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For 18 months, Ukraine’s internal security service planned an audacious assault on far-flung Russian airfields - first sneaking drones into Russia, then planting them near key military runways.

AARON PATRICK: A top defence expert has revealed when China will likely begin its attack on Taiwan with a naval and sea blockade and what that means for Australia.

Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to slash government spending has fallen far short of its trillion-dollar promise, symbolising a chaotic chapter in Donald Trump’s second term.

Anthony Albanese has labelled Donald Trump’s decision to double tariffs on Australian steel as an ‘inappropriate action’ of ‘economic self harm’.

‘We're going to bring it from 25 per cent to 50 per cent the tariffs on steel into the United States of America’, Donald Trump has announced.

Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles will deliver a warning message that arms control is growing more complicated, with a need for stronger rules as China pursues nuclear expansion.

A Palestinian man says he can’t wait around to watch his ‘family die of hunger’ as he begs for food at a distribution site run by a US and Israeli-backed foundation.

‘What I made clear is that this is a conversation that we are very willing to have.’

A US appeals court has overturned an earlier ruling and allowed Donald Trump's global tariffs to go back into effect.

The US Court of International Trade’s move to block Donald Trump’s tariffs will spark all-out lawfare. To use an American expression, Australians should be rooting for the judiciary.

‘I am a sucker for her eyes and ended up giving in and that was the biggest mistake of my life.’

But Australia’s Government has stopped short of joining NATO, the EU and US in blaming Beijing amid a wave of support for the tiny nation.

China’s leaders believe they can outwit American cash and utopianism.

The upheaval brought by AI and Trump favours corporate giants - for now.

China was the previous decade's leading lender to developing nations in need of capital, and in years to come Beijing will play the role of debt collector.