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Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:24:13 +1100Iranian community in Australia react to deadly protests
The rising death toll has rocked Iranian communities in Australia as they struggle to make contact with relatives who are cut off from the outside world.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:11:12 +1100Dozens killed after crane falls on Thai passenger train
The impact of the collapse caused the coaches to derail and catch fire.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:03:43 +1100The husband, the au pair and the stranger they allegedly used in plot to kill wife
In her final words, Christine Banfield warned her husband the intruder had a knife. What he did next is the focus of the double murder trial that has begun this week.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:44:15 +1100The Ayatollah v Musk showdown that is shaping Iran’s fate
It took just two words for Elon Musk to launch an extraordinary challenge to a system of control painstakingly built by Iran over decades. Now the regime is fighting back.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:47:39 +1100After Venezuela, Trump is gassed up on ‘winning’ – he will probably decide he must act in Iran
But compare the way Donald Trump views protesters at home with those in Iran and it’s clear few principles are guiding his approach, even as he calls for Iranians to risk their lives.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:49:04 +1100Iran protester could be executed a week after arrest
An Iranian protester could be arrested just under a week after his arrest, with his family reportedly denied access to him.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:51:50 +1100‘Appropriate and unambiguous response’: Trump flips bird at heckling factory worker
The US President was touring a Ford assembly line in Detroit when a worker on the plant floor shouted out to him as he stood on an elevated walkway.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:57:27 +1100Iran protests: Trump says 'help' on way
US President Donald Trump urges Iranians to keep protesting as 2000 people reportedly killed.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:53:08 +1100Four options open to Trump as he looks to punish Iran
The US president has warned that Tehran’s “killers and abusers” will pay a big price for the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests. Here’s what he could do.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:39:27 +1100‘Deeply perverse’: US State Department criticises Albanese’s hate speech bill
Sarah Rogers, the under secretary of state for public diplomacy, said she was digging into the proposed laws, but that they appeared “clumsy” and could be badly enforced.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:21:04 +1100Federal prosecutors quit in protest over investigation into fatal ICE shooting
The Trump administration’s handling of the fatal shooting of Renee Good last week has prompted more chaos within the US Justice Department.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:28:58 +1100Trump gives the finger, appears to swear at factory worker
Donald Trump appears to have sworn at a factory worker during a visit to Detroit.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:50:04 +1100This Iranian protester faces ‘imminent’ execution – just days after his arrest
Erfan Soltani’s family was told his death sentence was final and that he would only be allowed a brief moment with his relatives before being hanged.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:41:35 +1100‘There are rivers of blood’: Iran horror emerges as phone lines restored
With as many as 2000 dead, the US president hinted at potential military intervention as he cancelled talks and urged protesters to keep going, saying help was “on its way”.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:06:32 +1100Activists say death toll in Iran protests passes 2000 killed
Iranian authorities have launched one of the deadliest crackdowns on unrest in more than a decade.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:21:45 +1100Clintons refuse to testify in Epstein probe ‘designed to result in our imprisonment’
The former US first couple said they would not comply with a subpoena, as Republicans prepared contempt of Congress proceedings against them.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +1100We’ve seen the video. Trump’s lies about it are breaking the country
The terrible divisiveness of police violence is why responsible leaders respond to every incident with extreme care. You don’t send out allies and subordinates to whip up public anger.
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:00:57 +1100Trump’s Iran tariff threatens to reignite China trade war
Trump’s tariff threat against countries doing business with Iran could have dire consequences for the already fragile US-China trade truce negotiated last year.
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:48:26 +1100Trump furthers push for Greenland
Donald Trump is stepping up his push to take over Greenland, declaring the United States "needs" the island.
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:47:02 +1100Rudd’s successor will need to be a political animal to survive DC
His infamous tweet left a question mark over his capacity to do the job, but Kevin Rudd changed the narrative.