Top UN officials on Thursday called on the international community to protect the rights of migrants and recognize their contributions to society.
World leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday inaugurated the High-level Political Forum to inject new energy into the global effort to boost development for all the world's peoples in a sustainable manner.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has sought French President Francois Hollande's backing for a New Zealand-EU free trade agreement, but admitted that such a deal is a long way off, according to reports.
News Corp, one of the world's largest media and information services businesses, announced on Friday that Julian Clarke had been appointed as chief executive of News Corp Australia, replacing Kim Williams.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday that the country's economic growth is expected to be between 2.5 percent and 3.5 percent this year, higher than the previous growth forecast of 1 percent to 3 percent.
U.S. President Barack Obama has canceled his planned meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next month, with the White House citing lack of progress in bilateral relations.
Foreign ministers from the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), a South American trading block, expressed concern over alleged U.S. spying activities on them.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a policy framework to help break through the political logjam in Washington and spur job creation in the nation.
Fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden will leave Russia when opportunity emerges, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to officially nominate former Deputy Attorney General James Comey to replace Robert Mueller as next director of the FBI, U.S. media quoted White House officials as saying on Thursday.
Two phone and internet surveillance programs run by the U.S. National Security Agency ( NSA) have helped disrupt more than 50 potential terrorist attacks against the United States and its allies, said the agency's chief on Tuesday, in another attempt to defend the programs that have been under fire.
Australia must introduce game- changing strategies to become Asia's food bowl and reach its potential in feeding the 9 billion people predicted to be living on Earth by 2050, said some Australian agribusiness experts.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, one of the world's largest credit rating agencies, revised U.S. outlook on the long-term rating to stable from negative on Monday, based on the strengths of the U.S. economy and monetary system.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila Putina on Thursday announced their divorce.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday embarked on a five-day visit to Japan and Thailand, saying that the tour is aimed at giving a new dimension to India's "Look East" policy.
Nearly 2,000 people from around Britain took to the street on Saturday in Newcastle in northern England to demonstrate against the killing of a serving soldier in London on Wednesday.
Australia's 2013 Defence White Paper underlines the country's role in keeping peace in the Indo- Pacific region, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said at a press conference of launching the white paper on Friday.
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