Sydney Morning Herald World News

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:15:20 +1100
More than 1000 dead in devastating fortnight of Asian storms
Hundreds more remain missing after the latest extreme weather to hit the region caused floods and landslides, in a horror wet season.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:13:54 +1100
‘I deeply regret my choices’: Bali ambush accused apologises to victim’s widow
Sydney plumber Darcy Jenson is one of three Australians facing a potential death sentence over the June killing of Zivan Radmanovic in Bali.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:06:31 +1100
Plumber apologises for actions during Bali shooting trial
An alleged point man has said sorry to the wife of a Melbourne man shot dead in Bali in June.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:06:26 +1100
Sydney man accused of Bali hit role apologises
The man on trial for his alleged role as a point man in a gangland hit has apologised to the wife of the man who died.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +1100
Off-grid family offered free home in Italy to help with return of children
A restaurateur has given the keys to his Airbnb cottage to the Australian-British family while they make court-ordered upgrades to their home in the Italian wilderness.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:44:09 +1100
‘Blood oil’ on the ground: I’ve seen first hand the devastation of war in Ukraine
The Herald’s chief photographer has spent 23 years on assignment in war-torn countries: Ukraine really hit home.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:25:19 +1100
Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a pardon to end his long-running corruption trial. Will he get one?
The Israeli prime minister has for years been dogged by charges of fraud and bribery in a case that has pushed Israel’s polarised politics even further apart.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:35:14 +1100
Police plead for tips after California birthday party mass shooting
Three children and an adult were killed in what investigators believe was a “targeted incident”.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:22:11 +1100
‘Safe forever’: Rubio says Ukraine talks about more than ending the fighting
A new team of Ukrainian negotiators meets senior Trump aides, as Ukraine’s leader tries to draw a line under the corruption scandal that has engulfed his government.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:21:03 +1100
They were expecting their usual floods. What hit was a one-in-300-year monster
The southern Thailand city of Hat Yai is used to flooding. But resident Krongkarn Jantarasavad says what ended up happening was inconceivable.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:57:59 +1100
US and Ukraine hold peace talks
Diplomats from Ukraine and the US are meeting for high-level talks in Florida aimed at securing peace.

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 22:52:12 +1100
‘Broken hearts’ and curdling fury as Hong Kong mourns fire victims
As the death toll climbed to 146 on Sunday, residents told how they had complained about the renovations in the 40-year-old towers, and requested they be done one at a time.

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:10:55 +1100
Trump’s warning over Venezuela
US President Donald Trump has declared the airspace above Venezuela should be considered closed.

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:20:54 +1100
Ukrainian naval drones hit two Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tankers
Separately, a Russian attack on Ukraine’s capital killed six people and wounded dozens, as the US attempts to broker peace talks to end the war.

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:30:00 +1100
I commanded Ukraine’s armed forces – here’s how to undermine Russia’s strategy and defeat Putin
The conflict in Ukraine has been going on for 12 years. Let there be no doubt over Russia’s broader goal in Eastern Europe.

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 14:51:10 +1100
US medicine regulator claims COVID jabs killed at least 10 children
A critic of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr described the internal memo an example of science “by press release”.

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:57:15 +1100
Trump declares Venezuelan airspace closed as stand-off escalates
The US president is threatening to take more aggressive steps over the alleged drug trade, while planning to pardon a former Honduras president jailed on cocaine charges.

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:45:00 +1100
Australian sales furore turns spotlight on UK asylum hotels
The British government is investigating its contracts with an Australian travel company that helps manage thousands of asylum seekers.

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:42:57 +1100
'Exasperation and anger': Locals still reeling after Hong Kong apartment blaze
North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin on the ground in Hong Kong after the deadly apartment fires.

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 10:55:05 +1100
Ukraine says it targeted two Russian tankers with drones in the Black Sea
The two oil tankers were empty and sailing to a major Russian Black Sea oil terminal.

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