The world's eyes will shortly fall on President-elect Joe Biden in Washington DC – and there are likely to be some frayed nerves, including in Ballarat.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved to make Sign Language a recognized means of communication and to advise the legal draftsman to draft the relevant bill. The proposal has been tabled by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa,

The transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden remains turbulent as preparations for the Presidential inauguration were halted due to a security scare. Added an hour ago

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou praised on Monday the courage of Olympian Sophia Bekatorou for speaking out against sexual abuse in sport. Sakellaropoulou said that her meeting with Bekatorou at the Presidential mansion in Athens was “a minimal recognition of the bravery and dignity with which she shared her traumatic experience.

Iran and six other nations lost their right to vote in the United Nations General Assembly UNGA because they have not paid their dues UN Secretary-General An

Prosecutors say Vladimir Putin’s most ardent critic ‘breached parole’ when he was rushed to Germany for life saving treatment, after being poisoned.

Militants have attacked a military facility and killed at least 20 soldiers in Afghanistan's volatile northern Kunduz province.

It’s been a decade since the popular uprising known as the Arab Spring swept several Arab countries in pursuit of democratic societal transformations. Yet, of all the affected states, only Tunisia has remained on that

Tokyos benchmark Nikkei index closed up nearly 14 on Tuesday as investors bought on dips following two days of profit-takingThe Nikke

A court in Thailand has sentenced a former civil servant to a record prison term of 43 years and six months for breaching the country's strict law on