Yesterday
‘Beyond comprehension’: PM floored by Israel’s Gaza denial
Anthony Albanese has sharply criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s denials that children in Gaza are starving.
This Month
Corporate Australia keeps climate talks behind closed doors
The Business Council of Australia is unlikely to declare a public view on emissions reductions even as the government prepares to announce its new target.
US, China negotiators meet in Stockholm to extend trade truce
Any breakthrough could help set the stage for Donald Trump to meet with Xi Jinping.
Israel announces ‘tactical pause’ in fighting as famine fears mount
Israel says military activity would cease in several parts of Gaza to allow humanitarian aid in, following growing pressure from the international community.
‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
Israel’s offensive and aid curbs have tipped the enclave of 2.1 million Palestinians into famine.
PM says starving children in Gaza ‘beyond world’s worst fears’
Anthony Albanese has criticised Israel’s handling of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as Penny Wong refused to rule out recognising Palestinian statehood.
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.