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Fifteen Australian flags were briefly among more than 230 put on display to welcome the British King on his arrival in the US capital.

The local EV brands have showcased their AI chops at China’s annual car show in Beijing. And with many of these vehicles ready to land in Australia, there is one issue that’s slipping through the cracks.

Fifteen Australians are risking “death, injury or deportation” as a flotilla attempts to break Israel’s land and sea blockade of Gaza.

With a stranglehold on Iran’s economy, the US president is in a strong position to wait it out. But he doesn’t have the patience for that, and neither do Americans.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will travel to Islamabad this weekend, the White House has confirmed.

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a three-week extension of their ceasefire in a deal inked at the White House.

In a move that goes far beyond Australian measures, anyone 17 or under in the UK will be banned from buying cigarettes or vapes for life despite warnings the move will encourage the black market.

The discovery, based on novel techniques to analyse fossilised beaks, details how colossal octopuses prowled the depths during the age of dinosaurs.

A major fire has broken out at a popular resort in Bali's Nusa Dua region.

Lawrence Saywell survived Nazi prison camps and joined up with Czech freedom fighters only to cruelly lose his life the day Germany surrendered.

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Robert F Kennedy Jr and Donald Trump have explained their incorrect view of percentages.

The trip came as Ukraine vowed it would not give up a “single millimetre” of its territory and landed a long-promised $147 billion European funding boost to help drive back Russia’s forces.

Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture the Venezuelan president and is accused accessing classified information to make money on prediction market site Polymarket.

The prince arrived with no public notice to address the Kyiv Security Forum, where he said he was speaking as a former soldier rather than a political figure and called for American leadership to end the war.

Preparations are underway for the Anzac Day dawn service at Gallipoli in Turkey.

Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to destroy any Iranian mine-laying ships.

Donald Trump said the US military would act with “no hesitation” after Iran seized two ships in the waterway amid continued deadlock over efforts to end the two-month war.

Iran has seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz as the Pentagon warns clearing mines could take six months.