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Hugo Lennon has taken credit for the offensive Bondi shooter posters in Melbourne.

Posters of the Bondi shooter appeared around Melbourne. The culprit has now been unmasked

A wealthy neo-Nazi associate has unmasked himself as behind the offensive posters depicting the Bondi shooter which appeared overnight around Melbourne recently.

  • Sherryn Groch and Cara Waters

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President Yoon Suk Yeol at a hearing in February.

Ex-South Korean president Yoon jailed over failed martial law bid

The jail sentence concludes the first of eight criminal trials that Yoon Suk Yeol is facing over his botched attempt to impose martial law.

  • Lisa Visentin
US President Donald Trump voiced his support for Iranian protesters and told them: “Help is on its way.”

‘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”.

  • Michael Koziol

An ousted leader, a Nobel laureate at the helm: How Bangladesh plans to rebuild itself

No stranger to turmoil, Bangladesh is set to usher in a new democratic future. How did it get here – and how is it meeting the challenge?

  • Angus Holland
Stirling Cooper and Andrew Tate.

An Andrew Tate insider is helping Australian Nazis recruit teens

Neo-Nazis are targeting the rich and the young to fill their ranks – and coffers. And one of Andrew Tate’s right-hand men is helping them draw boys in.

  • Sherryn Groch
Charlie Kirk followers gather for memorial service.

‘A big coming together for America’: Loyal followers gather for Kirk memorial

The memorial, to be held at the cavernous State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, will be the biggest event in MAGA-world since US President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

  • Michael Koziol
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Shinzo Abe falls to the ground.

‘Moonies’ and their millions: Japan cracks down on ‘brainwashing’ church with links to world leaders

An investigation triggered by the shooting of former prime minister Shinzo Abe found the group had manipulated its followers – known as “Moonies” – into donating money.

  • Lisa Visentin
Rory Marples in Gome in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

‘On the streets I once walked dead bodies lay prostrate and forgotten’

I’m heartbroken by the violence that erupted in the vibrant city where I treated patients only last year.

  • Dr Rory Marples
Crowds swarm the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Law enforcement on full alert as Capitol riots anniversary approaches, Washington remembers

While some Americans want to move on, the violent attack on the Capitol four years ago still stirs anger and sadness.

  • Joe Heim and Olivia George
Kim Keon-hee in 2023.

How a Dior handbag shook up South Korean politics

As South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol fights for his political life, there is renewed focus on a luxury accessory given to his wife, Kim Keon-hee, in 2022.

  • Jon Herskovitz, Sam Kim and Shinhye Kang