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MARK RILEY: Netanyahu is channelling Trump and using every diplomatic weapon at his disposal, including the dirtiest of dirty bombs — accusing international governments of fuelling anti-Semitism. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of stalling on plans for a meeting between him and Vladimir Putin.

A DOJ employee was fired and charged with a felony after chucking a footlong at a federal agent. Now his likeness is a symbol - and for sale on t-shirts.

The planned offensive has drawn condemnation from the United Nations, which warned it would lead to the forced displacement of about a million Palestinians.

The developments raised questions about whether a new ceasefire proposal for the war in Gaza could move forward.

Moscow has resisted a Putin-Zelensky summit and security guarantees for Ukraine. Trump’s claims that the Kremlin’s position has changed has left analysts puzzled.

The new congressional maps, which would give Republicans a bigger edge in 2026, have sparked a widening national battle with Democrat rivals over redistricting.

Anthony Albanese and his New Zealand counterpart joined a meeting of global leaders overnight to discuss “a reassurance force” designed to prevent further Russian aggression.

Feelings of shock and disbelief have engulfed the Finnish Parliament after a respected young politician died suddenly inside the country’s main government building.

California man Shenghua Wen pleaded guilty in June to one count of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and one count of acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Hamas’ announcement that it had agreed to the terms of a deal presented by mediating countries has sparked a flurry of statements from Israeli hardliners.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The man who is regarded as a messiah by many of his own supporters — a belief he has encouraged at every turn — says now that he knows he’s no saint.

New letters by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry to the Prime Minister and Benjamin Netanyahu have called for a ceasefire in their ‘spat’ saying Jewish Australians would cop the fallout. 

AARON PATRICK: The president’s unconventional style belies a man deeply affected by almost being killed in an assassination attempt last year, former ambassador Joe Hockey says.

EDITORIAL: Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly agreed to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky face-to-face, sometime in the next fortnight.