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ANDREW GREENE: Disagreements between Australia and China seem more frequent in recent times, and cooperation virtually non-existent, as China continues to test the resolve of Western allies in the Pacific. 

Beijing has issued a blunt response to a joint statement from 14 nations criticising China’s ‘destabilising’ actions in the contested waters of the South China Sea.

After weeks of speculation about his whereabouts, 84-year-old US Republican Senator Mitch McConnell has issued a statement about his health.

Iranian media have reported further explosions on the country's southern coast beside the Strait of Hormuz following a wave of US strikes.

A man has been arrested over the murder of former British Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe, after she was found dead having ‘sustained serious injuries’.

Pauline Hanson has thrown her support behind Tommy Robinson once again, saying a visit to his hometown reinforced why she wants to ‘protect Australia’.

UK police said there is no information to suggest the murder of former MP and minister Ann Widdecombe was a politically motivated crime.

A video interview with the roommate of the accused killer of US conservative Charlie Kirk has been played in court.

Syrian officials have arrested several suspects over a bombing campaign during French President Emmanuel Macron's visit, which marked a restoring of relations.

President Mahmoud Abbas issued the date by decree, calling upon Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip to vote. 

Indian-Australians have turned out in their tens of thousands for a glimpse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said the spirit of India was alive in Melbourne.

Tehran’s military is warning any further intervention by America will draw a ‘crushing response’.

The US and Iran traded renewed airstrikes following President Donald Trump’s declaration of the collapse of a preliminary peace agreement on Wednesday.

The Danish Prime Minister made the remarks at the NATO summit in response to Donald Trump’s renewed call for the US to control the territory.

Venezuela has made a plea to King Charles asking him to release tons of Venezuelan gold that remains frozen in sanctions against the country’s former leader.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The 2026 NATO summit, which could be Donald Trump’s last, ended with more of a whimper than a bang.