World - Saturday, March 28, 2026

More than 3,000 No Kings events scheduled across the US in third set of protests since Trump re-election What to know about the third No Kings protests happening in March In the year since Donald Trump retook office, the number of protests in the US outpaced those at the same point in his first administration, according to data from the Crowd Counting Consortium , an open-source project collaboration between Harvard University’s Kennedy School and the University of Connecticut, reported Lex McMenamin and Andrew Witherspoon. There were more than 10,700 protests in 2025, a 133% increase from the 4,588 recorded in 2017, the first year of Trump’s first term. According to the data, an overwhelming majority of US counties – including 42% that voted for Trump – have had at least one protest since he was re-inaugurated last year. Continue reading...

A U.S. official said that earlier an Iranian strike at a military base in Saudi Arabia injured around two dozen U.S. troops, one of the most serious breaches of American defenses since the war began.

Ukraine's president offered the country's counter-drone technology to Gulf nations, seeking missile support as Ukraine faces a critical air defense deficit.

Vice-president received about 53% of votes at Conservative Political Action Conference held in Texas this year One of the biggest conservative gatherings in the US ran a poll showing vice-president JD Vance is the top choice this year to be the next Republican presidential candidate. The poll from the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), released on Saturday, was taken during this year’s gathering. About 53% of the more than 1,600 attendees who voted in the poll chose Vance, Reuters reports. Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, came in second with 35%. Continue reading...

The crew are safe and will complete their mission, a spokesman for the organisers said.

Party members to determine MP’s political future after Dinesh Gourisetty also nominated for upper house seat Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Moira Deeming’s political future in the Victorian Liberals is about to be decided behind closed doors in the final preselection battle for the party’s upper house seats on Sunday. Liberal members were due to gather at party headquarters for the western metropolitan region convention, where Deeming faces a serious challenge from Dinesh Gourisetty, a prominent figure in Melbourne’s fast-growing Indian community. Continue reading...

As Trump officials demand changes, Castro family members are suddenly popping up across Cuba’s political scene. Some even ask: Could one be the “Cuban Delcy?”

Allan government says measure is temporary as energy shock from Middle East conflict sees petrol prices soar Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Public transport will be free in Victoria for a month, and in Tasmania until July, in an effort to encourage people to switch from driving and alleviate the surge in demand for fuel. The Allan government announced on Sunday that it would make all metro and regional V/Line trams, trains and buses free from 31 March until the end of April. Continue reading...

After American Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina went missing, a mayor in Colombia noted the discovery of a corpse that he said likely is that of the missing man.

These groups’ dream has long been to establish federal autonomy, akin to that of their fellow Kurds in Iraq. With Iran’s leaders battered and degraded, they hope their moment has come.