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Israeli airstrike destroys Iran’s consular building, kills top commander
The strike on the Iranian consulate building could mark an escalation of the Israeli military’s ongoing targeting of Iranian military officials and allies in Syria.
Inside the killing of a Russian defector with all the hallmarks of a Kremlin hit job
- by Michael Schwirtz and José Bautista
Opinion & Perspectives
He fought the Taliban and won reality TV. Now he’s started an Australian civil war
Former SAS soldier and Australian Survivor winner Mark Wales is taking a novel approach to China’s aggression, but could it affect his chances of winning preselection for the Liberal Party?
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Netanyahu has been given two options by the US. Both come at a high price
No Israeli leader has leveraged American support more than Netanyahu to pursue a self-centred anti-Palestinian policy. Yet, US-Israeli relations are now experiencing an unprecedented rift.
Amin Saikal
Professor of Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Islamic Studies
Russia seeks to influence US election to weaken Ukraine’s defence
Russia has re-injected itself into the political debate around the US presidential election. But it’s the sense of crisis and chaos that people really must watch.
Chris Zappone
Digital Foreign Editor
North America
Does the peace sign still stand a chance?
A universal peace sign seems wildly optimistic now when almost everything from the colour of your hat to the emoji in your post is an ideological declaration.
- by Michael Rock
Trump’s call for Israel to ‘finish up’ Gaza war shocks some on the right
Trump has long clung to the possibility of a grand bargain between Israel and the Palestinians, insisting that only he can broker the “deal of the century.”
- by Jonathan Swan
Europe
Inside the killing of a Russian defector with all the hallmarks of a Kremlin hit job
- by Michael Schwirtz and José Bautista
Asia
Opinion
China relations
He fought the Taliban and won reality TV. Now he’s started an Australian civil war
Former SAS soldier and Australian Survivor winner Mark Wales is taking a novel approach to China’s aggression, but could it affect his chances of winning preselection for the Liberal Party?
- by Peter Hartcher
‘I’ve been to Taiwan’: China can be a democracy too, says Scott Morrison
But Canberra’s relationship with China will always be transactional and never “values-based” like Australia’s ties with the US, the former PM said.
- by Ben Westcott
Indonesia suspends live cattle imports from Darwin export yard
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
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- by Matthew Knott and Hannah Kennelly
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- by Daren Butler and Ece Toksabay
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- by Melanie Lindman, Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
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- by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
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- by Bassem Mroue and Kareem Chehayeb