Security starts from home. You have to secure your own people so that those who are coming from outside also will be secured.

It should be underscored that our goal is not, and should not, be a crusade against the ICC but a solemn call for the organisation to take Africa's concerns seriously.

Border security is not only related to resources competition.

We are different from many African countries. We represent Africa as the gateway and will do everything to make African and Israeli relations mushroom.

Australia and New Zealand have traditionally shared very close links, yet there are things that set us apart and make us unique - Australia's wildlife experience being one of them.

If Republicans start losing their seats because they're climate deniers, that is a very salutary signal.

President Obama wants a climate deal and is willing to pay dearly to get it.

I'd come to the country to do my Thoreau bit, so I needed an office that looked out onto the woods for inspiration. I converted one of the bedrooms into my workspace and through its windows watched the wildlife appear each morning with the sunrise. Many were the days I would sit in wonder, coffee in hand, for hours.