The Pulse Live: Judith Ireland blogs live from Parliament · Sri Lankan asylum seekers secure temporary reprieve. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison's return of 41 Sri Lankan asylum seekers to their country of origin has attracted a flood of attention from ...

Shinzo Abe never actually said the C-word but don't be fooled: China was the key focus of the Japanese leader's historic speech to the Australian parliament. Abe on Tuesday became the first Japanese prime minister to address a special joint sitting of MPs ...

Australia's Governor-General (R) Peter Cosgrove and his wife Lynne Cosgrove (2nd L) pose for picture with the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and his wife Akie prior to their meeting in Canberra on July 8, 2014. Sydney, Australia: Japanese ...

Separatists were said to have destroyed seven bridges in Ukraine on Monday, including this railroad bridge near Donetsk. Credit Dmitry Lovetsky/Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main ...

TOKYO: US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Tuesday that any bid to grab power in Afghanistan amid turmoil over disputed elections would threaten vital international aid. "Any action to take power by extra-legal means will cost Afghanistan the financial ...

Alfredo Di Stefano controls the ball during the first game of the Little World Cup Series in Caracas, Venezuela, in August 1963. Nicknamed "The Blond Arrow," he was the league's top scorer five times, netting 307 goals for Madrid, a record that stood for four ...

ENGLAND seamer Stuart Broad insists it is only a matter of time before under-fire captain Alastair Cook rediscovers the form that made him a Test fixture in the first place. Cook will start tomorrow's first Test against India at Trent Bridge in desperate need of ...

Gaza/Jerusalem: Israel launched an aerial offensive in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, calling it part of a campaign named "Operation Protective Edge" targeting Hamas Islamist militants firing rockets at the Jewish state. The military urged Israelis within a 40-km ...

Argentinian born Real Madrid centre forward Alfredo Di Stefano back heels the ball past the Manchester United goalkeeper, Harry Gregg, at Old Trafford in 1959. Photograph:Keystone/Getty Images. Tom Hennigan. Topics: Sport · Soccer · International · World ...

BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 07: A pedestrian passes the embassy of the United States of America on July 7, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. A German employee of his country's foreign-intelligence agency, known as the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), was ...