A report recommends tighter registration and regulation of private colleges, along with tougher fines for those taking advantage of foreign students....

Police have vowed to solve the suspicious death of three-year-old Gurshan Singh, after his body was found 30 kilometres from where his parents were staying....

A councillor with Darebin Council in the area where the Indian toddler Gurshan Singh went missing thinks there is a danger the local Indian community will interpret the death of the boy as a racist act. He says there are already racial tensions in the area. ...

The Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, who's on a visit to India, says Indians are finally hearing the message that every effort is being made to protect international students living in Australia. But there's some scepticism about his claim, with many Indians saying they won't be convinced until ...

How the weather can make art, and Australia's Afghan heritage...

How a huge army of badly paid, badly housed, badly educated foreign students became Australia's third biggest export industry. According to former Liberal MP Bruce Baird shonky private colleges set up to exploit overseas students are no more than "permanent residency factories". The recently ...

On one side is Anwar Ibrahim, Leader of the Opposition, once before accused of sodomy, badly beaten and jailed, yet he still managed to pull off one of the most spectacular political comebacks in the region by winning a by-election with an increased majority. Anwar Ibrahim claims he will be Prime ...

Efforts to revive the Middle East peace process may be in tatters even before talks can resume because of a deepening rift over Israel's plans to build hundreds more Jewish homes in east Jerusalem. Palestinian leaders are considering boycotting the talks unless Israel reverses its decision. The ...

The Solomon Islands' National Truth and Reconciliation Commission has begun its first hearings into the ethnic conflict on Guadalcanal and Malaita a decade ago. While those behind the violence have been jailed, there are fears some of the underlying tensions still exist. ...

A review of the overseas education sector, commissioned by the Federal Government, has recommended significant changes including tougher regulation....