Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kyiv kill at least four people
Two people are killed in the capital itself and two in the Kyiv region while 40 locations are damaged.
Suicide car bomb attack on train in Pakistan kills at least 24
The Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Hunger increasingly used as weapon of war as ‘food-related violence’ surges, analysis shows
More than 20,000 attacks on markets, farmland and food distribution systems have been recorded since 2018
Hunger is being increasingly exploited as a weapon of war with more than 20,000 documented incidents of “food-related violence” in the past eight years, new analysis reveals.
Attacks include 1,261 strikes on markets used by families for daily groceries and 863 incidents in which food distribution systems were targeted and workers killed.
Continue reading...Middle East crisis live: Pakistan hopes to host US-Iran peace talks ‘very soon’, says PM, after Trump claims Tehran deal ‘largely negotiated’
Shehbaz Sharif congratulates US president on his peace efforts after Trump claims strait of Hormuz will be opened as part of deal
In Lebanon, the civil defence agency said early on Sunday its regional facility in the southern city of Nabatieh had been destroyed by an Israeli strike.
The Directorate General of Civil Defence said the building had collapsed and a large number of vehicles and equipment had been damaged by a “direct hit in a hostile Israeli strike”.
Continue reading...Shark attack: man dies on Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland
The 39-year-old was reportedly fishing at Kennedy Shoal between Cairns and Townsville when emergency services alerted about midday
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A man has died after a shark attack on the Great Barrier Reef south of Cairns.
The 39-year-old had reportedly been fishing at Kennedy Shoal, a shallow reef about 50km off the Queensland coast, between Cairns and Townsville.
Continue reading...Pocock open to independents forming party to counter Hanson – as it happened
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Climate activists say they have blocked two coal ships from entering Newcastle port
Climate activists say they have stopped two coal ships from entering the Port of Newcastle this morning after kayakers and a small boat entered the channel.
I grew up in the best years economically in Australia’s history, and I can’t sleep at night thinking about my 5 great-grandkids trying to live on a dead planet if we keep mining coal. I want to see more people my age standing up for what’s right.
There’s plenty of conversations going on all the time.
I think there’s so many people in politics for the right reasons and, when you’re in there, you want to say, well, how do we actually ensure that people can elect people that are going to come here and really deal with the root causes of the problems that we’re facing, because we haven’t seen that.
How do you be part of changing our country for the better? For me at the moment, that is serving people in the ACT, engaging on each issue, bringing solutions, using whatever power I have in the Senate to actually work on behalf of the people that have sent me there. As to what that looks like in the future, who knows?
Continue reading...Former prosecutor calls for EU statute blocking US sanctions on ICC members
US imposed sanctions on nine judges and a prosecutor after ICC issued arrest warrants for members of Israeli cabinet
A former prosecutor at the international criminal court has called for an EU-wide statute blocking what she describes as “thuggish” and “bullying” US sanctions imposed on members of the court that are designed to send the court into oblivion.
In February 2025, the US imposed sanctions on 11 ICC officials, including nine judges and the chief prosecutor as well three Palestinian organisations, in response to the ICC decision in 2024 to issue arrest warrants for members of the Israeli cabinet, including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Continue reading...China lowers death toll in Shanxi coal mine disaster to 82 – Reuters
- China lowers death toll in Shanxi coal mine disaster to 82 Reuters
- China coal mine blast: Anger over safety violations after disaster BBC
- Coking coal prices surge after China's worst coal mine disaster in 17 years Reuters
- China’s worst coal mining blast in over a decade kills 82 CNN
- Xi Calls for All-Out Rescue After Coal Mine Explosion Kills at Least 82 in China The New York Times
Exclusive: What’s inside the Iran deal Trump is close to signing – Axios
- Exclusive: What's inside the Iran deal Trump is close to signing Axios
- Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender The Atlantic
- Opinion | Don’t Leave the Iran War Half-Won WSJ
- Many Questions, Few Details in Latest Iran Peace Proposal The New York Times
- An ever-expanding catastrophe over Iran is not inevitable. Trump can and must be stopped | Simon Tisdall The Guardian
At least 82 killed in Chinese coal mine explosion
The blast in Shanxi province constitutes the country's worst mining disaster in 16 years.
Russian ballistic missile attack hits Kyiv after Moscow vows retaliation – France 24
- Russian ballistic missile attack hits Kyiv after Moscow vows retaliation France 24
- ‘Massive’ Russian missile barrage hits Kyiv after Putin orders retaliation for deadly Ukrainian attack CNN
- Russian missiles pummel Kyiv in retaliation for dorm attack that killed 18 South China Morning Post
- Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy sounds warning after Russia strikes Kyiv with Oreshnik missile The Guardian
- Russia strikes Kyiv with massive missile and drone attack, killing one Reuters
Trump says Iran deal ‘largely negotiated’ including reopening Strait of Hormuz
Tehran also signals progress on talks but says the key issue of nuclear weapons is not part of an initial framework it is working on.
Trump says Iran deal ‘largely negotiated’ including reopening Strait of Hormuz
Tehran also signals progress on talks but says the key issue of nuclear weapons is not part of an initial framework it is working on.
East Africa wants to curb imports of used clothes. But it’s not easy
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are major importers of used garments from the West and China.
It’s like the Olympics – except steroids are allowed
The first ever Enhanced Games are taking place this weekend in Las Vegas, with big names, big money and much controversy.
In Japan, divorce splits parents from children. Could a law change end sole custody?
An amendment to Japan's Civil Code looks set to allow shared parenting for the first time.
Rosenberg: Luhansk strike sparks Russian accusations and vow to retaliate
Eighteen people were killed and 42 others injured in the strike on the town in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.
Rosenberg: Luhansk strike sparks Russian accusations and vow to retaliate – BBC
- Rosenberg: Luhansk strike sparks Russian accusations and vow to retaliate BBC
- Russia blames Ukraine, vows retaliation as 16 killed in strike on student dorm NBC News
- Ukrainian strike in Russian-controlled area leaves 10 dead DW.com
- Ukraine war briefing: Putin promises revenge after blaming Kyiv for Luhansk attack he says killed six The Guardian
- Ukraine: UN alarmed by reports of deadly strike on dormitory in occupied Luhansk UN News
Rosenberg: Luhansk strike sparks Russian accusations and vow to retaliate
Eighteen people were killed and 42 others injured in the strike on the town in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.
I survived a missile strike in the Strait of Hormuz, but my friend has not been found
Sunil Puniya was on his first sea job when a missile struck the oil tanker Skylight at the start of the Iran war.