This Month
Trump pulls US out of UNESCO for second time
The president has continued his pattern of withdrawing from global agencies, this time claiming that the UN culture and education agency supports “woke” policies.
‘Tanks trapped us’: 85 killed in Gaza on deadliest day for aid-seekers
Israeli troops have killed at least 85 Palestinians trying to reach food in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the territory’s Health Ministry said.
Inside Gaza’s humanitarian aid ‘death traps’
A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Between local thieves and IDF attacks, many return empty-handed, or not at all.
BCG earned over $1.5m for mothballed Gaza aid project
Work with the private US group Fogbow overlapped with the start of a separate effort to help the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Australia loses top climate diplomat as COP bid on edge
The Albanese government has left a key diplomatic post vacant as it scrambles to secure hosting rights for a major UN climate summit next year.
Watt blasts activists for politics not science in World Heritage fight
Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt says some Woodside opponents are undermining a World Heritage bid to protect ancient Indigenous rock art.
Israel sends delegation to Qatar for talks on Gaza truce
Although Israel and Hamas appear willing to explore the new plan, they could still stall over the most sensitive sticking points, as has happened before.
Bowen defends summit bid as climate action anger mounts
The Coalition and the Greens joined forces to put pressure on the government to act on an algal bloom that is killing untold numbers of marine wildlife.
June
Iran could be enriching fuel again in a ‘matter of months’
The chief United Nations nuclear inspector said that the damage to the Islamic Republic’s facilities from the US attacks was “severe” but not “total”.
Trump says US will speak with Iran next week, war ‘over’ for now
The president said America may sign an agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program, and dismissed a report that said the impact of United States’ strikes was limited.
‘Gambler’ Trump turns to China to pressure Iran on oil supply
An increasingly isolated Iran promises to end the war on its terms, as US and Europe warn against closing the world’s busiest shipping lane for oil.
Where is Iran’s uranium? Fate of US bombings hangs on 400kg stockpile
The critical question will be whether the country’s nuclear program has been destroyed, or simply pushed into smaller, secret facilities that are harder to find.
US strikes core of Iran’s secret nuclear program
The three sites the US hit with missiles and bombs represent critical parts of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, some of which are buried deep underground.
‘For him, it’s personal’: Netanyahu’s relished war with Iran
The Israeli prime minister’s career looked finished after the October 7 attack by Hamas. But now he is pursuing a conflict he has proposed for years.
Is Iran really developing nuclear weapons?
Experts question Israel’s claim that Tehran had begun a nuclear weapons program, but warn it has become a “threshold” state.
Israel widens attacks against Iran, striking broadcaster
An Iranian state news anchor was live on air when an explosion shook the scene, causing falling debris and the sound of screams and breaking glass.
Iran lauds ‘new method’ as missiles hit Tel Aviv, Haifa
At least five people were killed in the latest Iranian strikes, the national emergency service said, raising Israel’s death toll to 18 since Friday.
The nuclear fortress Israel is desperate to destroy
Buried half a kilometre underground, Iran’s Fordow enrichment plant is the ultimate test of Israeli air power.
Netanyahu’s 6 reasons for hitting enfeebled Iran now
In attacking, the Israeli prime minister has short-circuited the debate in Washington and started a possible new cycle of escalation.
Israel’s strikes are major snub to ‘global peacemaker’ Trump
Israel’s strikes on dozens of Iranian targets appear to rebuff the US president, who has repeatedly urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to target Tehran.