POLITICS & POLICY

It seemed like there is no stopping the protests in Istanbul as police strike back to the protesters

Hillary Rodham Clinton, former first lady and now Secretary of State joins Twitter.

Russia's Duma or lower parliament has just passed by a whopping 436-0 landslide vote a legislative bill banning gay propaganda that is aimed to people at under 18 years old. The bill effectively passes on to the upper parliament and to Russian President Vladimir Putin before getting into a full-fledged law.

Gun owners as well as weapons control management advocates and kibitzers are again at odds. A freak tragic accident has claimed the life of a Phoenix, Arizona man when his own 4-year old son took hold of a loaded gun and pointed it on his chest, in a surprise visit to the house of his former roommate gone wrong.

Reports from the Attorney-General's department contained information regarding the continued access of Australians' personal information almost 300,000 times or exactly 293,501 times between 2011and 2012.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: It has been an interesting 24 hours, the Australian dollar is higher, after bouncing back from heavy losses that saw it almost hit an three-year low overnight.

Australian Labor Party Prime Minister Julia Gillard suffers backlash as different sectors find her ‘gender war’ strategy desperate

Istanbul protesters, since day 1, were peaceful people comprise of different groups, including women and children, until police comes in the night

Sudan on Sunday threatened to put on hold nine security and economic pacts with South Sudan, including one on vital oil shipments, if its neighbour continues its alleged support for rebel groups.

As the U.S. can't seem to share one voice yet on policies and measures regarding gun control, a nonprofit group has started giving free firearms training and equipping single women and single moms with free shotguns.

Rio Tinto's coal assets in Australia are being eyed by suitors from China and India.

The Australian government has launched a TV ad that warns Afghans of indiscriminate travel by boat to Australia. The government said it will continue to transfer people arriving to Australia to Nauru or Manus Island, with no guarantee of being accepted as a refugee. The add airs on Afghanistan's prime time television.

Headwinds will collide in Russia as parliament mulls to approve a new anti-gay law bill that not only seeks to arrest and imprison people for promoting homosexuality but also impose stringent fines. Foreigners who are members of the LGBT community don't hold international immunity and will be immediately deported.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened below USD0.9500 this morning following some disappointing Chinese data over the weekend.

At 17:38 Beijing time (09:38 GMT) on Tuesday, China will again hurtle into space its newest space mission aboard Shenzhou-10 as part of plans to build and place a permanent Chinese space station above the Earth in the near future.

A Syrian mother grieves for her 15-year-old son shot by rebels before her for blasphemy.

Despite pressure from some Australian Labor Party (ALP) members, Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten is not taking a shortcut to power by withdrawing support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Nelson Mandela remains in the hospital as South Africans pray for him

The Talibans in Afghanistan beheaded two boys in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar for spying, BBC quotes officials.

Iran announced a major breakthrough in its space program on Sunday, setting up its first space center to monitor bodies hovering in the orbit.

British PM David Cameron wants Google and other search engine companies to do something about the proliferation of child pornography on the Internet. Cameron said lives are at risk if child porn if search engines like Google, continue to bring up graphic and sexual images of children on Internet search results.

New South Wales Finance Minister Greg Pearce is being accused of using taxpayers money to fund his parliamentary travels that coincided with various sporting events across Australia.

Lack of stability and inappropriate funding for federal small business has led the small business shadow minister Bruce Billson to take up the issue for immediate solution.

After Labor lost the last state election in 2012, former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is now battling cancer. The 52-year-old politician was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after a tumour was removed from her neck at the St Vincent Hospital in Sydney last week.

Amid claims that Australia's 457 visas for skilled workers is being abused by employers, the Australian Sex Workers' Association (ASWA) is calling on the federal government to allow the entry of foreign sex trade workers using that visa category.

Ousted PM Eddie Obeid remains confident that he will be vindicated from corruption allegations leveled against him and his family. Mr. Obeid faced the ICAC recently over corruption issues that claimed he made millions of dollars from the mining licenses issued to him by former minister Ian MacDonald.

The Turks were now clear about what they want; apparently the government chose to remain deaf

Israel Defense Forces or IDF is on its way of passing a regulation specifying limitations on soldier’s use of social networks.

Amid safety concerns raised by some sectors particularly the Rail, Train and Bus Union, the NSW government is pushing through with its plan to operate Sydney's North West Rail Link with driverless trains.