Explosions have rocked Beirut's south, as Israel targeted Hezbollah territory. Photo: AP PHOTO
Israel has carried out airstrikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut, after the Iran-backed group launched missiles and drones towards...
Palestinians are hoarding again, with reports of prices rising sharply for basic goods. Photo: AP PHOTO
Some Palestinians say they fear the widening war sparked by US and Israeli attacks against Iran could overshadow the fragile situation in...
Iranians took to the streets in Australia to celebrate the strikes on Tehran over the weekend. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS
Australia is continuing to back the US in its war against the "abhorrent" Iranian regime, but the Albanese government has stopped...
Iranian Australians took to the streets after Iran's supreme leader was killed in air strikes. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS
Public celebrations have been largely absent in Iran for decades under a strict Islamic regime, but attacks that killed the...
The UN says major cities in Afghanistan have been bombed by the Pakistani military. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Afghanistan says it has fired at Pakistani jets in Kabul after blasts and gunfire rocked the capital, compounding instability in a region rattled by...
The F-18 can conduct air-to-air and air-to-ground missions, carrying bombs and missiles. Photo: EPA PHOTO
The United States has unleashed an array of weaponry against Iranian targets, including Tomahawk cruise missiles, stealth fighters, and for the...
Flights across the Middle East have been cancelled and passengers have been left stranded. Photo: AP PHOTO
America and Israel's attack on Iran has disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond as countries around the region close their airspace and...
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the compound of Iran's supreme leader has been destroyed. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that Israel and the United States had killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and...
Flights across the Middle East have been cancelled and passengers have been left stranded. Photo: AP PHOTO
Airlines have suspended flights across the Middle East, including to and from the world's busiest travel hub, Dubai, after the US and Israel...
Many Israelis are keeping a low profile after Israel attacked Iran, but some are still exercising. Photo: AP PHOTO
Israel has banned public gatherings, shut schools and workplaces and moved hospital patients to underground bunkers as Tehran launched...
Iran launched drone attacks near the US consulate and Erbil International Airport, Iraq. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Global airlines have suspended flights across the Middle East after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, plunging the region into...
Smoke rises on the skyline after explosions in Tehran following Israeli and US missile attacks. Photo: AP PHOTO
Israel has launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran, and a United States attack is under way, plunging the Middle East into a renewed...
Warner Bros Discovery has sealed a deal to be acquired by Paramount Skydance. Photo: AP PHOTO
Warner Bros Discovery has agreed to be acquired by Paramount Skydance in a $US110 billion ($A155 billion) deal signed on Saturday AEDT, according to an audio...
A Swedish naval ship observed the suspected drone during a patrol in the Öresund Strait. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Sweden's military has intercepted a suspected Russian drone off the country's southern coast as a French aircraft carrier was docked in the port of...
Denmark will hold a parliamentary election on March 24, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced, seeking to capitalise on a surge in support for her defiant stance against US pressure over Greenland.
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An overnight Russian bombardment hit areas across eight regions of Ukraine, injuring dozens. Photo: AP PHOTO
Russia has launched a barrage of 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says, as US and Ukrainian envoys prepare to...
The families of Australian officials in the Middle East have been told to leave as experts warn of a high likelihood of military action in the region.
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The prime minister was evacuated from The Lodge after threats were sent to a Chinese dance troupe. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS
The Chinese Embassy has condemned a dance troupe which received a bomb threat that forced the prime minister's evacuation...
Cuba's government says its forces returned fire on a Florida-based speedboat, killing four people. Photo: AP PHOTO
Cuban forces have killed four people and wounded six others on board a Florida-based speedboat that entered Cuban waters and opened fire...
A global pizza company's strategy to ditch discounts has helped it swing to a profit, but slipping revenues drove investors to slice their holdings.
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Sudan's Rapid Support Forces rampaged through a Darfur town killing dozens, doctors say. Photo: AP PHOTO
An attack by Sudanese paramilitary forces on a stronghold of a Darfur tribal leader has left at least 28 people dead, a doctors group says, the...
President Donald Trump said he would increase the temporary 10 per cent tariff to 15 per cent. Photo: AP PHOTO
The United States has imposed a new tariff of 10 per cent on all goods not covered by exemptions, the rate first announced by President Donald...
Lights shine over soldiers' graves as Ukraine marks the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion. Photo: AP PHOTO
Ukraine will not betray the sacrifices made by its people in four years of war just to make peace with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy...
Slovakia has escalated a dispute with Ukraine over oil deliveries by halting emergency electricity supplies to the country suffering from daily blackouts caused by Russia's bombardment of power plants and transmission lines.
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Frustrated European officials have pushed for clarification on how US President Donald Trump's declaration of a 15 per cent global tax on imports would affect the trade deal they struck with Trump as EU MPs hit pause on the deal's ratification until they...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor used taxpayers' money for massages and excessive travel costs during his time as the UK's trade envoy, retired civil servants have claimed.
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Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, commonly known as 'El Mencho', has been killed. Photo: AP PHOTO
Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, commonly known as 'El Mencho', has been killed in a military raid, as the government ramps up pressure on cartels...
Trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States could move to a fourth round in Geneva this week, the Russian state news agency TASS is reporting, citing an unnamed source in Moscow.
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Iran and the US have different views on the scope and mechanism of proposed sanctions relief. Photo: AP PHOTO
Iran and the United States have differing views over sanctions relief in talks to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions, a senior Iranian official...
Russia has attacked Ukraine with dozens of strike drones and ballistic and cruise missiles, focusing on energy infrastructure and killing at least one person, the Ukrainian military and local officials say.
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Donald Trump's latest plan for global tariffs could have a cost for Australian exporters. Photo: Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS
The competitive advantage enjoyed by some Australian exporters under the Trump administration's trade regime could be narrowed if a...
Britain's former prime minister Boris Johnson has weighed in on the debate around Ukraine's fate. Photo: AP PHOTO
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson says the UK and its European allies should immediately deploy non-combat troops to Ukraine to...
Germany is taking inspiration from Australia, the first country to ban youth from social media. Photo: Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS
Germany's ruling conservatives have passed a motion to ban social media use for under 14s and introduce more stringent digital...
Hungary will block a planned 90-billion-euro ($A150 billion) European Union loan to Ukraine until the flow of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline resumes, while Slovakia has threatened to cut off emergency power supplies.
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Nations from South Korea and Japan to China and Taiwan are awaiting Donald Trump's next trade moves. Photo: AP PHOTO
US trading partners in Asia have started weighing fresh uncertainties after President Donald Trump vowed to impose a new tariff on...
Displaced Palestinians living in camps are sceptical about billion-dollar pledges to rebuild Gaza. Photo: AP PHOTO
While the first meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington talked up billions of dollars pledged to rebuild the Gaza Strip, there are few...
Asian stocks were down as investors shied away from risks with the US dollar heading for a big week. Photo: AP PHOTO
Stocks have fallen in Asia, the dollar is headed for its largest weekly gain in four months and oil prices are rising as a US military...
Coalition members suggest leaders David Littleproud and Angus Taylor have got off on the right foot. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS
The coalition might be enjoying a "reset" under new leadership but a test for the parties' mended relationship is coming...
Russian negotiators leave the hotel in Geneva where peace talks with Ukraine have ended. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Geneva have ended abruptly after only two hours, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy saying the...
Ten skiers are missing after an avalanche in California. Photo: AP PHOTO
Ten skiers are missing and six are stranded in an avalanche that struck a back country slope near Lake Tahoe in the midst of heavy snow in California's Sierra Nevada...
Australia's biggest lottery operator says it's had a resilient first half despite it being the least-favourable period for winning jackpots in about four years.
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The US military says it has carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest days of the Trump administration's months-long campaign against alleged traffickers.
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The US and Iran hold indirect talks in Geneva on Tuesday aimed at resolving their long-running nuclear dispute, with little clear indication of compromise as Washington masses a battle force in the region.
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Angus Taylor's key backers have been given plum posts in his new shadow ministry. Photo: Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS
Liberal leader Angus Taylor has promoted factional allies to key shadow ministry posts and demoted Sussan Ley's backers.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln is one of two aircraft carriers in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman. Photo: AP PHOTO
US President Donald Trump says he will be involved "indirectly" in high-stakes talks between Iran and the US over Tehran's nuclear program...
Iran has launched a second naval drill with live fire, on the eve of the talks with the US. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Iran's top diplomat has met with the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency, ahead of a second round of negotiations with the United...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has dropped in for talks with Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico. Photo: AP PHOTO
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has began a two-day trip to eastern Europe to bolster ties with Slovakia and Hungary, whose...
A yellow line has separated Gaza's Israeli-held and Palestinian zones since the October ceasefire. Photo: AP PHOTO
Israel has fired air strikes across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 11 Palestinians, local officials say, in what the military calls a...
New Russia-Ukraine talks take place against a backdrop of continued fighting along the front line. Photo: EPA PHOTO
A Ukrainian drone strike has ignited fires at one of Russia's Black Sea ports, officials say, ahead of fresh talks aimed at ending the...
About 250,000 people demonstrated against Iran's government outside the Munich Security Conference. Photo: EPA PHOTO
About 250,000 people have demonstrated against Iran's government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany, answering a...
A knee injury has forced Australia's Laura Peel to withdraw from the Winter Olympics in Italy. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS
A heart-broken Laura Peel has withdrawn from the Olympics, with Australia's two-time aerials world champion unable to recover...
Angus Taylor is the new Liberal Party leader after winning a party room vote. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS
Angus Taylor has been elected as Liberal Party leader, deposing Sussan Ley in a spill after weeks of speculation on his political future. But how...
In Kyiv, around 3500 apartment buildings were without heating after Russia's latest attack. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Russia has pounded Ukraine with drones and ballistic missiles overnight, further battering its energy system and leaving tens of thousands of...
The town of Tumbler Ridge in Canada has gathered to mourn the eight victims of a school shooting. Photo: AP PHOTO
The father of a 12-year-old victim of the mass shooting in a remote Canadian town has tearfully recounted the desperate hours spent trying...
About 3000 armed immigration agents were deployed in Minnesota under Operation Metro Surge. Photo: AP PHOTO
US President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan says a significant drawdown of immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota is underway and that...
Russia has intensified its strikes on Ukraine's power grid, plunging cities into cold and darkness. Photo: AP PHOTO
Russia has pounded Ukraine with drones and ballistic missiles, further battering its energy system and leaving tens of thousands in the...
A father and his children were killed and their mother wounded after a drone attack in Bohodukhiv. Photo: AP PHOTO
A Russian drone has crashed into a house in eastern Ukraine, killing three small children and their father, in a strike President...
Ukraine is fighting to prevent a world where force replaces rules, Vasyl Myroshnychenko says. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS
Australia's Ukrainian ambassador has one sentence he would like Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to declare as the fourth...
A mass shooting at school and home in British Columbia has left 10 people dead. Photo: AP PHOTO
Ten people are dead after a woman opened fire at a high school in western Canada before turning the gun on herself.
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CSL shocked the market when it suddenly announced its CEO was leaving. Photo: James Ross/AAP PHOTOS
Australia's largest biopharmaceutical company has posted a massive slump in interim profit, pushing its shares to an eight-year low after the sudden...
China has slapped 55 per cent tariffs on beef imports from many nations including Australia. Photo: James Ross/AAP PHOTOS
Australian beef continues to be in hot demand around the world despite trade barriers, as the government continues talks with China...
The Nikkei Stock Average surged in early trading. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Asian stocks have advanced for a second day in early trading, led by an extended rally in Tokyo's benchmark after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's decisive election...
Pokrovsk has been the site of fierce fighting since last year. Photo: AP PHOTO
Russian forces are trying to press forward around the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, hoping to conclude a months-long campaign to seize the strategic hub as Moscow...
UK police are assessing if Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor showed Jeffrey Epstein confidential files. Photo: AP PHOTO
Buckingham Palace says it is ready to support any police investigation into King Charles' younger brother after emails suggested Andrew...
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's Bhumjaithai Party is leading based on early results. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's Bhumjaithai Party has taken an early lead in a general election although the three-way battle is...
Polls predict Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is heading for a resounding win. Photo: AP PHOTO
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's party is set to secure a big majority in Japan's lower house election, public broadcaster NHK has forecast...
The Ukraine war has been going for almost four years since Russia invaded its smaller neighbour. Photo: EPA PHOTO
The United States wants Russia and Ukraine to find a solution on how to end the war, the largest since World War Two, before June,...
Ukraine's energy sector is crumbling under Russian strikes and bitterly cold winter weather. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Russia has launched a massive air attack on Ukrainian energy facilities, targeting electricity generation and distribution.
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Donald Trump has removed the extra 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods for Russian oil purchases. Photo: AP PHOTO
The United States and India have moved closer to a trade pact, releasing an interim framework that would lower tariffs, reshape energy ties...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and US envoy Steve Witkoff took part in talks in Oman. Photo: AP PHOTO
Iran's top diplomat says nuclear talks with the United States mediated by Oman were off to a "good start" and set to continue, in remarks that...
Politicians criticised a video posted on Truth Social featuring a clip of Barack Obama as an ape. Photo: AP PHOTO
US President Donald Trump has condemned a video posted on his social media account depicting Democratic former president Barack Obama and...
Politicians criticised a video posted on Truth Social featuring a clip of Barack Obama as an ape. Photo: AP PHOTO
A video shared on US President Donald Trump's social media account that depicted Democratic former president Barack Obama and first lady...
Ukrainian officials say more US-brokered meetings with Russia will take place soon to end the war. Photo: EPA PHOTO
The Kremlin has given a positive assessment of the Ukraine-Russia peace talks mediated by the United States in the United Arab...
A treaty signed by Anthony Albanese and President Prabowo Subianto will strengthen defence ties. Photo: AP PHOTO
Australia's relationship with Indonesia is "stronger than ever", as the two countries sign a landmark security pact.
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Rio Tinto has walked away from a merger with mining giant and commodity rival Glencore. Photo: Paul Braven/AAP PHOTOS
Rio Tinto's call to reject a deal to become the world's largest mining company has shown discipline, but it will have to find other ways...
This notion that picturesque barracks which are expensive to maintain should be kept seems overly sentimental in hard cash times.
It is hard to argue that the Department of Defence should keep ownership of golf courses and ancient barracks at a time...
Google's results helped propel parent Alphabet well past analysts' earnings forecasts. Photo: AP PHOTO
Google's latest quarterly report provides further evidence its internet empire is withstanding an artificial intelligence shake-up that's turning into...
Rustem Umerov says negotiators would break into groups and then all meet again at the talks' end. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Ukrainian and Russian officials have wrapped up a "productive" first day of new US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi that seek to advance efforts...
Arms control supporters say the expiry of a US-Russia nuclear treaty will damage trust. Photo: AP PHOTO
The last nuclear treaty between Russia and the United States is due to expire within hours, raising the risk of a new arms race in which China will...
Patients due to cross Rafah for treatment were postponed, the Red Crescent said. Photo: AP PHOTO
Israeli tank shelling and air strikes have killed 18 people, including four children, in Gaza, and Israel halted the passage of patients through the Rafah...
More than 60 historical Defence-owned sites are set to be sold off by the federal government, including Canberra's Fairbairn Golf Course, in a move that will raise up to $1.8 billion for the military's budget.
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Wall Street has ended sharply lower. Photo: AP PHOTO
Wall Street has ended sharply lower as investors worry about AI creating more competition for software makers, keeping them on edge ahead of quarterly reports from Alphabet and Amazon later this...
Former UK ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson is being investigated over links to Jeffrey Epstein. Photo: AP PHOTO
British police are set to launch a criminal investigation into whether Peter Mandelson, Britain's former ambassador to the United States,...
Nearly all of the Australian Public Service's top 10 biggest employers have hired fewer graduates for the coming year than in 2025, analysis shows.
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US President Donald Trump says India has agreed on a trade deal after a call with PM Narendra Modi. Photo: AP PHOTO
India has agreed to buy petroleum, defence goods, and aircraft from the US, while partly opening up its highly-guarded agriculture sector...
US stocks rose following sharp swings that shook financial markets. Photo: AP PHOTO
The S&P 500 has closed higher, lifted by gains in chipmakers and other companies related to artificial intelligence, while smaller companies also rose sharply.
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Some documents from the released Epstein files have been removed from the public website. Photo: AP PHOTO
The US Justice Department says it has taken down several thousand documents and "media" that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying...
Gaza's key Rafah border crossing has reopened after two years of closure. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Israel has reopened the border between Gaza and Egypt for people on foot, a move that would allow Palestinians to leave the enclave and let back in those who want...
Australian miners and the bourse have fallen after historic plunges in the price of gold and silver. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS
Australia's share market is on the defensive as miners suffer after the recent mania around precious metals hit a brick...
Nationals MP Colin Boyce is set to challenge David Littleproud for the party's leadership. Photo: Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS
The fallout from the coalition's latest spectacular split will come to a head with a Nationals backbencher moving to skewer David...
The Palestinian health ministry says there are 20,000 patients waiting to leave the Gaza Strip. Photo: EPA PHOTO
The Gaza Strip's main border crossing in Rafah will reopen for Palestinians on Monday, Israeli authorities say, with preparations underway...
Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine is ready for a substantive discussion with Russia in Abu Dhabi. Photo: EPA PHOTO
Three-way peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States are to take place on Wednesday and Thursday in Abu Dhabi, Ukrainian...