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Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have yet to name members of a technocratic leadership committee.

Hamas says govt will dissolve when Gazan body installed

Hamas' Government in the Gaza Strip will be dissolved once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over, the militant group says.

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Ukraine’s army says oil platforms it attacked in the Caspian Sea are used to supply Russian forces. (AP PHOTO)

Ukraine says it hit Russia oil platforms in Caspian Sea

Ukraine's ‍military says it ​has struck ⁠three drilling platforms in the Caspian Sea belonging to ‌the Russian ​oil firm Lukoil.

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US President Donald Trump has urged Cuba to make a deal ‘before it is too late,’ just over a week after the US seizure of the authoritarian leader of Venezuela.

Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal’ as US cuts Venezuelan oil

US President Donald Trump has urged Cuba to make a deal ‘before it is too late,’ just over a week after the US seizure of the authoritarian leader of Venezuela.

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Donald Trump is weighing military options as Iran protests erupt globally.

Trump weighs military options as Iran protests spread

US President Donald Trump is scheduled to be briefed on options to respond to the ballooning protests in Iran, a senior US official familiar with the matter has confirmed.

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Iran's regime is signalling a crackdown on ‘rioters’ as protests continue to grip the country. (AP PHOTO)

Iran on edge as protests spread and government threats grow

Protests in Iran continued through Saturday despite threats from the country’s supreme leader that he would expand the government’s crackdown on demonstrators, while the death toll has reportedly grown to 65.

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Protesters braved icy weather in Minneapolis to rally for Renee Good, who was shot by an ICE officer (AP PHOTO)

Tens of thousands protest over fatal ICE shooting

Demonstrators in Minneapolis have turned out in huge numbers to protest the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good.

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Ahmed Al-Ahmed: Bondi hero’s health declines after busy US trip, including meeting Kevin Rudd.

Bondi hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed’s health declines on busy US trip

Bondi attack survivor Ahmed Al-Ahmed has suffered another health setback while in New York for medical treatment, after meeting Kevin Rudd and being honoured at a gala dinner.

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Protests have spread across Iran over two weeks with demonstrators demanding an end to clerical rule (AP PHOTO)

Death toll from Iran protest violence 'reaches 116'

Activists say the death toll in nationwide protests challenging Iran's government has reached at least 116 people.

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Footage filmed by a US immigration agent captures the moments before he fatally shot Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good.

ICE agent’s own phone video captures fatal shooting

Dramatic footage filmed by a US immigration agent captures the moments before he fatally shot Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good, sparking nationwide protests and a federal investigation.

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The shocking moment a politician was struck in the head with a homemade explosive device has been caught on camera.

WATCH: Homemade bomb explodes on congresswoman’s head

The shocking moment a politician was struck in the head with a homemade explosive device has been caught on camera.

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President Donald Trump has said land strikes in Mexico will begin “now”.

‘Going to start now’: Trump threatens Mexico land strikes

Donald Trump has announced the US government will launch land strikes in Mexico to ‘target cartels’.

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President Donald Trump showed off his many personas during two-hour interview and tour of White House.

Trump’s vision of power restrained only by ‘my own morality’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump sought to present himself as indefatigable, projecting stamina and energy for a news organisation he has accused of seditious behaviour for reporting about his health and age.

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Portland shooting - FBI at the scene of a shooting involving federal agents at Adventist Health Portland on January 8, 2026 KATU

Two shot by US immigration agents, a day after ICE horror

Federal immigration agents have shot two people in Portland, one day after ICE agents shot dead a mother of three in Minneapolis. 

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Prince William and Princess Kate make surprise hospital visit in London

Prince and Princess of Wales make surprise London hospital visit

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have stepped out for their first public appearance of 2026, and it's melting hearts across the nation.

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Demonstrators in Minneapolis have accused US law enforcement agents of murdering a woman.

Minneapolis on edge after fatal shooting of woman by ICE

Minnesota's state investigations agency says the US attorney's office has cut off its access in the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent.

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