Politics

Randa Abdel-Fattah, who was dropped from Adelaide Writers’ Week, has flagged suing South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas for defamation.

A senior Trump administration official has warned Australia’s proposed hate speech legislation could have ‘deeply perverse’ outcomes that let extremists off the hook while penalising legitimate debate.

In a letter, the former president said a subpoena issued by the House Oversight Committee was ‘invalid and legally unenforceable’.

US President Donald Trump has recently stepped up rhetoric about taking control of Greenland, but the autonomous territory says it ‘stands united’ with Denmark.

A senior Nationals senator from Victoria has made a shocking declaration about Western Sydney in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

An Australian man will front court on Wednesday after allegedly making multiple threats to kill a Federal politician.

Global central bank chiefs, including Australia's Michele Bullock, have issued a rare joint statement, backing US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Former Labor ministers are emerging as the frontrunners to replace Kevin Rudd as Australia's ambassador to the US after he chose to retire a year early.

More than 2000 people are reported to have been killed in Iran's protests that were sparked by the country's dire economic conditions.

Neo-nazi group the National Socialist Network has announced it will disband ahead of the introduction of proposed hate speech laws to avoid members being arrested and charged.

Feverish speculation is underway as to who will fill the country’s most prized diplomatic position after Kevin Rudd’s early resignation as Australia’s Ambassador to the US.

A rising Labor star has issued an apology after complaints of a ‘shoot, shag, marry’ game allegedly being played at a Hobart festival.

But the group dedicated to Israel’s destruction claimed a law that could impose 15-year jail terms on its leaders was designed to protect the Jewish state from scrutiny over the war in Gaza.

The case was brought to the World Court by a country not directly affected by the alleged genocide of the Rohingya, a precedent for similar claims against other countries, including Israel.

Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar ‘perfidy’.