World Politics

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, representing the families of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, says the government's "foot-dragging" is undermining their chance of survival.

France has sharply rejected accusations that it undermined decolonisation in New Caledonia and says it's still deciding when a high-level Pacific delegation will be permitted to visit the territory.

A consignment of 4,000 cattle expected to undertake a 33-day journey to markets in Israel has been waiting four weeks for permission to leave Australia. 

The Israeli PM made a forceful, combative and unapologetic speech in the US centre of political power, and while one side of his audience was in raptures, the other seemed less convinced.

Analysis of a laptop that the investigation ties to the shooter revealed on July 6, he did a Google search for  "how far away was Oswald from Kennedy."

In an Oval Office address to explain why he abandoned his re-election bid, Joe Biden said he believes he's earned a second term as US president, but "personal ambition" cannot get in the way of saving democracy.

Seven Israeli settlers involved in violent attacks on Palestinians and illegal settlement activity in the West Bank are hit with financial sanctions and travel bans.

Protesters rally in Washington DC while Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress.

If Donald Trump is returned to power in November's presidential election, for better or worse, the US is in for a big shake-up — one that could be felt for generations in Australia.  

Pyramiden was abandoned after the fall of the Soviet Union, but plans for its revival are adding to growing tensions with NATO in the Arctic. 

Protesters appear to have dumped maggots and mealworms on multiple floors at the Watergate Hotel.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is met with thousands of protesters demanding his arrest during a visit to Washington, where he's pressing Congress to continue to support his war in Gaza.

The latest incident has some worried that North Korea could target specific sites with balloons carrying hazardous material, but experts are not convinced.

One of the first Democrats to call for Joe Biden to step down was Congressman Adam Smith. He speaks on the renewed energy in the Democrats campaign.

King Charles, who has long been outspoken on conservation, made several green steps over the past year, including the installation of solar panels on part of the Windsor Castle estate. 

Here's what has caused mass death, 2,500 arrests and a country of 171 million people to go without internet for almost a week.

Since the end of the presidency of Barack Obama, who was 47 when he took his first oath of office, US politics has not only looked chaotic and unhinged, but tired and exhausted. American democracy has seemed more like an American gerontocracy.  

With Kamala Harris the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, the biggest question looming for the party is who could be her running mate. Here's a look at the names currently in contention to join her on the ticket. 

Kimberly Cheatle has resigned after acknowledging the Secret Service failed to protect the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. 

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is ready to engage in a debate with Kamala Harris ahead of the presidential election, as the presumptive Democratic nominee kicks off her campaign with a rally in Wisconsin.

Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint sitting of US Congress while facing domestic pressure at home.

Kimberly Cheatle has resigned from her position after admitting that the attempted assassination amounted to a failure of her mission to protect America's leaders.

Television is regularly declared to be dead, or at least dying. But nobody seems to have told American politics, where TV still wields a bafflingly disproportionate degree of power in what is supposed to be the greatest democracy on Earth.

Months after declining a United States request to deploy a warship to the Middle East, the Royal Australian Navy is preparing to assume command of an international maritime task force dedicated to protecting shipping lanes around the Red Sea. 

As Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington DC to meet with Joe Biden and address the US Congress, families of those kidnapped on October 7 are frustrated that the Israeli leader is wasting time, delaying a hostage deal to bring their loved ones home.