POLITICS & POLICY

Barack Obama wants the FCC to allow consumers to choose their content.

The entitlement mentality is something that many politicians share globally, whether they are in the U.S. Congress, Japanese Diet or Australian Parliament. They would fight tooth and nail to continue enjoying freebies - at the expense of taxpayers' money - despite moves to curb their excesses. One good example is in Australia where former federal MPs have threatened to pursue a High Court challenge if the federal government would remove their lifetime "gold pass' travel perks. These co...

Abbott's approach was quite mild at the summit while talking about Russia.

The teenagers went missing since Tuesday, November 4.

Goss former associates said that his shyness was often confused as arrogance.

Australia's immigration policies have been questioned by the UN committee.

Modi is going to be the first Indian prime minister to visit Australia in 28 years.

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop is Harper Bazaar's "Woman of the Year" for her strong presence in the male-dominated world of politics.

Russian lawmakers are fuming mad, A legal loophole has paved the way for the country's first same-sex marriage on Friday.

It is a tough time for police and intelligence agencies to track down ultras and criminals.

NATO and Russia are being called to exercise military and political restraint lest the inevitable happens.

Fat military budgets have to matched by equally high efficiency levels.

A secret FBI memo shows that Britain's Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, asked the US to wipe out the Kremlin so that Communism could be contained.

Wanna live through a nuclear attack? A condominium built in a former missile silo may just be for you.

The proposal for widening the tax base of states sounds fine.

This must be done after upgrading the domestic facilities available for Ebola care.

The death or injury of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-appointed caliph or spiritual leader of ISIS, will not stop the terror group from its mission.

For Facebook China can be a bonanza with its 620 million internet users as an opportunity to boost share value and revenue.

Japan has gained the go signal to restart two nuclear reactors in early 2015.

How President Barack Obama reacts to pressure from the Republicans will be the Syrian's push button to potentially declare war against the U.S.

It is a welcome step towards scientific way of criminal investigation and crime control.

China seems to be harbouring excessive security fears and is militarising even the outer space.

Pilots are logical in their demand as the PM's security alert has heightened the anxiety about possible terror attacks.

Since the actor was a controversial public figure, an inquiry will be appropriate to those unnecessary misgivings.

Russia conducted another successful test-firing of a long-range missile from a nuclear submarine.

When the leader is not respected there will be unrest.

It can be a tactical ploy by ISIS to show that it stands for pan Islamic unity.

Republicans succeeded in capitalising on the popular discontent, but they need more clarity of action in winning the next presidency.

When the big powers are not sending ground troops New Zealand is not expected to exceed the brief.