Politics

THE NEW YORK TIMES: US President Donald Trump has boasted that the world is ‘closer than ever to the rise of the Middle East’ because of US dominance in the war with Iran.

Following his earlier remarks that Cuba may be subject ​to a ‘friendly takeover,’ Donald Trump says ‘Cuba is next, ⁠by the way’.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has asked Australians to ‘act responsibly and not hoard fuel, saying it ‘wasn’t the Australian way’ as he announced new measures to secure more fuel for the country.

A pro-Iranian hacking group claims to have hacked an account of FBI director Kash Patel and has posted online what appear to be years-old photographs of him.

‘The magnitude and who will be affected will depend on these horrible decisions they have to make.’

A senior defence official has warned a room full of AUKUS sceptics that Australia will be left with no submarines if the project is dumped.

Anthony Albanese is promising a national response to fuel shortages will avoid repeating the mistakes of COVID lockdowns.

Anthony Albanese says he is doing his best to help soothe community anxiety about fuel shortages. Here’s why the PM’s approach is looking panicked.

A lawyer for more than 200 ADF members says soldiers were exposed to ‘sadistic’ abuse – recognised as torture – over decades of interrogation training, and no one asked why.

Australia’s largest bank has warned the Albanese Government against any big-spending surprises in the May Budget that could deliver even more pain for already stretched households.

The Prime Minister insists he’s doing everything practical to shield Australians from the worst impacts of the fuel crisis but rejected the Opposition’s call to cut the excise to ease the price pressure.

Talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and steering Iran away from its nuclear program will be bitterly difficult. 

For the third time in a fortnight, Donald Trump has called out Australia for what he sees as the Albanese Government’s failure to adequately support his war in Iran. 

US President Donald Trump has shocked the world, announcing a ‘pause’ to his plans to bring destruction to Iran, confirming the move in a statement requested by the Iranian Government.