Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has shared video taunting prisoners who were detained from the Gaza flotilla, a group of people that included Australians.

Hillel Newman has condemned Itamar Ben-Gvir’s actions in the video, but explained that internal politics means the country’s national security minister is unlikely to suffer any consequences.

Iran has threatened to push conflict beyond the Middle East if the US and Israel continue strikes through a fraying ceasefire.

The foreign minister has led a chorus of condemnation towards an Israeli minister after he shared a video taunting a group of prisoners.

The flight from London’s Heathrow to Singapore on May 21, 2024, hit an unexpected updraught, hurling passengers and flight attendants through the cabin.

Worried families back home claim the Australian government is asking them for updates, rather than giving them. Here’s what we know about those detained in the Negev Desert.

Neve O’Connor is a Melbourne woman in the custody of the Israeli government after attempting to reach the Gaza Strip by boat as part of a protest flotilla carrying aid for Palestinians.

Seven of the 11 detained flotilla activists from Australia pre-recorded videos, shared with this masthead, to be released once they were intercepted by Israel.

The long fight for justice by victims of a man who allegedly dosed them with diuretics has raised fresh concerns over how France treats serious abuse accusations.

At his confirmation hearing, David Brat was urged to push Australia to crack down on “malign Chinese influence” and assist in tackling the rise of antisemitism.

The charges include conspiracy to kill US nationals and four counts of murder over the downing of two civilian planes by Cuban military jets in 1996.

Israel defence minister Ben-Gvir posted a video to X showing him taunting bound and detained activists.

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have agreed to a raft of deals during the Russian president's visit to China.

An Iranian-flagged tanker has been boarded and redirected by US Marines enforcing a blockade on iran.

Donald Trump says he was just an hour away from launching a new attack on Iran as the US president sets a new deadline for the country to come to a deal.

The Russian leader has been welcomed to Beijing with the same red carpet pomp bestowed on Trump days earlier. But while Putin and Xi share an unmatchable bromance, the US-China relationship matters more to Beijing.

An absence of focus projects has plagued the second prong of the Australia-UK-US pact, with industry leaders regularly complaining about a lack of strategic direction.

Soon after killing Iran’s supreme leader and other top officials, the US and Israel reportedly considered installing hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a more pliable replacement.

The US president may be keeping cards close to his chest on what happens next at Iran, but he can’t get enough of talking up his design choices for the $US400 million ballroom.

The Duchess of Sussex has shared previously unseen images from her 2018 wedding to Prince Harry to mark the couple’s eighth anniversary.