Industry warnings of disruption contrast with government calls for calm

Donald Trump’s top diplomat complains that European allies are not helping America out in the Middle East.

Although President Trump has claimed Iran was weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon, much more work was needed for the country to do so

NATO officials discussed the Alliance's approach to nuclear deterrence and Euro-Atlantic security in flagship meeting on 27 February.

The "anti-war" candidate has bombed seven countries and launched a new regime-change war in Iran.

Ben Saul says ‘rolling over’ after Israel and US attack is counterproductive for middle powers because it undermines rules-based order * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast International law experts have criticised Australia for “rolling over” and backing what they say is an illegal attack by Israel and the US on Iran. The foreign minister, Penny Wong, endorsed the fresh war by stating that “Australia supports action to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent Iran from continuing to threaten international peace and security”. Continue reading...

Australian foreign affairs minister says Israel and US should explain ‘the legal basis for the attacks’ on Iran and won’t say if Pine Gap used during strikes

Department of foreign affairs warns travellers of risk of reprisal attacks, further escalation and flight cancellations in Middle East

Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said. Continued global heating could trigger climate tipping points, leading to a cascade of further tipping points and feedback loops, they said. This would lock the world into a new and hellish “hothouse Earth” climate far worse than the 2-3C temperature rise the world is on track to reach. The climate would also be very different to the benign conditions of the past 11,000 years, during which the whole of human civilisation developed. Continue reading...

IPPNW is the only international medical organization dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons and the pursuit of health by preventing nuclear war.

This report outlines a framework relying on “Cooperative Technical Means” for effective arms control verification based on remote sensing, avoiding on-site inspections but maintaining a level of trans...

Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment

Australia's Future Fund drastically increased its stake in Palantir in the year since Donald Trump took office, according to its latest figures.

Our problems are too vast, our distance from them too great. How do we navigate our derangement of scale?

Russia and the United States currently have no specific contacts regarding the imminent expiry of the New START nuclear arms control treaty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...