World - Saturday, March 14, 2026

This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Barnaby Joyce says he disagrees with his leader, Pauline Hanson , over inflammatory comments about Muslims but says parties criticising her haven’t learned the lesson of One Nation’s rise. Hanson was censured in the Senate this month for suggesting there are no “good” Muslims. I don’t want to give pastoral care, but I think attacking Pauline today does not work like people thought it might have worked 15 years ago. [People] see Pauline as having the courage to stand behind her convictions on certain issues. I’ll make it very clear, I do know people of the Islamic faith who are good people, without a shadow of a doubt. There are people of Islamic faith who are good. And she was referring to … trying to, how do you determine people who come from an area there where there’s jihad, whether they’re a good or bad? I don’t know. Maybe you can do it by talking to them. I can’t. Continue reading...

An Iran-backed militia took responsibility for an overnight attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. President Trump called on other nations to help escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. Embassy in Caracas raised the American flag for the first time in seven years, months after former President Nicolás Maduro's capture by U.S. forces.

Discontent is mounting over rolling blackouts and shortages of food, fuel and medicine, exacerbated by a US blockade.

In comments to NBC News, US president also deflates hope of deal with Tehran, saying ‘terms aren’t good enough’ Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States may carry out more strikes on Iran’s vital Kharg Island oil export hub “just for fun”, rejecting the prospect of a swift peace deal with Tehran. “The terms aren’t good enough yet,” the US president told NBC News. The Iranian regime wants to make an agreement, he claimed. Continue reading...

No one was hurt in the explosion at a Jewish school in Amsterdam, or in an earlier one at a Rotterdam synagogue.

The son of British prisoners in Iran slammed U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's "non-existent" advocacy and urged President Donald Trump to remember prisoners during strikes on Iran.

Volodymyr Zelensky cast concern over the supply of air-defence missiles after a heavy overnight attack kills at least five.

Alford, who also appeared in Grange Hill, was jailed for eight and a half years in January for sexually assaulting two girls An investigation has been launched into the death of the actor John Alford after he died in prison two months into a sentence for sexually assaulting two teenage girls. Alford, 54, was jailed for eight and a half years in January after he was found guilty of the assaults, which occurred during a party at a friend’s home. Continue reading...

US Central Command says crash followed unspecified incident, and second refueling tanker landed safely in Israel The names of the six US service members who died when a military refueling aircraft crashed over Iraq on Thursday have been released. The Pentagon on Saturday identified the crew members as Maj John “Alex” Klinner, 33, of Auburn, Alabama; Capt Ariana Savino, 31, of Covington, Washington; Tech Sgt Ashley Pruitt, 34, of Bardstown, Kentucky; Capt Seth Koval, 38, of Mooresville, Indiana; Capt Curtis Angst, 30, of Wilmington, Ohio; and Tech Sgt Tyler Simmons, 28, of Columbus, Ohio. Continue reading...