Israel’s Ministries of Finance and Defence have clashed over the spiralling costs of Israel’s multiple and ongoing wars in the region, which are adding pressure to the government’s budget.
LONDON — Britain’s new prime minister spent his first statement to parliament promising to “bring back hope.” Over 204 minutes he demonstrated just how many of those hopes could ultimately be dashed.
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday called for a national flood-control policy built around one integrated, science-based master plan and one clearly accountable lead authority for every metropolitan area or major river basin, warning that fragmented projects waste public funds and simply…
Pill testing will now be permanent in NSW with the state government to provide drug checking for up to 15 festivals per year. (Supplied: Curtin University)
Endangered trees, powerful owls and historic scout halls have emerged as new frontlines in the battle over the future of HMAS Penguin as environmental and heritage assessments threaten to complicate the federal government’s plan to sell sections of the prime waterfront site in Sydney’s north.
US Chargé d’Affaires Joshua Harris is ending his year-long appointment in Baghdad. He was appointed last August. Asharq al Awsat noted that “political circles expect former US Ambassador to Yemen Steven Fagin to become Washington’s new chargé d’affaires in Baghdad. Many describe him as an expert on Iraq and the wide…
A 57-storey high-rise tower that will transform one of Melbourne’s major intersections and overshadow the State Library broke ground this week, having received state government approval without public consultation.
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
Penny Wong will pocket the same salary as the prime minister for the first time while filling in as leader of the country after a sudden rule change by the independent body that handles the pay rates of key Commonwealth offices, including politicians and judges.
The US should provide support to Yemen's internationally recognised government and back regional allies to counter Houthi actions in the Red Sea, experts told Congress on Tuesday.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Tuesday that "too many" data center developers don't care about the communities where they are building those artificial intelligence-sector projects, which have met with growing opposition nationwide.
A veteran prosecutor in New York Attorney General Letitia James' office says he was ordered to find crimes to pin on people connected to President Donald Trump, and the fallout left him on paid leave within days.
In my childhood – not that long ago – we believed Americans were modest and plain-spoken – and Canadians, even more so. Soviet Communists were the Orwellian liars, creating ministries of truth masking atrocities with ten-dollar words.
A Tuscan bed and breakfast sent a message declaring support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and accusing Israel of committing genocide to an Israeli traveler planning a 30th birthday trip with her parents, informing her of their opposition to Israeli policies after learning her nationality.
US Vice President JD Vance has sought to reassure members of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) that the Trump administration still has Israel top of mind, as he gave a closed-door speech at the group's Las Vegas convention on Monday.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., pauses before he meets with reporters ahead of a vote on a stopgap funding bill and a resolution targeting socialist policies, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Anthropic on Tuesday announced it will change a controversial data retention policy for its business customers after "a lot of feedback," and it said it plans to implement a new solution called Enterprise Frontier Safeguards instead.
Britain wants its trade agreement with the Gulf Co-operation Council signed within weeks as it seeks deeper economic ties with a region whose importance to global energy, investment and trade is critical amid the six-month Iran war.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has removed two measles-associated deaths reported by the US state of Pennsylvania from the federal government’s national tally, in a move directed by the agency’s director, according to US media.
A voter casts her ballot during a referendum on granting new presidential powers, in Bissau, Guinea Bissau, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Darcicio Barbosa)
MANILA, Philippines — Malacanang sees no need to call out government officials wearing "designer" clothes while inspecting flood-hit areas since their public service cannot be measured by the clothes they wear.
More than 10 EU states are willing to contribute resources and people to a new military and civilian mission to advise and train Lebanese forces after the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers later this year, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with members of the media as he arrives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
On the night between Sunday and Monday last week, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliahu (both from Otzma Yehudit) announced that the remains of the Altalena – an Irgun ship which had brought weapons and immigrants from France to Israel, and on June 22, 1948, had been shelled…
The California Legislature gave final approval to Senate Bill 1387, placing the state on the verge of becoming the first in the nation to formally recognize Jewish identity as an ethnicity alongside its religious classification in state law on Monday.
The German government said on Tuesday it assessed that Russia was responsible for an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport this month and ordered a series of measures in response, including the closure of a Russian cultural center in Berlin.
MK Tally Gotliv (Likud) would weigh joining National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit if presented with a worthwhile offer, the MK told KAN Reshet Bet on Tuesday morning.
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband laid out plans on Tuesday for a set of measures against illegal Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, in what he said would be a "comprehensive reset" of UK policy on Israel in the "coming weeks".
THE peso sank to a new all-time low of P62.40:$1 on Tuesday as the dollar continued to strengthen amid expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike later this month and an escalation of hostilities in the Middle East.