What exactly are we -- and the rest of the NATO/ISAF mission -- wanting to achieve in Afghanistan? Democracy is a complex issue in a fraught nation like Afghanistan and it's time to question whether Aussie troops are helping or hindering, says Benedict Coleridge.
Today, 33 miners trapped in a collapsed mine in Chile will be brought to the surface after more than a month underground. It will be an emotional day and may just help to continue the unification of a geographically disparate, class-conscious, and often individualistic country.
No one does choreography like North Korean soldiers and dancers. Check out the colours, lines and quite terrifying spectacle of the 65th anniversary of the Workers' Party celebrations.
Thirty-three Chilean miners remain entrapped underground, where they've been stuck since a mine collapse on August 5. These stunning photos show their families making contact with them above ground and grainy photos of miners themselves.
Australia is set to have a parliamentary debate before the year's end about our involvement in Afghanistan. That debate can't come soon enough, because soldiers need and deserve moral support, writes Paul Murray.
Transition of power in Afghanistan won't just run on some pre-determined calendar schedule arranged by outside forces. This is a messy and difficult battle and Afghans still need training, writes Russell Robinson.
September 30, 2010 will be remembered as a historic day in Latin American and Ecuadorian history. The twice-democratically-elected government has survived a coup d'état, but the pattern of force pervades the continent, writes Leo Codutti from Argentina.
Yes, many Indians are very embarrassed over the poor state of the dunnies at the athletes’ village in New Delhi. But they are more concerned about the threat of communalist violence.
Remember how the Eiffel Tower was evacuated recently? Plans for a Mumbai-style terror attack on Britain, France, and Germany were intercepted by international intelligence organisations and then foiled by missile drones on Pakistan militants last week.
Chilling new video of a US solider being interviewed, talking about Afghanistan civilians being killed for sport and then dismembering their corpses, emerged in the US this week. What will happen now to the war in Afghanistan?
