This Month
Australia and 24 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’
Nations condemned “the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs”.
Standing up to Trump is the true test
Readers’ letters on dealing with China and the US, the productivity summit, the road to renewables and shaking up superannuation.
Israel strikes Syrian military HQ as crisis grows
The Israeli government has stepped up attacks on Syria’s military in what it says is an attempt to protect the Druze minority group.
Are we seeing the outlines of a new Middle East?
Syria is the testing ground for what comes next in the Middle East, which could be a retreat from the overt sectarianism that has plagued the region.
‘Rarely ends with words’: Burke’s plea to curb antisemitic attacks
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke calls on communities to intervene when they see signs people may be engaging in bigoted language.
Why Glastonbury was fast fashion, not art
From Australia to the UK, cultural gatekeepers who usually have a hair-trigger trained on bigotry are remarkably laissez-faire on matters that involve Jews.
June
‘I think it’s close’: Trump says of potential Gaza ceasefire
The US president said it is possible that Israel and Iran-backed Hamas militants will agree to end their battle in Gaza within a week.
‘China is watching’: What Trump’s Iran strike means for Taiwan
Donald Trump has reasserted US power through the Iran bombings and forcing Europe to spend more on defence. But what does China think?
Why the US will remain the world’s policeman
The lesson of the Iran intervention is that America’s dreaded retreat from the world is more talked about than strictly realistic, whoever is the president.
Trump compares Iran strikes to Hiroshima as he rejects Pentagon report
The US president was furious about a Pentagon report that said US strikes only set Iran’s nuclear program back a few months but said the two sides would talk next week.
Iran-Israel conflict cools, but this is not the reset Trump wanted
The Islamic Republic is battered but not definitively defeated. Israel and the US, then, need to find alternative ways of securing lasting peace in the region.
Farmers welcome wheat price spike after Iran conflict
Wheat farmers are hopeful about the year ahead after turmoil in the Middle East triggered a long-awaited upswing in the price of the key Australian export.
Credit to Trump for putting American and global security first
The Australian Financial Review has rarely had a positive word to say about Donald Trump, yet he has done the world a favour by taking out Tehran’s nuclear program.
‘Regime change’ or peace: Trump’s head-spinning Iran policy
The president claims another Middle East war has ended – just days after the US joined it.
Iran’s weak response is a win for markets. But there’s more good news
Investors’ big war fears appear to have passed, and now the prospect of US interest rate cuts is getting stronger. That’s positive for complacent bulls.
Trump surprises everyone, doesn’t break Middle East
The attitude of both the president and Iran after overnight missiles were directed at a US military base in Qatar, showed both sides were looking for an off-ramp.
Want to stop high energy prices? End addiction to imported oil
The escalating conflict in the Middle East could have dire consequences for global energy markets and the economies dependent on imports – like Australia.
Why Trump’s MAGA voters may be pro-war after all
Opinion may still change if the US finds itself in a long, drawn-out war, but it may have been wrong to think the president’s base would be turned off by strikes on Iran.
Travel chaos in Gulf as planes divert, turnaround mid-flight
Qatar suspended flights over its airspace and flights in and out of Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest hub, were temporarily suspended.
Iran attacks nerve centre of US air power
The Islamic Republic targeted the sprawling desert facility in Qatar that serves as a main regional military hub for American forces.