The closure of Canberra’s Afghan embassy is another blow to people on the brink of losing hope | Shadi Khan Saif
After Kabul fell to the Taliban, consulates around the world became hubs of resistance. Now their light is dimming The Afghan embassy in Canberra has quietly closed its doors, lowering…
AFP assessing allegation of Gaza war crimes committed by Australian citizen serving in IDF
Exclusive: Claims against Israel Defense Forces battalion include deliberate targeting and destruction of residential buildings in 2023 and 2024 without military justification Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
More than 100 passengers on US cruise ship sick from suspected norovirus
Princess Cruises vessel is docked in San Francisco for disinfecting in third outbreak for company this year More than 100 passengers and about 23 crew members on a Princess Cruises…
Ramos sends Portugal into last 16 as VAR drama caps wild finish against Croatia
Rafael Leão dropped to his knees. His cross had just been flicked into the net by Gonçalo Ramos to take Portugal to the last 16 of the World Cup. Leão’s…
Curtis waited 60 years for justice over alleged abuse. The Christian Brothers’ legal moratorium will see the trial abandoned
Exclusive: Victorian supreme court case halted just weeks out after Catholic order obtains moratorium on all claims against it Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our…
Australia news live: shadow arts minister Angie Bell, a former musician, says AI giants must pay for content
Follow the day’s latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A teenager has been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy was discovered with…
Moira Deeming launches lawsuit against Victorian Liberal president before party meets to decide her future
Scandal has engulfed state opposition as MP resists calls to apologise to Matthew Guy over assault allegation Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news…
‘Truly international’ network of drug-facilitated rape uncovered by UK crime agency
NCA says offenders arrange to sexually assault and film victims via online networks with crimes often taking place in trusting relationships Criminal investigators in the UK say they have uncovered…
‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work
A potential deal with the government would allow international tech companies to mine the creative work of Australian musicians. Some of the prime minister’s favourite artists told the Guardian how…
NSW records first suspected case of deadly H5 bird flu as virus reaches Australia’s east coast
Migratory giant petrel discovered near Hawks Nest north of Newcastle infected with H5. Testing under way to determine if it’s highly pathogenic H5N1 strain Follow our Australia news live blog…