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WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump threatened nations Monday with punishing tariff hikes if they "play games" after his trade policy setback before the Supreme Court -- hours before new duties were set to kick in.
Steve Smith will return to the scene of the crime when Australia tours South Africa. (Getty Images: Ashley Vlotman)
Australia will on Tuesday begin a government-backed inquiry into antisemitism, after the Bondi Beach terror attack last year killed 15 people.
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Australian police have found human remains in their search for a Sydney grandfather who they believe was kidnapped by mistake almost two weeks ago.
Alabama center Charles Bediako (14) pulls down a rebound while guarded by Maryland guard Ian Martinez, left, during the second half of a second-round college basketball game in the men’s NCAA Tournament in Birmingham, Ala., March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Sirens wailed through the streets of Sydney’s west as two of the city’s warring gangs traded bullets and petrol bombs following the brutal shooting of former NRL star Matt Utai. Now court documents reveal how one alleged arson crew contributed to the mayhem.
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President Donald Trump has claimed that crime and murder in the US are at the lowest level for 125 years, with the White House attributing this to his "unwavering commitment to restoring law and order".
Nicolaas Ockert Bester (left) leaves the Hobart Magistrates Court after being declared unfit to stand trial. (ABC News: Scout Wallen)
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US President Donald Trump warned Monday that any country that wants to "play games" with last week's Supreme Court ruling against his administration's emergency tariffs, will face a "much higher" tariff.
Chocolate bars are being locked in plastic boxes in some UK shops as retailers and police forces warn thieves are stealing them to order.
Australia's royal commission into antisemitism, prompted after the Bondi Beach shootings that killed 15 people and injured 40, has begun public hearings.
Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian was kidnapped from his own home in North Ryde on 13 February. Source: Supplied / NSW Police
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NSW detectives have located what they believe are human remains near a golf club in Pitt Town, 11 days after 85-year-old abducted from North Ryde home
A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, photographed Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, shows a photo of Epstein on a inmate report from the Federal Bureau of Prisons . (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
NSW Police have been investigating what they say was the mistaken kidnapping of Chris Baghsarian, 85, from his North Ryde home on February 13. (Supplied: NSW Police)
Suspected human remains have been found by police in the search for missing Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian.The 85-year-old disappeared from his home early in the morning of Friday, February 13, in what police believe to be a mistaken identity kidnapping.At about 8am this morning, detectives investigating the …
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- One person was killed and three others injured after a fire broke out at an apartment complex in southern Seoul on Tuesday, authorities said.
People inspect the road destroyed by heavy rain that triggered flooding in Arequipa, Peru, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Sotomayor)
Vehicles were set alight in the streets after Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes was killed. (AP: Marco Ugarte)
The former High Court judge heading the royal commission into the Bondi Beach terror attack and antisemitism will open the inquiry in Sydney on Tuesday ahead of months of hearings.
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Claudio Tapia, president of Argentina’s Soccer Association attends the Recopa Sudamericana first leg soccer match between Argentina’s Lanus and Brazil’s Flamengo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
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Mexico was engulfed in violence on Monday after Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, the head of the notorious Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was killed by the army.
The Mexican army killed the most powerful cartel leader in the country and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives on Sunday, notching a major victory. (Produced by Elaine Carroll)
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Los Angeles: Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of Hollywood luminary Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of first-degree murder more than two months after their deaths, denying for the first time that he fatally stabbed his parents.