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Beirut

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

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
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
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.

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North America

Alex Ryvchin said Trump administration officials showed a lot of interest in whether the Bondi Beach event was sufficiently resourced and “left vulnerable” by being unarmed.

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
Kristi Noem is one of America's most conservative governors.

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

Europe

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Asia

Mevlut Coskun (left) and Paea I Middlemore Tupou after their sentencing on Monday.

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
Igor Komarov, shortly before he was kidnapped, with his influencer girlfriend Yeva Mishalova.

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

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Middle East at war.

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

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