There's speculation a US attack on Venezuela is imminent, alongside questions over whether the US Government might be seeking a change of power in Caracas.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says AUKUS is a ‘shocking deal’ and has made Australia more dependent on the Americans at a time when they are less dependable than ever.
Tributes are pouring in for 20-year-old National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom, remembered as devoted and determined after being killed in a targeted DC shooting attack.
SAS veterans said they were saddened, but not surprised, by the shooting of two US National Guardsmen in Washington allegedly at the hands of an Afghan former-CIA paramilitary soldier.
Federal officials say Rahmanullah Lakanwal faces multiple criminal charges in the shooting, which left one National Guard member dead and another critically wounded.
THE WASHINGTON POST: A lone gunman carried out the attack and ‘ambushed’ two National Guardsmen, DC police said. The victims remain in a critical condition.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the earlier US plan, which Ukraine saw as too pro-Russian, should be the basis for talks and is unlikely to back down.