Politics

US President Donald Trump says ‌the ⁠United States ​will not exit ⁠its confrontation with ‌Iran ​early ‘and ​then have ‌the ​problem arise in three ​more ​years’.

The United States plans to withdraw 5000 troops from Germany, the Pentagon says.

Health, defence and welfare commitments are among fiscal pressures weighing on the federal budget as Treasurer Jim Chalmers vows to put a lid on spending.

Israel has carried out air strikes on southern Lebanon, killing at least 10 people, officials say.

From a desperate search to violent unrest, how the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby has exposed deeper failures.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has praised Australia’s growing Indian population and declared ‘getting the right immigrants’ is part of the solution to the country’s housing crisis. 

The Prime Minister says Australia will have ‘private’ discussions with the United States about whether to contribute military personnel to an international coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. 

Donald Trump has brushed off a recent alleged assassination attempt by joking about wearing a bulletproof vest.

BEN HARVEY: A message to wannabe political assassins: you’re not helping your cause.

An ex-state MP still denies he sexually assaulted a teen in a car park toilet as a retrial is scheduled eight months after jurors failed to reach verdicts.

Defence Secretary tells Congress committee the Trump administration can continue the Iran war despite a Vietnam-era law that requires Congress’s approval after 60 days of fighting.

THE ECONOMIST: Markets are disconnected from reality and we are heading for the biggest global oil-supply shock in history, energy experts warn.

It marks the group’s second failed attempt to return to Australia from a Syrian detention camp.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: While the defence industry has announced plans to make more munitions, much of that expanded production will not quickly kick in.

The trauma of the Bondi massacre still ‘reverberates’ through a Jewish community a day after the release of an interim report on anti-Semitism.