- How long can Iran continue the war? DW.com
- Iran's high-risk war strategy seems to centre on endurance and deterrence BBC
- Iran’s Desperate, High-Risk Survival Strategy The New Yorker
- The Iran war has been a stunning aerial success The Economist
- How dangerous has the conflict in Iran become? Expert Q&A The Conversation
More than 120 killed in Israel’s Lebanon attacks as Beirut, south, east hit
Lebanon's Hezbollah group urges Israelis to evacuate border areas as Israel continues to bomb the country.
NSW police admit to making ‘very unfortunate’ wrong claim after officer shot man dead
Inquest into fatal shooting of Steve Pampalian told statement by assistant commissioner he was ‘known to police’ was incorrect
A man shot dead by a NSW police officer after he ran at him with two knives was not known to police, a coroner says, despite a “very unfortunate” claim to the contrary made by the assistant commissioner of the force immediately after the incident.
Steve Pampalian, 41, was shot three times by a police officer in the driveway of his home on a quiet suburban street in Sydney’s North Willoughby on 25 May 2023 after he had a psychotic episode.
Continue reading...US and Venezuela move to restore diplomatic ties two months after Maduro’s capture
Re-establishing diplomatic relations will support Venezuela’s economy, US state department claims, amid push for minerals access
Venezuela and the US are restoring diplomatic ties, the two countries announced Thursday, in a new sign of thawing relations after Washington ousted former president Nicolás Maduro.
The announcement came as US interior secretary Doug Burgum wrapped up a two-day trip to Venezuela, part of US president Donald Trump’s push for greater access to the country’s mineral wealth.
Continue reading...Sudanese army retakes Bara, secures el-Obeid in North Kordofan
Source tells Al Jazeera army destroyed 32 RSF combat vehicles, killed dozens of RSF fighters in clashes, drone attacks.
Tehran hit by heavy bombing on day seven of US-Israel war on Iran
An Al Jazeera correspondent in Tehran says more intense bombardment is also targeting civilian and residential areas.
Iran war: What is happening on day seven of US-Israel attacks?
After six days of US-Israeli attacks on Iran, the conflict is escalating as regional tensions rise.
Homeless people camping in Queensland park ‘not treated as humans’ during council evictions, court finds
Moreton Bay council’s clearing of tent city breached human rights, supreme court rules
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Homeless people living in tents in a park were “not treated as humans” while being evicted by a Queensland council, with the supreme court ruling it an unlawful breach of human rights.
A group of residents who had been living in a park off Goodfellows Road, Kallangur, challenged eviction notices issued against them by the City of Moreton Bay last year.
Continue reading...Forcibly displaced Lebanese seek food, clothing, and comfort in shelters
Fouad George is one of many helping their fellow Lebanese citizens, forcibly displaced by Israel’s military campaign.
Vice-chancellor calls for review into student loans for those without A-levels
Adam Tickell, of University of Birmingham, says money is loaned to people who ‘are not really capable of graduating’
A leading vice-chancellor has questioned whether students without A-levels should be eligible for government-backed student loans, as part of an effort to solve England’s university funding crisis.
Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, said universities face an “almost existential challenge” and falling public support that requires a radical review of higher education funding.
Continue reading...Mass stranding of whales on Scottish beach caused by loyalty to their pod, report finds
The 55 pilot whales, which had to be euthanised, had been following a female having a difficult birth, scientists believe
The mass stranding and death of 55 whales on the Isle of Lewis in 2023 was caused by the mammals’ loyalty to their pod, a report has concluded.
It had been thought that the unusually large incident on Tràigh Mhòr beach, Tolsta, could have been caused by trauma, disease or acoustic disturbance from military or industrially generated noise.
Continue reading...Iran targets Israeli embassy in Bahrain, Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar
Multiple Gulf nations, Arab states, as well as Turkiye and Azerbaijan are caught in the crosshairs of the war.
Iran-backed militias intensify attacks against US, Israel and allies
Iraq emerges as key front in new and often clandestine confrontation after launching dozens of attacks
Iran-backed militias around the Middle East are intensifying attacks against Israel, the US and their allies, in retaliation for the ongoing joint US-Israeli offensive against Tehran as the war draws in new armed actors, threatening wider chaos and violence.
Israel and the US have targeted Iran’s network of militant groups, with Iraq emerging as a key front in this new and often clandestine confrontation.
Continue reading...NSW’s top prosecutor scores legal win in bias claim against senior judge
Recusal application against district court judge Penelope Wass yet to be determined amid row with DPP
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New South Wales’ top prosecutor has been given the green light to continue her fight to get a senior judge removed from a historical sexual offences trial on the grounds of apprehended bias.
The ruling from the NSW supreme court is the latest development in a long-running row between the director of public prosecutions, Sally Dowling SC, and district court judge Penelope Wass. The dispute went before the NSW court of appeal last week.
Continue reading...US and Venezuela agree to resume diplomatic ties after Maduro capture
The US said the two sides would make joint efforts to promote stability after the US seized Maduro and his wife.
US and Venezuela agree to resume diplomatic ties after Maduro capture
The US said the two sides would make joint efforts to promote stability after the US seized Maduro and his wife.
The Four Paths for a Post-Khamenei Iran – The Free Press
- The Four Paths for a Post-Khamenei Iran The Free Press
- There Is No Iran Endgame That Doesn’t Risk Chaos Bloomberg.com
- A weak Iran would backfire on the United States Al Jazeera
- The Guardian view on the expanding Iran crisis: no clear aim and no end in sight | Editorial The Guardian
- Trump’s War With Iran, Explained Time Magazine
US House joins Senate to vote down war powers resolution
The US House of Representatives has joined the Senate in killing a war powers resolution for the war in Iran.
Anthropic vows to sue Pentagon over supply chain risk label
The supply chain risk designation of the artificial intelligence firm is a first for a US company.