Scott Morrison says Labor must embrace AUKUS as a military deterrent against China, warning that the stabilisation of ties with Beijing must not obscure strategic intent behind the landmark agreement
Pete Hegseth is fighting back against allegations of drunkenness on the job, sexual assault and financial mismanagement to try to save his job as next defence secretary.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has promoted AUKUS as central to global security, and is urging Donald Trump to boost the US defence industrial base to deter international threats.
Donald Trump is reportedly considering presidential rival Ron DeSantis as his defence secretary as doubts grow over whether military veteran and TV host Pete Hegseth will be confirmed.
By raising the stakes in the Israel-Hamas conflict, Donald Trump is hoping to look stronger than Joe Biden and take the credit for any settlement secured prior to his January 20 inauguration.
The Albanese government is set to once again switch its vote on key UN resolutions, including one supporting an ‘irreversible pathway’ to a Palestinian state, as the family of an Israeli hostage said Donald Trump’s Hamas vow had given them ‘some optimism’.
Donald Trump’s threat to rain ‘hell’ on Gaza unless Hamas releases its Israeli hostages is ‘typical Trump hyperbole’ but could help create an off-ramp for the warring parties, Middle East expert Greg Barton says.
Joe Biden has emerged as a critic of the US justice system in pardoning his son Hunter in a move that will undermine the Democratic attacks on Donald Trump and fuel Republican outrage.
Donald Trump has broken bread with Justin Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago, with the pair discussing the incoming administration’s threat to impose tariffs of 25 per cent on Canadian goods.
Mexico’s President denies agreeing to close the border in her conversation with Donald Trump as Joe Biden warns him that new tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will prove counter-productive.
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