Paul McGeough

Paul McGeough

Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.

Paul McGeough

It's time for action to halt obscenities

Paul McGeough Tears don't cut it, Mr President. After another school massacre on Friday, a tearful Barack Obama declared ''our hearts are broken'', before promising ''meaningful action to prevent more tragedies...

Paul McGeough

Obama changes course between courses

US President Barack Obama

Paul McGeough For a time there, it looked like business as usual in the Middle East.

Paul McGeough

Light the touch paper and stand back

Paul McGeough

Paul McGeough What the hell was that? In a perfect global storm: massive over-reach by crackpot Christian fundamentalists in California collided with what may have been a lucky break for the remnants of al-Qaeda's...

Paul McGeough

Here's a banking chief worth protecting

Paul McGeough dinkus

Paul McGeough When Muhammad Yunus gets mugged by the government of Bangladesh, our culture of modern hero-worship manifests as blanket indifference.

Paul McGeough

Rebels bank on Aleppo as new Benghazi

Paul McGeough Let's get real. The Syrian conflict is a war, not a French-knitting circle.

Paul McGeough

Egyptian generals let Arab Spring wilt

Paul McGeough The jig was up in Cairo when Barack Obama coughed up to the generals a cool $1.5 billion.