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Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:30:00 +1000
The secret dinner and a glimpse at the childhood of a tragic princess
A cable stamped “secret” and for Australian eyes only shows the future king of Thailand in an unguarded moment in 1984, opening up about his family.

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:48:27 +1000
Will Trump’s 39th Iran promise be another fanciful claim or the real deal?
The US president often makes public threats of a return to all-out war, only to later pull back dramatically. Then come grand statements – and yet no resolution emerges.

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:28:36 +1000
US senator attacks Trump
Georgia senator Jon Ossoff has put himself on the map recently with a blistering speech about the US president.

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:43:55 +1000
‘Never been closer’: US, Iran signal peace deal near as Tehran claims victory
US President Donald Trump shared a post about an agreement by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi, who later told state TV that “Iran is the winner of the war”.

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +1000
Young, telegenic and tough on Trump, could Ossoff be the new Obama?
The 39-year-old senator from Georgia has put himself on the map this month with a blistering speech about US President Donald Trump, corruption and the future of America’s democracy.

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:01:00 +1000
Trump, subs and the Iran war: Australia’s replacement for Rudd has arrived in DC
Australia’s new ambassador to the United States, Greg Moriarty, says the US is fully committed to AUKUS and believes there is a way around the latest round of tariffs imposed on Australia by the Trump administration.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:37:00 +1000
Dressed as a cop, he arrived at a politician’s home and rang the doorbell. Then the killing began
A Minnesota man who spent months stalking Democrats before killing a top Minnesota politician and her husband has been spared the death penalty.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:21:16 +1000
‘Difficult questions’ need answering: Adoptees hope for closure with probe into South Korean program
A former magistrate will the lead the country’s first-ever probe into alleged failures in the Australian-South Korean adoption program.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:30:00 +1000
Thai princess dies, plunging kingdom into mourning and sparking succession drama
Princess Bajrakitiyabha, the eldest child of Thailand’s controversial king, had been on life support since collapsing in December 2022.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:30:00 +1000
One possible World Cup match-up would Trump all others, and not for the football
If results fall a certain way, the United States and Iran could meet in the knockout rounds – compressing decades of geopolitical tension into 90 minutes of football.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:30:00 +1000
Left on read: Peace talks via couriers has not worked well for Trump
Painfully slow progress towards a deal is apparently down to a cumbersome process in which messages take days to move back and forth.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:17:09 +1000
‘Great settlement’: Trump calls off Iran strikes, claims peace deal could be signed this weekend
The US president has again claimed a deal to end the war is close, but Iran countered that it had not reached a final decision on an agreement.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:10:46 +1000
US officer shot by fellow cop during ‘horseplay’
US Police have released dashcam footage of a cop being shot by another officer during “out-of-policy horseplay” inside a police car park.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:42:45 +1000
Watch: US police officer accidentally shoots colleague
Newly released dashcam footage shows the moment an officer is hit in the shoulder in “horseplay” accident.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:42:07 +1000
Reading the riots: Belfast reveals a nation at boiling point
In the aftermath of this week’s shocking scenes in Northern Ireland, some say they sympathise with the rioters, revealing the moral and political complexity of the migration debate across the UK.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:06:28 +1000
8647 etched on National Mall grass
The US government is treating a message etched on the National Mall as a death threat against Donald Trump.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:20:26 +1000
UK defence minister quits hours before AUKUS meeting with Marles
The extraordinary move stunned the government, heightening the instability of Keir Starmer’s leadership.

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:31:32 +1000
Trump orders further strikes on Iran
Donald Trump has spent the evening in the White House situation room, ordering another series of what he's calling self-defence strikes on Iran.

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:04:53 +1000
US-Iran war as it happened: Strait of Hormuz closed; US ends latest round of strikes on Iran; Albanese ‘deeply concerned’; Oil prices rise
The US has launched airstrikes against Iran after blaming Tehran for the crash of the American attack helicopter. Follow our live coverage.

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:21:35 +1000
Belfast police blast anti-immigration protesters with water cannons
Unrest has flared again in Belfast as police have blasted anti-immigration protesters with water cannons.

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