Politics

Donald Trump, here attending the World Cup draw, says it's not appropriate for Iran to compete.

‘Not appropriate’: Trump warns Iran over World Cup safety

Donald Trump has questioned whether Iran’s national football team should attend the World Cup in the United States, citing concerns for the players’ safety.

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Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, seen in 2019, has made his first statement since his appointment.

Iran's new supreme leader vows to keep strait closed

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as Tehran fights the United States and Israel

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The president goes out of his way to make allowances for strongman leaders whom he has praised as smart and savvy. But he takes a far more aggressive approach with leaders he sees as weak.

How Trump picks his battles

The president goes out of his way to make allowances for strongman leaders whom he has praised as smart and savvy. But he takes a far more aggressive approach with leaders he sees as weak.

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Energy Minister Chris Bowen has lowered fuel quality standards in a bid to get an extra 100 million litres a month more petrol into the Australia market — especially regional areas — amid fears shortages could cripple transport and food supplies.

Bowen pumps out dirty fuel rescue to starve off shortages

The Energy Minister has lowered fuel quality standards in a bid to get an extra 100 million litres a month more petrol into the Australia market amid fears shortages could cripple transport and food supplies.

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US, Australia, war plans The Nightly

Labor still dodging questions of Aus involvement in war

Labor has continued to obfuscate basic questions about what military or logistical support the United States has asked Australia to provide in the US-Israel-Iran war. 

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Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen.

Chris Bowen has got to make up his mind on petrol ‘crisis’

Australians may now be realising that a vast continent with only two oil refineries has been engaged in risky business when it comes to fuel supplies.

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Former spy chief Dennis Richardson has quit the anti-Semitism royal commission.

Ex-ASIO chief’s resignation rocks Bondi royal commission

The senior bureaucrat’s dramatic and poorly explained departure will shake confidence in the anti-Semitism inquiry.

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Two oil tankers have been struck in an “unidentified attack” in Iraqi waters.

Iran vows revenge as nations agree to release oil reserves

The International Energy Agency will release 400 million barrels of oil, it’s largest ever release as Iran threatens to send oil prices to $200 a barrel.

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Nationals leader Matt Canavan is a walking contradiction.

Matt Canavan’s mission: Drag the Nats back from the abyss

MARK RILEY: Matt Canavan is a political enigma. And he is exactly the person the Nationals need to prevent them from following the dinosaurs into extinction.

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Donald Trump ‘s administration is investigating what it says are unfair trade practices of dozens of countries.

New front on Trump’s trade war as China, EU ‘investigated’

The US is investigating what it considers unfair trade practices by dozens of countries, opening the door to further tariffs as Donald Trump seeks to replace duties struck down by the Supreme Court.

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Energy Minister Chris Bowen hopes lowering fuel standards will help lower pressure on fuel prices.

Why Albanese is allowing dirtier fuel into Australia

The Albanese Government will allow dirtier fuel to be used in Australia to combat the record-high petrol price crisis.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks with Britain's then-ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson last February.

Newly released files show UK PM was warned about Mandelson

Files released on Thursday show Keir Starmer was explicitly warned about Peter Mandelson’s links to the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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Dennis Richardson.

‘Grossly overpaid’ ex-spook felt ‘surplus’ to needs

Dennis Richardson says he wasn’t doing enough on the anti-Semitism royal commission to justify his mammoth $5500 a day pay

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Iranian healthcare workers hold photos of schoolchildren killed in Minab during a demonstration outside the Gandhi Hospital in Tehran.

US to blame for Iran school strike that killed 175

THE NEW YORK TIMES: An ongoing military investigation has determined the US is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, and the likely reason for the deadly bungle.

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The FBI has warned California about Iran's alleged plan to strike the US.

REVEALED: Iran’s alleged plan to strike US homeland

Iran’s aspiration to conduct a surprise drone strike on the United States has been revealed, with the FBI urgently warning local law enforcement over the threat.

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