‘Who would think I would do Middle East before this?’, Donald Trump has asked as he outlines a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, hoping to stop the Ukraine conflict.

US President Donald Trump has been forced to clarify that the US military would not be the ones enforcing his earlier threat regarding Hamas’s internal violence. 

One of Donald Trump’s most prominent former advisers, John Bolton, is now at the centre of a new federal investigation.

AARON PATRICK: After defeating Russia’s summer offensive, Ukraine hopes to secure US Tomahawk cruise missiles to degrade Russia’s vital oil and gas industry.

Education ministers from around the country will on Friday get their first look at a proposed anti-bullying national standard and resources to support the social media ban for under-16s.

Australia is preparing military contingency plans to deploy troops to the Middle East, but Defence Minister Pat Conroy says no request has been made by the Trump Administration yet.

The Albanese Government says it’s appropriate for Australia’s military to prepare contingency plans to deploy troops to the Middle East.

Parents are urged to stay vigilant as contact tracing continues and more students may have been exposed.

Footage posted to social media shows him harming baby animals and trying to kill a kangaroo by running over its head with a dirt bikes.

Class action damages have hit a record high but lawyers aren’t necessarily the biggest winners.

While bond and gold investors are betting on economic trouble ahead, share investors remain optimistic about the prospects for artificial intelligence to reshape the business world.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: ‘Is it really OK for America to, as it pleases, decide this percentage for this country and this percentage for this country? I have objections.’

On Dirk Hartog Island — a wild speck off Western Australia — getting lost never felt so good. 

What do changes to credit card and reward schemes mean for aligned frequent flyers?  

Elevated food, wine and accommodation offers and the beauty of World Heritage listed national parks — little wonder city-types are making a move on Tenterfield. 

EDITORIAL: When our PM moved to recognise Palestine he had no roadmap to guide the transition of power to a legitimate authority.  All he had was a plan to humiliate our longstanding ally in Israel.

BEN HARVEY: If peace in our time turns into peace for all time MAGA-hating progressives will have to face a spectacle they’ll find just as horrifying as the war in Gaza: Trump receiving a Nobel Peace Prize.

EDITORIAL: The tension will further complicate Anthony Albanese’s mission to cosy up to Donald Trump at the pair’s long-awaited White House meeting next week. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The dangerous online trend sees users taking AI generated images of ‘homeless intruders’ to trick friends & family into thinking their homes have been invaded.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: ‘Is it really OK for America to, as it pleases, decide this percentage for this country and this percentage for this country? I have objections.’

The Trump administration has secretly authorised the CIA to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader.

Netflix’s plans for Roald Dahl aren’t going to stop with The Twits. Buying all the rights is part of a bigger picture.

Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin has broken down in tears during a new interview as he opened up about the grief of losing his father.

In the year since the Australian version of The Office premiered, questions remained over its fate. It’s been axed.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The dangerous online trend sees users taking AI generated images of ‘homeless intruders’ to trick friends & family into thinking their homes have been invaded.

THE ECONOMIST: Politics and ageing populations are pushing the world’s rich economies down a dangerous debt path.

From video fakery to chatbot friendships and AI personal assistants, here is all you need to know about AI in 2026.

Three recipes for international cuisines that each utilise a different type of Australian mushroom best.

A new study has revealed that most workers don’t have what’s considered a ‘quality job.’ From pay and respect to stability and growth, these five questions will tell you if yours makes the cut.

Pest surge: Sydney and Melbourne battle infestations

The batsman has been remembered for his ‘significant’ contributions from his 2004 debut through to this year.

The Group 1 winner’s hopes of a historic double have been sensationally crushed.

One of Australia’s master trainers is leading the charge to stop The Everest favourite take home the $7 million first prize, as Emma Freedman says the Hong Kong sprinter is far from a sure thing.

AARON PATRICK: After defeating Russia’s summer offensive, Ukraine hopes to secure US Tomahawk cruise missiles to degrade Russia’s vital oil and gas industry.

A mother who died after a traumatic homebirth that also led to the death of her newborn was ’beating herself up’ and railing against her own body as the labour intensified.

Turkey has deployed dozens of disaster relief specialists to help search for bodies under the mountains of rubble in Gaza.