Woolly Days

Likud leader Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu is clinging on to his belief that he will be Israel’s next Prime Minister despite Tzipi Livni’s surp...

In an extraordinary ceremony in Harare yesterday, long-term tyrant Robert Mugabe swore in his biggest enemy Morgan Tsvangirai as Zimbabwe’...

Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the victory of Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979. Thousands marched yesterday in Tehran in celebration ...

With 90 percent of the vote counted, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is claiming victory in this weekend’s Iraqi local elections. 51 percent ...

(Photo from Flickr ). The Victorian Government has tonight announced a Royal Commission into the bushfires that have ravaged the state in ...

The Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane John Bathersby has sacked a rebel priest from his unconventional inner suburban church. The priest, Fath...

The world is a scary place, apparently. In the last 24 hours, media across the world hammered this home with a litany of fearful events. Acr...

Renowned economist William Easterly has spoken out this week in support of independent Ugandan journalist Andrew Mwenda. In his excellent ne...

This evening I joined several hundred others attending a lecture by the philosopher Peter Singer. Singer was speaking at a Brisbane 2009 Ide...

Kevin Rudd began the hard sell of his economic stimulus package yesterday by inviting political and business leaders to Canberra over the n...

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas made a powerplay for Fatah involvement in the Gaza peace talks when met his Egyptian counterpart Hosni ...

150 marine scientists from 26 countries have called for immediate action to reduce CO2 emissions sharply so as to avoid severe damage to ma...

The first week of evidence in the historic International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of Congolese man Thomas Lubanga has ended with mixed res...