Donald Trump

US Israel tensionsWorld12 minutes ago

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on June 18, 2025 shows (L to R) a handout picture released by the official website of Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 12, 2025 depicting him during a meeting with Iranian students in Tehran; US President Donald Trump speaking to reporters about the G7 Summit aboard Air Force One while travelling back to Washington from Canada on June 16, 2025; and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu giving a news conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. Iran's supreme leader on June 18 described as

‘Don’t ruin Trump’s reputation’ furious US warns Netanyahu

The White House has rebuked Israel over a strike that killed a Hamas commander, with Donald Trump saying they’d probe whether it violated the ceasefire.

Liz Jamieson

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FILE - Jimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison in Hong Kong, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

Trump urges Xi to release Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai

US President voiced sadness over the Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul’s conviction under national security laws, while Lai’s son said the UK government should insist on his father’s release as a condition of better relations with China.

AFP

Doctored speechThe TimesAn hour ago

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 15, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Trump sues the BBC for $15bn over ‘fake news’

The British public broadcaster has apologised for a misleading edit of the president’s speech before the Capitol riot, which Trump said put ‘terrible words in my mouth’.

David Charter

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UK front page coverage of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack

How the Bondi Beach massacre was covered around the globe

Sydney father-of-two Ahmed Al Ahmed’s selfless bravery has made front-page news around the world as President Donald Trump praises his courage in bringing the rampage to an end.

Steve Jackson

EditorialEditorials

AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2025 This aerial view shows displaced Palestinians returning to the war-devastated Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on January 19, 2025, shortly before a ceasefire deal in the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas was implemented.. Mediator Qatar on January 19 confirmed the start of a truce between Israel and Hamas and said some of the initial three hostages to be freed hold foreign citizenship. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2025

Hamas-controlled Gaza in crisis

The creation of a multinational stabilisation force is painfully slow while the militants remain in business.

Editorial

Nation

DREXEL HILL, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 29: Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee moderates a roundtable discussion with Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center on October 29, 2024 in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. With one week until Election Day, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump’s Israel envoy slams ‘disgraceful’ PM

World leaders have condemned the deadly Bondi Beach shooting while Donald Trump’s Israel envoy attacks the Prime Minister for ignoring the attack’s anti-Semitic nature.

Thomas Henry

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From pink batts to the NDIS: a legacy of waste

Politicians never anticipate rorting even though the evidence shows smart crooks usually find ways to grift programs if they can access wads of public money.

Chris Mitchell

NEW CHIEFNation

Brisbane 2032 President Andrew Liveris AO, South Brisbane. Picture: Liam Kidston

Liveris to chair US-linked alliance

A former adviser to Donald Trump will lead the American Australian Association from 2026, taking charge at a critical time for US-Australia relations.

Joe Kelly

Peace hopeThe Wall Street Journal

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 8: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer bids farewell as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron depart following a meeting at Downing Street on December 8, 2025 in London, England. President Macron of France, Chancellor Merz of Germany join President Zelenskyy of Ukraine for a summit on the progress of peace talks hosted by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

The negotiating tactic keeping Zelensky in the game

The Ukraine President is trying to get on board with Donald Trump’s vision of peace, but not at the expense of political credibility at home.

Anastasiia Malenko

deadly border conflictWorld

President Donald Trump answers media questions after a bill signing ceremony with members of the 1980 U.S. Men's Olympic Hockey team, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump announces new Cambodia-Thailand truce as reports of violence continue

On Saturday, hours after the US President announced the neighbours had again agreed to stop fighting, Cambodia said Thailand continued dropping bombs in its territory.

AFP

iconic buildingThe Wall Street Journal

An excavator was on hand for work on the East Wing renovation project on October 28. Picture: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Trump faces lawsuit over White House East Wing demolition

The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants a judge to halt ballroom construction until there’s federal review.

Victoria Albert

See the photosThe Wall Street Journal

Trump and Epstein. Picture: House Oversight Committee

New Epstein estate photos show Trump, Clinton

The images are undated selections from thousands turned over by Epstein’s estate to Congress.

Khadeeja Safdar and Joe Palazzolo

InquirerInquirer

TOPSHOT - (L/R) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, President Donald Trump, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth prepare to depart at the conclusion of a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Can Australia perform under Donald Trump’s new military strategy?

Donald Trump’s contentious national security strategy doesn’t abandon us entirely but it’s clear Australia must do much more on defence.

Greg Sheridan

AnalysisThe Times

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L), Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (2nd L), France's President Emmanuel Macron (2nd R) and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) say goodbye outside Number 10 Downing Street following their talks in central London on December 8, 2025. (Photo by Toby Melville / POOL / AFP)

Can Europe secure a Ukraine peace deal by Christmas?

Donald Trump gave Volodymyr Zelensky just days to respond to a plan that was put together without European input. Now Britain and the EU want a meeting with the US president.

Oliver Wright, George Grylls and Marc Bennetts

EditorialEditorials

Trump ups the ante in Caracas

There is clearly much more than interdicting drug shipments to the US involved in Donald Trump’s provocative seizure of an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast.

Editorial

CommentaryCommentary

(FILES) US President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. Hungary's foreign minister said on October 17, 2025 that his country would ensure that Russian President Vladimir Putin can enter and

Trump’s peace plan: A multibillion-dollar Russian prize

The US President’s repeated concessions to Vladimir Putin come as massive business deals await US companies in post-war Russia.

Cameron Stewart

H200 AI chipsWorld

(FILES) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (R) speaks alongside US President Donald Trump about investing in America, at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2025. President Donald Trump said on December 8, 2025 that he had reached an agreement with President Xi Jinping to allow US chip giant Nvidia to export advanced artificial intelligence chips to China. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Nvidia chips will boost China’s military, Republicans warn

Republicans warn against the sale of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China at the same time as they talk up the importance of AUKUS as a deterrent against Beijing in the Indo-Pacific.

Joe Kelly

peace hopes fadeThe Times

(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of file photographs created on August 8, 2025 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) giving a speech during an event to mark the 1160th anniversary of Russia's statehood in Veliky Novgorod on September 21, 2022, and US President-elect Donald Trump looking on during a meeting with France's President at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on December 7, 2024. Trump announced on August 8, 2025 that he would meet Putin in Alaska on August 15, as the Republican billionaire hopes to help mediate an end to the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Ilya PITALEV and Sarah Meyssonnier / various sources / AFP)

Trump ‘in tune’ with Russian policy on Ukraine, says Kremlin

The comments add to growing unease among Volodymyr Zelensky and his supporters in Europe that Washington is Moscow’s ideological ally.

Marc Bennetts

EditorialEditorials

Gaza peace deal under pressure

Disarming Hamas was never going to be easy, despite the terrorists’ ostensible acceptance two months ago of Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan.

Editorial

COMMENTARYThe Times

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 18: Tucker Carlson, founder of Tucker Carlson Network, speaks on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump’s clarion call against the liberal order

In pursuit of an America First foreign policy, the president is prepared to jeopardise 80 years of liberal world order.

DANIEL FINKELSTEIN

Mass evacuationsWorld

TOPSHOT - Displaced residents evacuate with their belongings in their vehicle during clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border in Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province on December 10, 2025. Half a million evacuees in Cambodia and Thailand were sheltering in pagodas, schools and other safe havens on December 10, 2025 after fleeing renewed fighting in a century-old border dispute in which US President Donald Trump has vowed to again intercede. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP)

Martin Samuel

epstein sagaWorld

(FILES) This undated trial evidence image obtained December 8, 2021, from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York shows British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and US financier Jeffrey Epstein. The US Justice Department on August 22, 2025 released transcripts and audio recordings of an interview last month with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted accomplice of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Judge orders Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury records unsealed

A US federal judge has ordered the unsealing of secret grand jury records from Ghislaine Maxwell’s case after President Donald Trump signed legislation forcing release of all Jeffrey Epstein files.

AFP

sweeping attackWorld

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable event to discuss aid for farmers, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 8, 2025. President Trump is announcing a $12 billion aid package for US farmers, targeting a key support base hit by his trade policies. Since Trump's return to the White House in January, many US farmers have been battered by impacts of his wide-ranging tariffs, including retaliatory measures from trading partners. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Europe is ‘decaying’ and has ‘weak’ leaders: Trump

The US President launched a scathing attack on Europe over migration, political correctness and the war in Ukraine.

Staff writers and AFP

playing nice?World

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, talks with Vice President JD Vance prior to the arrival of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Vance’s shoe size gibe lifts lid on rivalry with Rubio

Donald Trump’s dressing down over footwear gave the veep the chance to bait his fellow Republican, writes George Grylls in Washington

George Grylls

commentaryCommentary

Paul Keating, left,Aand US President Donald Trump. Pictures: News Corp/AFP

‘Trump has one virtue alone – he may prevent a World War III’

Donald Trump’s national security strategy abandons global leadership for Western hemisphere dominance. Former PM Paul Keating hails it as a historic turning point terminating the post-World War II era.

Paul Kelly

Southeast AsiaWorld

TOPSHOT - This handout photo taken and released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP) on December 8, 2025 shows local residents evacuating following clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border in Oddar Meanchey province. Thailand launched air strikes on its neighbour Cambodia on December 8, 2025, the Thai army said, with both sides trading blame for the latest eruption of fighting on their disputed border which killed a Thai soldier. (Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Thailand, Cambodia inch closer to war in border dispute

Neither country can afford a full-scale conflict. But as their century-old border conflict once again escalates, putting Donald Trump’s ceasefire in jeopardy, ‘the danger lies in momentum rather than strategy’.

Amanda Hodge

commentaryWorld

Anthony Albanese has requested a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Picture: NewsWire

We should work with Washington to make Gaza peace work

As the Gaza peace plan moves toward the second phase, now is the time to reset our vulnerable relationship with Israel.

Anthony Bergin

Trade boomThe Times

A container ship sails through the harbor in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province, on Nov. 30, 2025. (Chinatopix via AP)

China defies Trump tariffs to post record $1.6 trillion surplus

Chinese exporters have defied expectations by hitting an unprecedented trade surplus milestone while facing the most severe US trade restrictions.

Jack Barnett

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