World - Saturday, June 20, 2026

Follow live updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Ted O’Brien distanced himself from Pauline Hanson’s suggestion that Australia shouldn’t give aid to Pacific countries that also take aid from China. He said it was a legitimate concern, but her solution was “completely wrong” for the Pacific and not in Australia’s national interest. The idea that you effectively hold a gun to the head of our Pacific neighbours - that’s that’s not what a friend does, that’s not a way of building trust, you don’t basically create an ultimatum. You certainly don’t say it’s all about who you’re going to get money from. The relationship that we have with the Pacific Islands is far deeper than then development money. From Australia’s perspective, I think that’s the main thing that we should be concerned about, because that has a direct impact on the prices we pay here in Australia. A permanent toll would be bad in practice, wrong in principle, and set a dangerous precedent for how otherwise waterways should be managed internationally. Continue reading...

Cape Verde’s veteran goalkeeper, Vozinha, is keeping the archipelago nation’s hopes outsized after his performance against soccer giant Spain.

Counterterrorism officials investigate after a suspect allegedly went on an anti-Muslim rampage in Edinburgh, leaving five men injured near a mosque and anohter location.

The Israeli military accused Ahmed Wishah of being a "Hamas sniper operative", without providing evidence.

Vice President JD Vance said he would prioritize nuclear issues and renewed fighting in Lebanon in talks with an Iranian delegation in Switzerland. Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz faced new disruption after Iran’s military said it was closing the waterway.

Blaze broke out in single-storey pavilion in New Zealand Way in White City on Saturday evening Three people have died after a fire at a building in London, the London fire brigade (LFB) has said. The fire service said it received reports of the blaze in New Zealand Way in White City, west London, at 6.52pm on Saturday. Continue reading...

Fifty-five ships had passed through the strait on Saturday, the U.S. military said. But then Iran’s military said it was closing the waterway once again.

Buckingham Palace says move is intended to increase ‘clarity and accessibility’ of monarchy’s finances King Charles will become the first head of state to reveal their personal tax bill in what the palace said was an attempt to enhance the transparency of royal finances. Charles, 77, will publish his financial details as part of the royal household increasing the “clarity and accessibility” of the monarchy’s finances by producing a new report on the subject. Continue reading...

For a quarter century, Ms. Khalil ran a guesthouse and worked to protect endangered sea turtles who every summer lay their eggs on a stretch of beach near Tyre, Lebanon.

Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon erupted at a U.N. official during a tense heated exchange over Israel's placement on a U.N. sexual violence blacklist.