US Politics

The US intelligence community’s top counterterrorism official is stepping down over the US and Israeli war on Iran - the first senior official to openly break ranks with the White House.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Donald Trump has lashed Australia as allies baulk at supporting his Iran war push, declaring the US does not ‘need the help of anyone’.

Iranian security chief Ali Larijani, one of the most powerful figures in the Islamic Republic, has been killed in Tehran, alongside a key military commander.

The director of the US National Counterterrorism Centre has resigned, saying he ‘cannot in good conscience’ support the war in Iran.

Australia has been named in a sweeping Donald Trump attack on allies as tensions rise over a US push to escalate military action against Iran.

Donald Trump is increasing pressure on Cuba, saying he ;can do anything I want’ as the US oil blockade takes its toll and the country's electric grid collapses.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Donald Trump has once again undermined NATO, conflating the defensive alliance with his expectation that Allies should write the US a blank cheque for its military ‘excursion’ in Iran. 

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Reports say Hamas members have met delegates from US President Donald Trump's ‘Board of Peace’ in Egypt to discuss the future of the Gaza Strip.

Donald Trump’s legal battle with the BBC over a January 6 documentary has taken a new turn, with fresh arguments now before a US court.

Donald Trump has warned that his planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping could be delayed as the US concentrates on the growing conflict with Iran.

Macho and cocky, the Trump Administration has been cock-a-hoop since its snatch-and-grab raid of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in January.