Politics

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Israeli and Lebanese representatives engaged in talks in Washington DC are part of a ‘historic opportunity’.

The US Central Command has confirmed an enormous military presence is enforcing President Donald Trump’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

The International Monetary Fund is urging the Reserve Bank to look through the energy price shock and warns the government against wasteful stimulus measures.

In an election with the highest voter turnout in Hungary’s democratic history, Magyar’s Tisza Party won a two-thirds supermajority.

Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers will hold talks with key counterparts in Asia and Washington as the Government focuses on securing fuel and fertiliser supplies for Australia while it shapes its Budget.

Foreigners who fail to live by Australian values face deportation, as the Liberal Party also vows to weed out hate preachers, restrict first-home buyer help to citizens and ‘drastically’ cut immigration.

Australians’ confidence in the economy has evaporated under the weight of out-of-control inflation, rising interest rates, fuel shortages and a Middle East war.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The US proposed a 20-year ‘suspension’ of all nuclear activity. That would allow the Iranians to claim they had not permanently given up their right to produce their own nuclear fuel.

Australia will join UK and France-led international talks this week about safeguarding the Strait of Hormuz but is still unlikely to send any support before the US-Israel-Iran war ends.

The Australian government’s refusal to join the US-led naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is being highlighted in the latest viral Iranian propaganda video featuring LEGO characters.

JD Vance’s cringeworthy Hungary pitch caps a rough week for Donald Trump’s would-be successor.

The US President’s post attacking Pope Leo as ‘weak on crime’ remains online and so do countless posts from legions of critics who believe Donald Trump’s mental fitness for office should be evaluated.

Security agencies would cooperate to scrutinise the social media of people applying for visas under a new policy Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has unveiled.

Labor ministers have hit out at a hardline coalition plan to end non-discriminatory migration based on acceptance of 'fair go' Australian values.