Scott Ryan resigns from government ministry to become Senate president
Liberal senator Scott Ryan has abandoned the Turnbull government frontbench to become Senate President, replacing Stephen Parry and creating another vacancy in the ministry.
Senator Ryan won a ballot of Liberal senators on Monday morning,...
‘Parliament should be suspended’: Hanson
Malcolm Turnbull’s aim of legalising same-sex marriage by the end of the year is set to face headwinds with One Nation refusing to vote on a bill because of the citizenship drama while conservatives...
Dozens die in Iran after quake hits near Iraqi border
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the border region between Iraq and Iran, killing dozens of people on the Iranian side and injured hundreds more, according to state media.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said...
Saad Hariri says he is ‘free’ in Saudi Arabia
Saad Hariri has rejected rumours he is being held in Saudi Arabia against his will and pledged to return to Beirut "very soon" to affirm his decision to quit as Lebanon's prime minister.
Hariri made...
Turnbull, Shorten reach deal on citizenship disclosure
Members of the federal parliament will need to publicly disclose family history and any steps taken to renounce dual citizenships under a motion expected to go to the Senate today.
The federal government has agreed...
Greens back Turnbull’s move to refer Labor MPs to High Court
The Turnbull Government has clinched the support it needs to send Labor MPs to the High Court over their citizenship.
The Coalition has named four Opposition members it suspects were ineligible to stand for election,...
Australia: On verge of snap elections
Yasir Rehman
Amid the unending citizenship fiasco, Prime Minister Turnbull and his coalition government facing lowest acceptance revealed in the latest Newspoll, which would see the Coalition wiped out at an imminent early election.
Australians have...
Greens back Turnbull’s move to refer Labor MPs to High Court
The Turnbull Government has clinched the support it needs to send Labor MPs to the High Court over their citizenship.The Coalition has named four Opposition members it suspects were ineligible to stand for election,...
Malcolm Turnbull in horror poll slump
Malcolm Turnbull has suffered a horror slump in support as the citizenship crisis engulfs parliament, with voters slashing his lead as preferred prime minister at the same time as he faces new threats to...
Hamid Karzai: US colluded with ISIL in Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, has accused the the US of working with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in his country.
In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera's...