Politics

Australia has banned radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir under tough laws that were quickly brought into effect following the fatal Bondi terrorist attack.

The Azerbaijan army is on alert as they accuse Iran of a drone attack on its territory while Iranian officials deny its forces were responsible.

US President Donald Trump says the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba is an unlikely choice to take over as Iran's leader.

Donald Trump has ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after a tense congressional grilling and growing backlash over immigration enforcement tactics.

The CIA is providing arms to Kurdish forces as President Donald Trump says the US military will shadow their ground forces to facilitate an uprising in Iran.

There are two key weaknesses the US president saw in Iran before launching joint strikes with Israel.

Australia sent two military passenger planes to the Middle East earlier this week and six DFAT crisis response teams are on their way as the Government makes contingency plans to help people leave the war zone.

United Australia Senator Ralph Babet is defying parliamentary orders to attend behaviour workshops for ‘using racist, homophobic, sexist or other language’ to demean others.

Penny Wong is refusing to say whether Australian personnel were on board a US submarine which sank an Iranian warship overnight, insisting the Government does not discuss deployments.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is holding a Chatham House rules event with economists on Friday, including an advocate who wants to replace the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount on investment properties.

Canadian PM Mark Carney is on a mission to warn against the rupture of the world’s rules-based order. Will Australia listen?

The underworld figure has emerged at the centre of a debate over CFMEU influence across Victoria’s $100 billion ‘big build’ projects.

A congressional committee has voted to subpoena Attorney-General Pam Bondi to face questions about how her department has handled the Epstein files.