Politics

President Donald Trump says US forces are ‘ready to go’, issuing a blunt warning, as another Government warns the Republican over ‘chaos’ that could follow.

Global instability and political tension will continue to dominate the news headlines in 2026, with wars continuing, elections at home and abroad, further fall out from the Bondi Beach terror attack.

The Nightly can reveal that the Australian government sent the non-refundable money at the end of last year, in the largest transaction since the nuclear submarine deal was announced.

Government backing for critical minerals should focus on rare earths vital for clean energy and national security and emulate an existing scheme underpinning renewable projects, the sector has told ministers.

A former royal commissioner who knows more than most about the process of holding a national public inquiry says there must be an independent probe into the Bondi massacre.

NEVILLE OWEN: The horrors of Bondi far outweigh the empty arguments against a royal commission into our worst terror attack on Australian soil.

Labor minister Tanya Plibersek says she ‘one hundred per cent understands’ why people are calling for greater accountability about the Bondi Beach shooting, as pressure grows for a Federal royal commission.

An extremist slogan graffitied on a suburban Canberra fence is on the radar of police as the nation grapples with the fallout of the terror attack in Bondi nearly three weeks ago.

The deaths may mark the start of a heavier-handed response by Iran’s theocracy over the demonstrations, which have slowed in the capital, Tehran, but expanded elsewhere.

Major business groups have joined calls for a national royal commission into anti-Semitism and the terror attack at Bondi Beach, following on the heels of more than 130 eminent Australians.

Australia's trade and agriculture ministers have attacked China for disregarding their free trade deal as beef producers demand relief following import tariffs.

High-profile business leaders have joined the growing list of names challenging the Prime Minister’s decision not to call a royal commission into the Bondi massacre. SEE THE LIST

Tributes are pouring in for an Australian soldier in Ukraine who ‘died because he believed some things are worth standing for.’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as mayor of New York City just after the New Year’s Eve ball dropped in Times Square.

Australia’s beef industry fears an almost $1 billion hit after China slapped new trade restrictions on meat producers across the globe in a move the Albanese Government branded ‘very disappointing’.