Ben Atherton

Social media has been lighting up with a new campaign aiming to bring to justice Joseph Kony, the leader of a Ugandan guerrilla group that has forced 60,000 children to take up arms.

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been accused of waging a brutal war against his own people as he fights rebels who want an end to his family’s 40-year rule.

Look back at how reaction to the federal budget unfolded throughout the day.

Archbishop of Sydney George Pell has accused the media of waging a persistent campaign against the Catholic Church over child sex abuse claims.

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong is under pressure to name the people behind the systematic doping program which delivered him a record seven Tour de France yellow jerseys.

Lance Armstrong has admitted he used EPO and other banned drugs to fuel all seven of his Tour de France victories.

New Victorian Premier Denis Napthine says there is no “blood on the floor” after his shock takeover from Ted Baillieu.

Catholics around the world celebrate as Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a Jesuit with a reputation as a champion of the poor, is named as Pope Francis - the first non-European pontiff since the 8th century.

Julia Gillard has declared Labor’s leadership ructions “completely at an end” after being elected unopposed as leader following a farcical Caucus leadership spill. Labor once again revealed its deep internal divisions as the spill, called for 4:30pm AEDT, fizzled out following former PM Kevin Rudd’s announcement that he would not run. The Prime Minister was duly re-elected unopposed and unanimously, along with her Deputy Wayne Swan. The spill was called after a dramatic intervention from part…

Billionaire mining tycoon Clive Palmer has announced he will stand for a Queensland federal seat in September’s election, declaring he wants to be elected prime minister.