After a stunning loss highlighted by the omission of Mitchell Starc, Australia now faces a do-or-die battle with India, and even if they produce a win, they will be relying on a net-run rate to progress to the semis.
The Rest is Politics co-host Rory Stewart weighs in on the UK election, 14 years of Conservative government and his life as an MP.
Pat Cummins’ brilliant T20 World Cup hat-trick wrote his name into the record books, but it’s placed enormous pressure on selectors as Australia weighs up its team for Afghanistan.
With its spot in the next stage of the T20 World Cup secured, Australia shook up its XI against Scotland. It saw Ashton Agar get the chance to dust off the cobwebs, but not Cameron Green. BEN HORNE explains why.
Australia sent some of our finest to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. If only we had known a sanctuary for Islamist extremism was being built in our cities.
Defence Minister Richard Marles has been sitting for nearly two years on a Victoria Cross recommendation for a soldier who served in Vietnam.
An Australian man gunned down in Afghanistan is recovering in a Kabul hospital after a deadly attack on foreign tourists that claimed the lives of six people.
An Australian tourist has been injured in a deadly shooting incident in central Afghanistan.
The Australian man gunned down in a deadly attack on foreign tourists in Afghanistan is in a stable condition in hospital.
The refusal of the nation’s military leaders to accept responsibility for war crimes in Afghanistan has generated ‘anger and bitter resentment’, an independent report has warned.
A former army lawyer who leaked classified documents to the ABC will learn his fate when he is sentenced next week.
A former army lawyer who leaked classified documents to the ABC will learn his fate when he is sentenced next week.
Anthony Albanese’s demand for ‘full accountability’ on Zomi Frankcom’s death comes as the government drags its feet on compensating families of 39 Afghans killed by alleged Australian war criminals.
There wasn’t any foreign oversight of the investigation into events in Afghanistan or Iraq. Clearly, it’s one rule for Australia not extended to others as we send a special adviser to Israel.
The president has forgetten the mistaken US missile strike that killed 10 innocents in Kabul in 2021, says the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal
Contrary to Joe Biden’s assurances, the US has little visibility into Afghanistan as it becomes a sanctuary for ISIS-Khorasan.
Armed with a burner phone and his wits, Aaron Robinson helped rescue hundreds of people from Kabul and then disappeared. Two years later, those he saved finally got to say ‘thank you’.
If ISKP pulled off an attack in the US, it would crystallise a feeling the president is weak in the face of global threats and has lost control of America’s border.
US intelligence that forewarned Moscow of an attack belies Putin’s cynical effort to blame Ukraine.
With Australia pulling out of facing Afghanistan, and Ireland seeming to do the same to the Aussies, an unlikely saviour has arisen with the national team set to face a rare opponent.
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