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Seven former Australian cricket captains have written to Foreign Minister Penny Wong, asking the Australian government to raise concerns over Imran Khan’s treatment in prison

Labor’s migration policy could reach the parliament as early as next week, but several unmet demands from the Coalition on how to crack down on the overseas intake means a deal is yet to be finalised

The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, has issued a stern warning for the federal government not to join the “madness” of cutting migration to appease One Nation

UAE, Arab and Muslim allies hail UK ban on goods from illegal settlements

Miliband: Chief Rabbi is wrong about my sanctions harming Jews

Türkiye has welcomed a 12-country initiative to restrict trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and called on other governments to take similar steps

Overnight, the UK government offered its strongest condemnation yet of Israel’s occupation, with the foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, calling efforts to control the West Bank unlawful

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar spoke on Monday evening with UK Opposition Leader Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Foreign Secretary Tom Tugendhat, following the British government’s latest announcement imposing sanctions on Jews in Judea and Samaria

The data was compiled by Dr Richard Tanter, senior research associate with the US-based Nautilus Institute

Defense cooperation also includes AUKUS, the trilateral security pact among Australia, the US and the United Kingdom

WA man Luke Costanzo is missing in Nepal

The four-member Tamil Nadu ministerial team formed by chief minister C Joseph Vijay met in New Delhi on Friday to monitor the measures taken to bring back over 80 people from the state who remain stranded following the flash flood at the Nepal-China border on Wednesday

Nepal floods: British nurse among 33 missing

Nepal workers run as terrifying floodwaters close in

Satellite imagery reviewed by disaster officials showed the ice and rock tumbling into a river below, sending a wall of water and debris crashing through settlements, trekking routes and a border crossing used by pilgrims traveling between Nepal and Tibet

Satellite imagery reviewed by disaster officials showed the ice and rock tumbling into a river below, sending a wall of water and debris crashing through settlements, trekking routes and a border crossing used by pilgrims traveling between Nepal and Tibet

Catastrophic floods caused by a glacier collapse kill at least 273, with more than 1,300 missing

Satellite imagery reviewed by disaster officials showed the ice and rock tumbling into a river below, sending a wall of water and debris crashing through settlements, trekking routes and a border crossing used by pilgrims traveling between Nepal and Tibet

Nepal floods: British nurse among 33 missing

The sisters have specifically appealed to technology companies including Apple and Huawei, as their parents were reportedly wearing smartwatches made by the companies when they went missing

Satellite imagery reviewed by disaster officials showed the ice and rock tumbling into a river below, sending a wall of water and debris crashing through settlements, trekking routes and a border crossing used by pilgrims traveling between Nepal and Tibet

President Lee Jae Myung called for using all available means in response to deadly flooding in Nepal that left nine Koreans missing, leading a government-wide effort during an emergency meeting, Thursday

Satellite imagery reviewed by disaster officials showed the ice and rock tumbling into a river below, sending a wall of water and debris crashing through settlements, trekking routes and a border crossing used by pilgrims traveling between Nepal and Tibet

Australian police have charged a man who allegedly joined the Ukrainian military and sought to provide information about its activities to people he suspected were Russian agents

Wong condemns Israel’s decision to forgo criminal charges in deadly Gaza drone attack

One Nation has been forced to clarify that its migration policy would allow tens of thousands more migrants than it first suggested, raising questions about the rigour of its policy manifesto

Labor has escalated its pushback on One Nation’s surging political support, with the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, labelling Pauline Hanson’s push for a monoculture a “melancholic fantasy” that would harm national security

Jump in imports narrowed Australia’s goods trade surplus to $1.1bn in June quarter

Ukraine and the United States are pushing the Kremlin into a new round of peace talks, after Kyiv continued its long-range strikes on Russian infrastructure

US President Donald Trump is expected to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Tuesday 28 July

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday the Trump administration is poised to help end the “senseless war” in Ukraine but acknowledged there is no quick path to a deal, saying diplomacy will require sustained effort and new ideas

The US has signed a landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia that could allow the kingdom to enrich uranium in the future

Beijing tells Canberra to give up ‘double standards’ and not allow prejudice to undermine ties

Australia’s foreign affairs minister discussed the importance of peace in the Pacific at her meeting with Wang Yi in the wings of Asean

The Israeli embassy in Canberra issued a four-page statement on Monday challenging the proposed positions on Palestine, Hamas and settler violence in the West Bank, due to be debated at this week’s Labor national conference

The charges collectively carry penalties of up to one year in jail and a fine of £829 (US$1,100; A$1,600) against those allegedly responsible

Backpackers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both 19, died after drinking contaminated liquor in the Lao town of Vang Vieng

Beijing had long tested nuclear missiles only within its borders

China defies warnings to fire new intercontinental missile

They also signed an economic treaty, the Vuvale Union, under which Australia will invest more than 1 billion Australian dollars ($693 million) in its island neighbor over a decade

A group of Australian activists who were detained by Israeli forces in May on Monday met with Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and senior officials from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in Canberra to discuss their claims of abuse and mistreatment

Former Australian PM Scott Morrison highlights 'weaponised' supply chains and geopolitical threats, urging India and Australia to diversify

The Australian Federal Police have launched an investigation into distressing allegations by pro-Palestine activists that they were sexually abused and brutalised by Israeli forces after trying to deliver aid to Gaza