Nick O Malley on Pakistan
Slick Obama puts rival on the back foot
Nick O'Malley PEORIA, Illinois: Barack Obama dominated the third and final presidential debate in Florida, aggressively deploying detail and sarcasm to portray Mitt Romney as inconsistent on foreign policy.
World poised to eradicate polio: Bill Gates
Nick O'Malley Bill Gates has congratulated Australia for its $50 million contribution to an international fund to eradicate polio, saying the world is poised at an historic moment.
Obama tries NATO fix for Afghanistan security
Roxana Tiron and Nick O'malley US President Barack Obama today faces the task of persuading financially pressed European governments and their war-weary citizens to back Afghanistan's security over the next decade.
Afghanistan deadline splits NATO members
Nick O'Malley Tension over France's decision to pull its troops spilt into public view on the first day of NATO meetings.
Allies slow to pledge funds for Afghan forces
By Nick O'Malley, Chicago Australia's $300 million commitment to Afghanistan's defence forces is beginning to look spectacularly generous, as far larger key NATO allies leave the Chicago summit having made smaller pledges, or...
