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Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:45:46 +1000
The world marks 25 years since 9/11
Australia, the US and the world are marking 25 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:45:43 +1000
Day two of Republican midterm convention
The final night of the Republican midterm convention will culminate with speeches by Donald Trump and JD Vance.

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:44:11 +1000
In Dallas, a feisty Vance cements his status as Trump’s likely successor
The vice president is showing that he too can deal in the kind of ugly, personal mud-slinging that Trump’s loyal audiences have delighted in for years.

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:33:41 +1000
Diana’s risque ‘revenge dress’ is up for sale – and it’s grossly undervalued
Fashion was a tool the late princess frequently wielded, but perhaps most famously when she wore this black cocktail dress at the very moment her then-husband Charles was publicly admitting his infidelity.

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +1000
Australians remember lost loved ones 25 years on from September 11 attacks
Complex feelings about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and new revelations about the actions of city leaders at the time, are adding to the emotion of the 25th anniversary.

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +1000
September 11 changed the world, but events since have changed it more
After the terrorist strikes of 2001, few could have imagined the world that has emerged 25 years later.

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:15:55 +1000
Diana's 'revenge dress' goes up for sale
The princess wore the black silk evening dress at an event in June 1994, the same evening Prince Charles admitted to having an affair during an interview broadcast on national television..

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:40:42 +1000
Jimmy Kimmel blocked from airing James Talarico interview
Jimmy Kimmel has been blocked from airing an interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico after threats from the FCC.

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:11:19 +1000
At least five killed in Philippines ferry fire
Officials are today trying to confirm if any Australians were on board a ferry when it caught fire in the Philippines.

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:58:23 +1000
Drone display honours 9/11 victims
A drone display has recreated the Twin Towers in New York City ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks.

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +1000
September 11 led US to launch 25 years of ‘failed war at enormous cost’
Peter Hartcher was in Washington, DC, during the deadliest act of terrorism in modern history. But have we forgotten the lessons learnt in its wake?

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +1000
At half-full stadium, Trump makes desperate pitch to save the midterms
Donald Trump was funny, spontaneous, cutting, and entertaining at the Republican National Convention. But other than the big fat bribe, little was new in his speech.

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:46:11 +1000
Trump pledges to give all American adults $US5000
US President Donald Trump has pledged to give all American adults $US5000 if Republicans win at the crucial midterm elections, but there is a catch.

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:31:28 +1000
Five dead, dozens missing after ferry fire in Philippines
Five people are dead and more than 80 are missing after fire tore through a ferry in the Philippines.

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +1000
There were many Aussies in New York on 9/11. I was one of them
I looked up a few seconds before the first plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. I saw it go in, cookie-cutter style, and red flames leap around its shape at the impact.

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +1000
Uganda pulls out of Invictus Games, blaming ‘Harry-Meghan nonsense’
The extraordinary move was announced by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the country’s military chief and son of the Ugandan president, who said it was out of respect for King Charles.

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:44:43 +1000
Trump offers every American adult $US5000 if Republicans win midterms
Democrats quickly dismissed the idea as an election stunt that Donald Trump would not honour, pointing to previous plans to give Americans tariff dividends or distribute savings made by DOGE.

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:59:16 +1000
How the 9/11 terror attacks unfolded, minute by minute
The events of 9/11, as it unfolds, is told through the extraordinary footage captured by news networks, eyewitnesses and people on the scene. Video by Tom Compagnoni.

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:41:13 +1000
‘Satan fish’: The US drone sub captured by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz
The critical waterway has become a testing ground for new technologies, and now Iran has its hands on one of the US Navy’s hi-tech drone submarines.

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:12:34 +1000
As it happened: Trump speaks at Republican National Convention as US midterms loom
The highly unusual midterm convention – dubbed “Trump-a-Palooza” – is on in Dallas, Texas. The president spoke for about 90 minutes, hitting his regular range of topics and targets.

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