Gadi Eisenkot presents himself as one of the most serious and honest figures in Israeli politics. His record of military and public service gives him credibility on the questions that will determine Israel’s future: security, the Palestinians, and the character of the State of Israel.
A bizarre mini civil war of sorts has erupted among rival Ukrainian security agencies, complete with a wild street shootout and police standoff which has threatened to create more political scandal for President Zelensky - whose office has issued a statement - in an unprecedented saga which seems straight from the p…
Sigrid Thornton grew up with Australian television. Before she became a child actor at the age of 13 on Homicide, she sat glued to Romper Room and The Magic Circle Club, and was later inspired by the late Johnny Young’s Young Talent Time. She remembers her activist mother, Merle, attending protests in the 1970s for …
The United States will use the Organization of American States (OAS) to isolate the Nicaraguan government over constitutional changes that have “gutted what was left” of democracy there.
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Google to retool the system powering its monopoly in digital advertising, sparing the company from a wrenching breakup sought by the US government.
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has deleted an AI-generated video showing Palestinian prisoners being systematically starved, after it sparked outrage and comparisons to Nazi concentration camps.
The fire at a Polish drone factory supplying weapons to Ukraine was "deliberate arson," and Russia is likely behind the attack, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said at a cabinet meeting Wednesday.
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter, who leads the People of Israel party, announced on Wednesday that his recently launched party would not join the next government unless a law to enforce conscription to the IDF is passed beforehand.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that a potential attack from Tehran would be "one of their last decisions," as he addressed the ongoing fighting in the Gaza Strip and threats from Iran during a visit to the Afiki Daat Hesder Yeshiva in Sderot on Wednesday.
For decades, a tiny Olympic badge, bearing the five rings and the US shield, sat in a glass display cabinet in our home in Mooroolbark, in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, beside my mother’s navy-blue air-hostess hat. The cabinet is now in her lounge in Montrose. I always knew the badge was there. I just didn’t know its…
Labor senator Deborah O’Neill sent a shockwave across the country with her bombshell revelations of the conduct at accounting/consulting giant KPMG – and it has even led some to call for her elevation to a higher office.
The Queensland government body responsible for delivering infrastructure for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games has failed in its bid to protect its preferred name for Brisbane’s showpiece venue.
Psychiatrists and mental health advocates have accused the Minns government of hiding the true extent of staff and resource shortages affecting vulnerable patients in a long-delayed report that fails to identify the worst-affected areas.
By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
MANILA, Philippines ─ Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday accused Sen. Panfilo Lacson of conducting a "demolition job, witch hunt and trial by publicity" against him over the latter’s investigation into allegations involving ghost and anomalous infrastructure projects in Taguig City.
During an election campaign, the question is not only what the various candidates are saying, but rather what is being talked about, political strategist Moshe Klughaft said on Wednesday.
All states going forward must report undocumented immigrants known to be in a state to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or risk losing federal funding for programs meant to aid low-income individuals, the Department of Justice said in a new legal opinion.
Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman called on opposition party leaders seeking to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to forge alliances with smaller parties or risk failing to cross the electoral threshold in the upcoming elections.
BRUSSELS — A surge in Chinese imports that threatens to devastate European businesses has prompted industries to rally behind the European Commission’s Industrial Accelerator Act.
The EU's decision to regulate ChatGPT as a search engine will make sense to those who use it as one. But what if you use it as a friend? Or a therapist? Or to have a chat about the upcoming election?
The Cook Government has intervened to ensure actors appearing at the $233.5 million Perth Film Studios’ first-ever open days are paid for their time after they were initially only offered meals and the “opportunity” to work with experienced directors and crew.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's administration is working to craft a "targeted" and "thoughtful" tariff policy for semiconductors, reiterating that companies that produce products in the United States would not pay duties.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Wednesday poured cold water on plans to overhaul the bloc’s diplomatic branch, arguing that better enforcement of the current rules would make its foreign policy more effective.
Degel HaTorah leader Rabbi Dov Lando said that the Haredi community does not need to rely on any particular prime minister and depends solely on God, speaking before thousands of people in Tiberias on Wednesday.
Former British ambassador to the UN Jeremy Greenstock accused former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair of asking the Palestinian Authority (PA) to remove any mention of the word 'Palestine' from schoolbooks.
TRUST and confidence need to be restored if the government wants economic growth to return to its potential, a Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) economist said.
WHISTLEBLOWING, or reporting a wrongdoing or misconduct, does not just make government officials accountable; it is the cornerstone to the protection of integrity. Without doubt, it is something that should be strongly promoted and encouraged.
THE Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (Pahra) on Tuesday, Sept. 1, said they recognize the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections on Sept. 14 as a “historic milestone” in the area’s journey toward peace, self-determination, democratic governance, and meaningful po…
TORONTO, Canada — Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney told United States President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday to “stop trying to be tough,” as he pushed back against a fresh wave of attacks from Washington.
ASHEVILLE, United States — Finance leaders from the Group of 20 (G20) closed their two-day gathering on Tuesday with a statement that all but China backed in full, as Washington insisted that the presence of a Russian minister had no effect on talks.
BAM Aquino entered the 20th Congress with one of the strongest electoral credentials of the 2025 midterms: second place nationwide, nearly 21 million votes and a map extending well beyond the traditional opposition base. That naturally puts his name in conversations about 2028.
LAMITAN CITY — Forty completed high-impact infrastructure projects estimated to have reached P400 million are locked in a temporary handover freeze due to restrictions ahead of the inaugural parliamentary election in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Sept. 14.
La placa un agente federal del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EEUU (ICE) en Nueva York, el 10 de junio de 2025. (Foto AP/Yuki Iwamura, Archivo)
A federal judge had no authority to overturn former US Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl’s military conviction for deserting his post in Afghanistan before Taliban-allied forces captured him and held him for nearly five years, an appeals court has ruled.