World
Ahmad fled southern Lebanon for safety. Then a drone hit the hotel next door
The strike shows Israeli forces will intensify their campaign in any part of Lebanon to hunt down Hezbollah militants and their allies from Iran, even if that risks civilian casualties.
- by David Crowe and Kate Geraghty
Updated
Middle East at war
Iran announces new supreme leader as US-Israel strike key infrastructure
- by Jon Gambrell and Sam Metz
Updated
Australians abroad
Two Australian gunmen sentenced to 16 years’ jail over Bali villa murder of Melbourne dad
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Snatched in Bali, this Ukrainian pleaded for his ransom. Then police found his head
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Opinion & Perspectives
Forget Margot and Jacob, this is Wuthering Heights, MAGA-style
A Washington scandal involving sex is never very sexy but this one has echoes of Emily Bronte’s classic.
Maureen Dowd
New York Times columnist
On Trump’s gilded stage, history has no worth – even if he understood it
Donald Trump’s complaints about Britain and European nations being “uncooperative” with his attack on Iran are ignorant and hollow when viewed against the light of 20th century history.
Tony Wright
Associate editor and special writer
‘World’s thugs’: In Indonesia, resentment about the Iran war is everywhere
Politicians and pundits in Australia tell Muslims it is inappropriate to publicly mourn Iran’s dead supreme leader. There are no such qualms in Jakarta.
North America
Trump officials ‘asked why Australian Jews aren’t carrying guns’
Australian Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin says the White House is continuing to take a significant interest in the spread of antisemitism in Australia.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Trump's White House
Forget Margot and Jacob, this is Wuthering Heights, MAGA-style
A Washington scandal involving sex is never very sexy but this one has echoes of Emily Bronte’s classic.
- by Maureen Dowd
‘It’s lifting houses!’ At least six dead as suspected tornadoes hit Michigan, Oklahoma
- by Dave Collins, Steve Karnowski and Mike Householder
Explainer
Trump diplomacy
Unfinished business: Why Trump floated a ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba
- by Angus Holland
Bulletproof vests and Rolex watches: The rise and fall of Kristi Noem
- by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz
Europe
Analysis
World politics
How the royal ‘Trump whisperers’ will be key to winning back Washington
- by Hannah Furness, Connor Stringer and Tony Diver
Asia
Updated
Australians abroad
Two Australian gunmen sentenced to 16 years’ jail over Bali villa murder of Melbourne dad
A third man, who was charged with assisting premeditated murder, was sentenced to 12 years’ jail.
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Snatched in Bali, this Ukrainian pleaded for his ransom. Then police found his head
A foreign enterprise had again sent operatives to Bali, Australia’s most popular overseas holiday destination, to carry out its dirty work.
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Analysis
Middle East at war
‘World’s thugs’: In Indonesia, resentment about the Iran war is everywhere
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Also in World
US-Iran war as it happened: Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba Khamenei named new Supreme Leader; Acid rain falls in Tehran; Almost $90 billion wiped off ASX; Iran death toll rises
The conflict in the Middle East is now in its second week, with strikes across the region as the US and Israel continue to attack Iran. Follow our rolling coverage.
- by Angus Delaney, Emily Kaine and Ellen Connolly
US Tomahawk hit naval base beside Iranian school, video shows
- by Malachy Browne and John Ismay
Ahmad fled southern Lebanon for safety. Then a drone hit the hotel next door
- by David Crowe and Kate Geraghty
Updated
Middle East at war
Iran announces new supreme leader as US-Israel strike key infrastructure
- by Jon Gambrell and Sam Metz
‘Everywhere is full’: Beirut’s streets, schools, docks become makeshift shelter for desperate families
- by David Crowe and Kate Geraghty