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Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty is leading a delegation for high-level talks in Washington.

Aussie defence chiefs head to Pentagon as US flexes muscle

Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty is leading a delegation for talks in Washington expected to focus on the AUKUS partnership and growing security concerns in the Indo-Pacific. 

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem at a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing in Washington on December 11.

More fed agents Minnesota-bound amid ICE shooting blame game

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem remained adamant that Renee Good was responsible for her own death, as Democrats insisted that an investigation must be completed before drawing conclusions.

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while in flight on Air Force One on Sunday, Jan 11, 2026.

Trump says Iran wants to ‘negotiate’ after US threat

Donald Trump says Washington is closely monitoring the protests in Iran and will decide on military intervention ‘very soon’.

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US Fed chair Jerome Powell in a recorded message posted to X saying he is under investigation by Federal authorities.

US Fed Reserve chair says he’s under criminal investigation

Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, he confirmed.

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Iran’s ageing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is once again facing pressure as a new wave of protests highlight Reza Pahlavi, the son of the shah deposed in 1979, right, as a possible figurehead going forward.
Vice President JD Vance on Oct. 7 in the Oval Office.

Anti-interventionist JD Vance’s foreign policy journey

THE WASHINGTON POST: With an eye to 2028, the US Vice President finds himself trying to balance his past calls for military restraint with a defence of Donald Trump’s raid in Venezuela.

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US President Donald Trump has urged Cuba to make a deal ‘before it is too late,’ just over a week after the US seizure of the authoritarian leader of Venezuela.

Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal’ as US cuts Venezuelan oil

US President Donald Trump has urged Cuba to make a deal ‘before it is too late,’ just over a week after the US seizure of the authoritarian leader of Venezuela.

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Donald Trump is weighing military options as Iran protests erupt globally.

Trump weighs military options as Iran protests spread

US President Donald Trump is scheduled to be briefed on options to respond to the ballooning protests in Iran, a senior US official familiar with the matter has confirmed.

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Why Europe’s best bet is negotiation as US eyes Greenland

The US President’s renewed push to claim Greenland has left Europe’s leaders alarmed and divided, as they scramble to defuse tensions and craft a diplomatic path forward.

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Footage filmed by a US immigration agent captures the moments before he fatally shot Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good.

Five key moments of ICE agent’s phone video

Phone video recorded by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent as he fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis has surfaced online, revealing new details about the hotly disputed incident.

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The United States military said Saturday that it hit multiple Islamic State targets across Syria in another retaliatory strike in response to an attack that killed American servicemembers.

‘We will find you’: US strikes ISIS targets across Syria

The United States military said Saturday that it hit multiple Islamic State targets across Syria in another retaliatory strike in response to an attack that killed American service members.

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Protesters braved icy weather in Minneapolis to rally for Renee Good, who was shot by an ICE officer (AP PHOTO)

Tens of thousands protest over fatal ICE shooting

Demonstrators in Minneapolis have turned out in huge numbers to protest the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good.

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‘We are going to do something on Greenland ?whether they like it or not,’ Donald Trump says. (EPA PHOTO)

‘LIKE IT OR NOT’: Trump ramps up threats to seize Greenland

WATCH: The United States needs to ‍own Greenland to prevent Russia or China from occupying it in the future, US President Donald Trump says.

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Footage filmed by a US immigration agent captures the moments before he fatally shot Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good.

ICE agent’s own phone video captures fatal shooting

Dramatic footage filmed by a US immigration agent captures the moments before he fatally shot Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good, sparking nationwide protests and a federal investigation.

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Renee Nicole Good was shot dead by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

By killing Renee Good, ICE sent Americans a message

THE NEW YORK TIMES: White Americans might have thought themselves immune from ICE abuses, but the killing of Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three and widow of a military veteran, tests that assumption.

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