The co-ordinated release is aimed at heading off further price spikes and avoiding a ban on US diesel exports.

The premier and prime minister have heralded the move as "taking guns off the street" in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack last year.

The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was condemned by public officials but became emblematic of Americans' frustration with health insurance industry practices.

The opposition leader, pressed multiple times on whether his party still supported multiculturalism or endorsed One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's vision of a "monoculture", refused to commit to eithe...

The deal to end fighting and re-open the Strait of Hormuz leaves the sides where they were 24 hours before the war - only with thousands now dead.

The US and Israeli leaders have lost control of the consequences after miscalculating the Iran war.

US Central Command says its latest round of strikes were in response to "unwarranted and continued aggression" from Iran.

Greens defence spokesman David Shoebridge says it is "ridiculous" to think Australia's military could defend the nation's global trade lanes, and acquiring nuclear-powered submarines under AUKUS only ...

Ten people were killed in a single strike on a house, including three children and three women, Lebanon's health ministry says.

The health ministry says 77 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon since Thursday.

For weeks, Israel has been intensifying its deadly strikes across Lebanon, and Donald Trump has had little to say. But now he has been forced to make it a priority.

First Nations lawyers and politicians warn the change will disproportionately affect Indigenous people, making them feel ‘less safe, rather than more safe’

The Northern Territory government has introduced legislation intended to reform Australia's de facto online gambling regulator, but it's been criticised as a "damage-control exercise".

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the cost of halving the fuel excise will be $2.55 billion. Follow live.

The Israel Defense Forces has been forced to admit it edited a photo of Ali Shoeib to show him in a military uniform.

Mohammed, aged five, and Othman, aged seven, were killed alongside their parents, the Palestinian health ministry says.

The facility was attacked on Friday night, bringing the toll of medical staff to 31 killed in past 12 days

Huge traffic jams form after the unprecedented warning for people to leave the Hezbollah stronghold, as Israel steps up its strikes across Lebanon.

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says the government must ensure Iranian footballers who have sought asylum in Australia do not bring values of "tyranny". Follow live.

Overnight, one Israeli operation saw at least 41 people killed and 40 injured, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Israel's new ambassador to Australia seeks to discredit the United Nations by claiming the country "can't take them seriously".

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese insists the federal government will not repatriate the Australian families with links to Islamic State fighters who remain in Syria.

The Palestinian Red Crescent say a strike on a tent encampment in northern Gaza killed at least six people.

Hospitals say several children were among those killed in strikes that Israel's military says it launched after a gun attack on its troops.

Israeli strikes have killed at least 30 Palestinians, marking one of the highest death tolls since the ceasefire last October aimed at stopping the fighting.