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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected claims of secrecy surrounding a $400 million agreement with Nauru to resettle hundreds of non-citizens, despite refusing to reveal details about the deal’s payments and…
More than 2.5 million children across Israel returned to school and kindergarten on Monday for the start of the 2025–2026 academic year, marking a day of both resilience and division nearly two years after the October…
At least 800 people have been killed and 2,500 injured after a magnitude 6 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan just before midnight local time. UN Secretary-General António Guterres…
This past weekend, Australia’s cities became the stage for a national reckoning. Under the banner of the “March for Australia,” thousands rallied in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth to oppose…
This past weekend, Australia’s cities became the stage for a national reckoning. Under the banner of the “March for Australia,” thousands rallied in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth to oppose…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks on Sunday on the sidelines of a major summit in Tianjin, underscoring their “limitless” partnership as Beijing pushes for alternatives to…
Israel confirmed on Sunday that Hudayfa Samir Abdallah al-Kahlout, better known as Abu Obeida, the longtime masked spokesman for Hamas’s military wing, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza City. According to the Times of…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pledged fresh strikes deep inside Russia after a wave of Russian drone attacks overnight on energy facilities in northern and southern Ukraine left nearly 60,000 people…
The United States announced Friday it will not allow Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to travel to New York next month for the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), where several US allies…
The Albanese government has struck a deal to pay Nauru more than $408 million to resettle hundreds of non-citizens affected by the High Court’s landmark NZYQ ruling. The agreement was signed during an unannounced visit…
The Constitutional Court of Thailand has removed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra following a leaked phone conversation with Hun Sen, the President of Cambodia’s Senate, in which she was heard calling him “uncle”…
U.S. President Donald Trump has revoked the Secret Service protection that had been provided to Kamala Harris as a former Vice President. The decision was announced on Thursday, August 28, 2025. Under U.S. law, former…
Israeli forces have recovered the body of slain hostage Ilan Weiss in a complex operation in the Gaza Strip, the military announced on Sunday. His remains were found alongside those of another hostage whose identity…
The search for accused cop killer Dezi Freeman has entered its fourth day, with more than 450 police officers now deployed in Victoria’s high country as authorities work to capture the 56-year-old fugitive believed to…
Masai Ujiri, who has invested in basketball and founded the Giants of Africa festival that brings together and empowers African youth, has been appointed to the group that supports the United Nations in achieving the…
Around 165 million years ago, in what is now Morocco, a heavily armoured dinosaur roamed the Jurassic landscape, sporting some of the most elaborate defences ever seen in the fossil record. The dinosaur, named…
Victoria remains in shock as the manhunt for alleged gunman Dezi Freeman continues following the fatal shooting of two police officers at Porepunkah, near Mount Buffalo. The tragedy unfolded on Rayner Track at the foot…
A massive manhunt is underway in rural Victoria after two police officers were shot dead and another wounded during a warrant operation in Porepunkah. The accused gunman, identified as 56-year-old Dezi Freeman, also…
Peace efforts and talks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have resumed in Doha, representatives of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Alliance Fleuve Congo/March 23 (AFC/M23)…
Australia has given Iran's ambassador seven days to leave the country after alleging the country's government directed antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. Intelligence services linked Iran to an arson attack…
South Sudanese writer Denis Doggale, known by his pen name LokoLokoŋon, has released a new book titled A Journey of Identity, Heritage and Resilience. The work is already drawing attention in Australia and beyond for…
Israeli airstrikes on the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza on Monday killed at least 20 people, including five journalists, in what health officials and press freedom groups have condemned as one of the deadliest…
Prominent Kampala businessman Anthony Mutinisa, owner of a luxury vehicle hire company specialising in high-end Toyota Land Cruisers, was shot dead on Sunday evening, August 24 2025, by a private security guard at his…
Brisbane, Queensland – Around 10:00 p.m. last night, a serious car accident occurred on Moggill Road, leaving occupants of the vehicle potentially critically injured or worse. Emergency services arrived promptly at the…