Greece's pro-bailout New Democracy party is working to quickly form a coalition government after its narrow victory over left-wing Syriza in the weekend's election.

The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsy has declared victory in Egypt's presidential elections, a claim disputed by supporters of his rival, Ahmed Shafiq. However, with the ruling military council announcing that it will retain many of th...

The ABC has obtained a draft Federal Environment Department proposal that details a huge expansion of Australia's marine parks. The Australian environment minister Tony Burke has been promised the "fight of his life" after commercial fishermen sai...

The United Nations says there has been a dangerous escalation of violence in Syria and warned the country is on the path to a civil war. Comments made yesterday showed a marked change in tone, clearly aimed at building pressure on the Assad govern...

The US government says a drone strike in Pakistan has killed Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Abu Yahya al-Libi. But there are also growing questions about the civilian toll caused by such attacks, as well as concerns over the precedent being set of ...

In Hong Kong, more than 100,000 people attended a memorial service to mark the 23rd anniversary of the bloody crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Afghanistan aims to run its own security by 2014 but how well prepared is the country and what will Australia's legacy there be?

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has used his first public speech in five months to deny his government's involvement in last month's Houla massacre.

The Syrian government has released a report clearing itself of any involvement in last week's massacre in Houla. Susan Rice, US ambassador to the United Nations, slammed the regime's version of events as "another blatant lie."

Former British government media adviser Andy Coulson has been arrested for perjury in Scotland over his claims that he had no knowledge of phone hacking during his time in his previous job as editor of tabloid newspaper News of the World.