This Month
Trump insists he stopped India-Pakistan war despite Modi denial
The US president tried to take credit for a halt in hostilities between India and Pakistan, but Narendra Modi said the United States was not involved.
Asian Development Bank mulls lifting nuclear power funding ban
The rethink follows a decision by the board of the World Bank last week to remove its decades-long prohibition on funding nuclear energy.
May
All quiet on India-Pakistan border after days of air strikes
India and Pakistan at the weekend reached an understanding to stop all military actions on land, in the air and at sea, in a US-brokered ceasefire.
Fragile India, Pakistan ceasefire holds after reports of firing
The ceasefire was expected to bring a swift end to weeks of escalating clashes, but the two nuclear powers accused each other of violating it hours later.
Why China’s military is the big winner from India-Pakistan attacks
India and Pakistan’s biggest skirmish in decades is also a major testing ground for Chinese and Western jets and other military hardware.
Tony Abbott backs Taylor, Price for Liberal leadership
The former PM has thrown his weight behind Angus Taylor and Jacinta Price to take over the Liberal leadership; Ed Husic unloads on Richard Marles. How the day unfolded.
Pakistan hits back at India as fears grow of all-out war
India and Pakistan inched closer to all-out war on Saturday after the pair exchanged missile fire in the latest escalation of tensions.
Pakistan says it shot down 12 Indian drones
The latest response follows Indian missile strikes on Pakistani locations that killed 31 civilians, including women and children, according to officials.
How India’s military might stacks up against Pakistan’s
Pakistan’s 660,000-strong military is less than half the size of India’s and its defence spending was a 10th of its eastern neighbour’s last year.
India and Pakistan are in a dangerous cycle of escalation over Kashmir
The Modi government has attempted to position the strikes as legitimate counter-terrorism rather than acts of war.
US-China talks seek to save face, and their economies
Tariff negotiations between the two superpowers this weekend offer the prospect of retreat from a full-on trade war. But will the market’s sense of relief prove premature?
What next for nuclear-armed India and Pakistan?
The delicate line between escalation and restraint wears dangerously thin after tit-for-tat strikes.
‘Things can spin out of control’: India, Pakistan trade military strikes
The tit-for-tat blows between the two nations came amid soaring tensions over last month’s militant attack on tourists in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.
ASIC accuses Macquarie; Wilson backs nuclear; NAB most hunted bank
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February
Inglis ton lifts Aussies to famous ODI win over England
Australia chased down the victory target of 5-356 with 15 balls to spare courtesy of the batsman’s heroics.
December 2024
Manmohan Singh, leader who unleashed India’s economy, dies
The Oxford and Cambridge-educated former prime minister paved the way for the transformation of the South Asian nation’s economy.
Meet the Aussies taking cricket to the home of Moneyball
Home runs and hot dogs aren’t normally associated with cricket but a small group of Australians are trying to make America fall in love with the sport.
October 2024
Iran, Israel and the rising threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb
Iran’s supreme leader may decide that the only way ahead for the regime - despised by its own citizens and vulnerable to Israeli attack - is nuclear weapons.
September 2024
Israel strikes multiple fronts amid fears of regional war
Israel’s show of military force reached from Lebanon to the province of Hodeidah in Yemen, where IDF warplanes attacked power plants and shipping infrastructure.
August 2024
Bangladesh protesters back Nobel laureate for government role
Protesters have called for Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to be named chief adviser of a new interim government after PM Sheikh Hasina fled the country.