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LATIKA M BOURKE: In an exclusive interview, Australia’s man in the Vatican, former LNP MP Keith Pitt said the PM’s attendance in Rome was vital.

The call from Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was detained by Iran for three years, came after the Australian teacher was jailed for fighting alongside Ukraine.

The current President’s son wished Joe Biden a speedy recovery following the Democrat’s cancer news. Two hours later he was casting conspiracy theories about it.

Revenues from border levies will be lower than he expects.

Russia launched its largest drone strike on Ukraine since the war began as Ukraine President Zelensky sat down with US Vice President Vance in Rome.

‘I spoke to him about my mother’: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has given a given a candid account of his conversation with Pope Leo XIV in Rome.

The Israeli military has launched ‘extensive’ ground attacks in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 130 people.

Europe wants a major strategic partnership with Australia but the PM is playing down the prospect of a giant defence trade deal.

R&B singer Cassie Ventura has finished testifying in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial after four emotional days on the witness stand.

THE ECONOMIST: China may have negotiated an interim deal with the US over tariffs, but there’s still 88 countries waiting to pitch their case

Australia and Indonesia have renewed their ties and pledged to pursue closer defence and economic relationships as their leaders vowed to remain ‘good neighbours’.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s name is not on the Kremlin’s list of officials joining Ukraine peace talks in Turkey, throwing doubt on the latest move to secure peace in the troubled region.

After the most intense fighting between the two nations in decades, Pakistan says it remains committed to a truce with India but only if the other follows one key agreement.