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Billy Adams: Bishop saga drags Parliament's reputation to new low

The age of entitlement is over for Lady Bronwyn. No more helicopter trips on the public purse, writes Billy Adams. Public resignations have rarely been so long coming.

Editorial: Trump doing Republicans few favours

the mess the Republicans are making of their challenge has been illustrated yet again by Donald Trump's bumptious hijacking of the British Open women's golf championship.

Jack Tame: Cuba, McDonald's and cheap sex

We were liquored up and keen to dance and they saw us straight away. An unattached white male? Boom.

Italy is the most likely country to leave the euro

Unlike Greece, there was never much of a boom. There has only been a bust.

Bishop gives country what it bayed for

John Howard famously couldn't bring himself to apologise to the stolen generations. This week Bronwyn Bishop finally succumbed over taking taxpayers for an expensive (helicopter) ride.

Iran: 'Go forth and multiply'

After decades of chanting "Death to America", Iran's rulers have finally embraced a slogan that celebrates life and procreation.

UK accused of politics over artist

Britain was accused yesterday of playing into the hands of China after it refused the political dissident Ai Weiwei a six-month business visa and claimed he lied on his application form.

'Light, security and joy' at UN will have to wait

From the outside, the Security Council looks like a shed out the back of the United Nations.

How will the UN replace Ban Ki-moon?

What happens when the Secretary General's term ends next year is only faintly more transparent than appointing a new Pope, writes Audrey Young.

Guantanamo closure nears

The White House has announced that it is finalising a plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba.

Deferments kept Trump step ahead of the draft

The Republican presidential candidate and his campaign give shifting accounts of the medical deferment that meant he avoided being deployed to Vietnam.

Cartoon: Keep up the good work Trump

Britons told go on war footing

Britain must accept that "sooner or later" ground troops and tanks will have to be sent into combat to overcome Isis a former chief of the Armed Forces has said.

Hints at Greek debt relief

German Chancellor Angela Merkel held out the prospect of limited debt relief as crisis-hit Greece prepares to reopen its banks three weeks after they were shut.

Rivals pile on Trump's gaffe

Donald Trump, who has rocketed to the front of the Republican presidential race, flippantly belittled a Senator's war service, inviting a torrent of criticism.

Speaker stands defiant on spending

Australian Speaker Bronwyn Bishop remains defiant as her taxpayer-funded travel expenses come under scrutiny.

Iran deal exacerbates Norway's oil risks

Iran, once OPEC's second-biggest producer, will boost its oil exports by 500,000 barrels a day immediately after sanctions are lifted

'I like people who weren't captured'

Donald Trump, the provocative Republican presidential candidate, has caused anger among his party members by attacking Republican grandee John McCain.