JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement. Show More Summary
Nigel Wright, the prime minister's chief of staff, resigns after secretly giving a $87,000 cheque to a Senate member.
Liberal Senator Gary Humphries is eulogising the remarkable Lorna Hazel Craig who passed away on Sunday: Miss Craig was first appointed to the personal staff of Prime Minister J A Lyons in 1937 and then after his death she remained on the personal staff of his successors, R G Menzies, A W Fadden, J Curtin, J [...]
The issue of gay marriage comes back to the House of Commons this week, and the Prime Minister cannot by now be ignorant of the fact that his proposals are not exactly flavour of the month with his party. Indeed, … Continue reading ...
Thousands of Catholic students and parents are urging Boston College — a Catholic institution — to rescind its invitation to Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny, who is slated to receive an honorary degree and deliver commencement remarks on May 20. “Since Enda Kenny is openly promoting the killing of unborn children, Boston College is not [...]
WHEN Shinzo Abe resigned after just a year as prime minister, in September 2007, he was derided by voters, broken by chronic illness, and dogged by the ineptitude that has been the bane of so many recent Japanese leaders.
Today, not yet five months into his second term, Mr Abe seems to be a new man. Show More Summary
After decades of lackluster growth, Japan has had enough. Enter Shinzo Abe. The Japanese prime minister has set the market on fire with infrastructure spending and quantitative easing. The Nikkei is up 70% in the past six months. But...Show More Summary
There are so many questions raised by the disclosure, by the Prime Minister’s Office no less, that the Chief of Staff cut a personal cheque to cover Mike Duffy’s illegitimate claims for a housing allowance in the place where he has been...Show More Summary
From The Smithsonian (in 2012): The story of the prime minister who disappeared. An excerpt: On the gusty afternoon of December 17, 1967, a group of five adults arrived at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea, Victoria, and strolled along the Bass Strait beneath the warm Australian sun. Show More Summary
Prime minister says involvement in final settlement discussions will aim at guaranteeing rights of Palestinian refugees.
And so suddenly Ray Novak is the Prime Minister's chief of staff
Nigel Wright’s resignation from his position as Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff...
The Russian government may cut the state's holding in Rosneft, the nation's largest oil company, to 51 percent, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday.
Prime Minister David Cameron is "losing control of his party," Conservative Party grandee Geoffrey Howe said on Sunday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria.
David Cameron has been dragged deeper into the 'swivel-eyed loon' row engulfing his party – after it was claimed that he used the insult himself to deride Euro rebels.Tory Chairman Lord Feldman, a key member of the Prime Minister's inner...Show More Summary
Li Keqiang's first foreign trip as prime minister aims to help settle border dispute and boost economic ties with India.
Labour unions urge new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on job growth instead of further spending cuts.
Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession."We hope that this government...Show More Summary
Most wingnuts go straight for the “uppity” angle when criticizing President Obama for asking two Marines to hold umbrellas over himself and the Turkish Prime Minister at an outdoor press conference during a downpour. Noted boxed wine...Show More Summary