three journalists who were captured as suspected terrorists in Egypt gave a rather bizarre reason in his defence to prove that he was not a terrorist.

The Prime Minister’s Office of Canada criticised Liberal leader Justin Trudeau for using the F-word at a boxing match at the Fight for the Cure, a fundraiser for The Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.

Asylum seekers' boats have not gone near Australian shores for about 100 days prompting Prime Minister Tony Abbott to declare victory on March 29. He claimed he had stopped the boats of asylum seekers.

As the world's temperatures continue to warm up, so does the tempers globally. Hot tempers may exacerbate global security issues as people fight over resources, particularly water and energy, which could lead to civil wars and strife between nations and refugees, a report by a recent United Nations climate panel due for release said.

Flt Lt Russell Adams gave update regarding the Australia-led search for the missing MH370

Labor’s deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek, said ALP shall give spies more tools to safeguard national security

All eyes in Russia and Ukraine are on Natalia Poklonskaya, the very pretty new attorney-general of Crimea. However, she may be upstaged soon by Ukraine's original pretty woman who has made a political comeback from jail.

"Oso Much + Hope" printed on the Oso mudslide support t-shirts in downtown Arlington, Washington in the U.S. proves that people are still clinging to positive thoughts despite the devastation that hang above everyone's head like thick black clouds.

Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom's Internet Party in New Zealand has already reached the 500 members required to register in the New Zealand Electoral Commission one day after the party's launch. John Mitchell, the spokesman for New Zealand Internet Party said they're paid up members but they still have to be checked against the electoral role. As of March 28 in the morning, Mr Dotcom's party has passed the 600-mark.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s plans to change the Racial Discrimination Act have been met with criticisms from various groups. Holocaust Survivor Moshe Fiszman pleads the country’s leader to abandon his proposed changes, saying that he would be taking away their freedom in doing so.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's softening stance on racial discrimination laws has angered the Jewish community. Jewish leaders in Australia are angry with the federal government over the proposed changes to the country's racial hate laws which would bring complications in the litigation against anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers.