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Donald Trump’s government is increasingly authoritarian.The president is launching pretextual investigations against his enemies, while providing pardons and military honors to the most violent of his…

Wong says Israeli strikes on Qatar ‘the wrong thing to do’The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, said she hopes Israel’s strikes on Qatar will not make…

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou arrives to address the National Assembly, prior to the parliamentary confidence vote, in Paris, France, Monday, Sept. 8. Christophe Ena/AP hide…

Israel’s supreme court has ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve…

An infant is among three people who have died in Russian attacks that injured 18 in Kyiv and set on fire scores of buildings in the…

Firebrand Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has blamed the ABC for her comments claiming Labor was bringing Indian migrants into Australia to boost its electoral chances,…

Peru’s government has said the fatal shooting of an Indonesian embassy official in Lima on Monday night was likely a “contract killing”.Zetro Leonardo Purba, 40, an…

Hands off the nation’s $4.2tn super pool, boss warns governmentsTom McIlroyThe boss of Australia’s biggest superannuation fund says it would be “a disaster” if governments started…

Labor is facing a backlash over plans to dramatically curb access to government documents under freedom of information rules, with the Coalition and crossbench suggesting proposed…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Guatemalan Minister of Governance Francisco Jimenez shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding on a joint security program agreement…