World

Battered Trudeau rides out blackface row

A battered Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is riding out the blackface scandal, with a poll showing the Liberals have lost just a little support.

AAP Newswire

3 hours ago

World

HK protesters, police in renewed clashes

Hong Kong protesters and police have faced off again in renewed clashes, with petrol bombs hurled at officers and tear gas used to disperse the crowd.

AAP Newswire

4 hours ago

World

Biden wants probe into Trump Ukraine call

Presidential candidate Joe Biden has urged US President Donald Trump’s call to Ukraine’s leader be investigated over an alleged bid to compromise the ex-VP.

AAP Newswire

6 hours ago

World

Biden wants probe into Trump Ukraine call

Presidential candidate Joe Biden has urged US President Donald Trump’s call to Ukraine’s leader be investigated over an alleged bid to compromise the ex-VP.

AAP Newswire

6 hours ago

World

Mass jump on anniversary of Dutch WWII op

Paratroopers from various nations have re-enacted the jump into the Netherlands on the 75th anniversary of WWII’s unsuccessful Operation Market Garden.

AAP Newswire

7 hours ago

World

Area 51 craze lures festive UFO hunters

Fears of a mass raid on the Area 51 military base have proved unfounded as UFO enthusiasts drawn by alien-themed festivities poured into rural Nevada.

AAP Newswire

21 hours ago

World

US troops to bolster Saudi air defences

The Pentagon said the deployment would involve a moderate number of US troops to bolster Saudi air defences following the drone attack on its oil facilities.

AAP Newswire

21 hours ago

World

Trump holds off on military action on Iran

US President Donald Trump says he wants to avoid an all-out war with Iran as he holds off on military action over the attacks on Saudi oil facilities.

AAP Newswire

21 Sep 2019

World

Saudis show off oil plant after attacks

Media have toured the oil-processing plant that was damaged in missile attacks, with Saudi Arabia reporting it would be full repaired by the month’s end.

AAP Newswire

21 Sep 2019

World

China cancels US farm visits, dashes hopes

Hopes for a trade breakthrough faded as the Chinese delegation suddenly cancelled planned US farm visits although the US had lifted exemptions on 400 products.

AAP Newswire

21 Sep 2019

World

Whistleblower complaint a hack job: Trump

US President Donald Trump has dismissed a whistleblower’s complaint about a phone call as a political “hack job” even as he denies having done anything wrong.

AAP Newswire

21 Sep 2019

World

Aspiring Bridges renews Ardern rivalry

The upcoming New Zealand election will recast two political young guns from a TVNZ Breakfast segment as aspirants for the Prime Ministry.

AAP Newswire

21 Sep 2019

World

Palfreeman released from Bulgarian prison

Australian Jock Palfreeman has been transferred to a Bulgarian immigration detention centre after serving 11 years behind bars for fatally stabbing a student.

AAP Newswire

21 Sep 2019

World

Students across world strike over climate

Students and their supporters have turned out across the world, including in Australia, to demand governments act against climate change ahead of a UN summit.

AAP Newswire

21 Sep 2019

World

UK upbeat as Brexit talks with EU continue

The European Commission says technical meetings are focusing on “a first set of concepts, principles and ideas that the United Kingdom has put forward”.

AAP Newswire

21 Sep 2019

World

Thomas Cook scrambles to avert collapse

Travel firm Thomas Cook needs urgent funding to avert collapse in the next few days, potentially leaving hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers stranded.

AAP Newswire

20 Sep 2019

World

German coalition agrees climate package

Germany’s ruling coalition has agreed on a a major package of measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

AAP Newswire

20 Sep 2019

World

Afghanistan hospital toll rises to 39

The death toll in a suicide bomb attack on a hospital in southern Afghanistan has risen to 39, with another 140 wounded.

AAP Newswire

20 Sep 2019

World

Pro-China groups to tear down HK graffiti

Pro-China groups plan to clean up walls of of anti-government graffiti across Hong Kong, which could set up confrontations with pro-democracy supporters.

AAP Newswire

20 Sep 2019