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Secret hearings could be among the mechanisms used to ensure a possible royal commission into the Bondi attack does not compromise criminal proceedings.

The US policy on Venezuela will end with a transition period preceded by stability and recovery, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says.

The US has seized a Russian-flagged tanker after a weeks-long pursuit across the Atlantic Ocean and apprehended a second vessel near the Caribbean Sea, marking the latest enforcement by President Donald Trump.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: For the second time in three weeks, Mr Mamdani is facing intense scrutiny for the years-old social media behaviour of a high-level appointee, forcing him to answer for his vetting processes.

A push to give the AFP and Home Affairs Department more counter-terrorism resources is intensifying after revelations that a national surveillance team was demobilised shortly before the Bondi attacks.

ANDREW GREENE: One Labor insider believes a federal royal commission would ‘set us up for a year of pain’.

Nick Reiner will enter a plea in a Los Angeles court to first-degree murder over the killing of his parents, acclaimed director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele.

Five years after rioters stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, Democrats highlighted Donald Trump’s role in stoking the mob and forcefully rebutted his efforts to rewrite the history of the attack.

Donald Trump has confirmed an enormous amount of crude oil is on its way to the US after discussions with Venezuela’s interim government.

Anthony Albanese is tipped to announce a royal commission into the Bondi Beach terror attack and extremism within days, with NSW now leaving the ball in the Prime Minister’s court over calling a joint inquiry. 

President Trump has said since his first term that he wants to acquire Greenland, and he asked aides for an updated plan on Monday. European leaders reject the President’s assertions.

Sam Groth will now resign as the Liberal Party’s deputy leader in Victoria on February 3 when Parliament resumes for the year.

Anthony Albanese’s agriculture chief says the Government has ‘serious concerns’ about China slapping tariffs on a key Australian export.

The White House says Donald Trump and his team are discussing a ‘range of options’ to acquire Greenland as a ‘priority’, adding the US military may be used.

It has been decades since the industry relished foreign-policy entanglements.