World - Sunday, June 21, 2026

The US president, who is not at the talks, had earlier exchanged warnings with Iran's negotiator over clashes between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Iranian negotiators insisted on an end to the war in Lebanon as a condition for further talks, state media reported. And President Trump renewed threats against Iran, even as Vice President JD Vance was hailing progress.

Deputy Liberal leader says Labor politicians pulling the ladder up behind them after using negative gearing to create wealth. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Hume has no problem with more debate on NDIS changes, but criticises ‘horse trading’ between Labor and the Greens Jane Hume is speaking to RN Breakfast now, saying the Coalition has no problem with increased scrutiny over changes to the NDIS should the Greens negotiate a longer inquiry into the scheme the week. I suppose one of our concerns is that perhaps the changes don’t go far enough in addressing the rorts and the criminal behaviour that we’ve seen embedded in the NDIS system now. We want to make sure that they are appropriately addressed. And we also want to make sure that Australia’s most vulnerable are well cared for. And there does seem to be some oversights in there. So I have no problems with scrutiny of legislation. It’s no surprise that the Greens have got into horse trading with Labor over this. We know exactly what it is that they do. This is their modus operandi. I think that speaks volumes of this Labor government’s priorities. Continue reading...

Analyst says Meloni's public feud with President Trump is a calculated strategy to boost her declining approval ratings ahead of Italy's 2027 general election.

Amid a volley of threats, the brief talks largely focused on the war in Lebanon, according to Iranian state media.

Mayor says ‘violence has no place in our city’ as president criticizes governor for not accepting national guard troops At least seven people have been killed and dozens injured in several shootings in Chicago since Friday, police said, with Donald Trump once again calling for military intervention in the midwestern city. In a post on Truth Social, Trump questioned why Illinois’s governor, JB Pritzker, had not welcomed military deployment. Continue reading...

Albania protests target Socialist PM Edi Rama over corruption allegations, not Kushner investments, former ambassador tells Fox News Digital.

A victory for Abelardo De La Espriella, a lawyer with no previous political experience, would be a rebuke to the left and another win for the right in Latin America.

Leftwing opponent alleges vote count irregularities after Trump-endorsed lawyer secures narrow majority The Trump-admiring far-right millionaire lawyer and self-styled “outsider” Abelardo de la Espriella has won Colombia’s presidential runoff, defeating the leftwing senator Iván Cepeda. With 99.65% of ballots counted in the preliminary vote tally, de la Espriella had secured 12.91m votes, or 49.65%, just 248,310 more than Cepeda, who received 12.67m votes, or 48.7%. A further 1.6% of ballots were cast blank. Continue reading...

Negotiations continue via mediators after US president threatened to bomb Iran and kidnap negotiating team unless strait of Hormuz reopened Iranian negotiators left high-stakes talks with the US in Switzerland in protest at a stream of threats issued by Donald Trump on social media, leaving mediators Qatar and Pakistan to continue negotiations in the background. The US president had threatened to bomb Iran, and even to kidnap the Iranian negotiating team unless the strait of Hormuz is reopened. It was not clear if the Iran walkout was permanent or a symbolic show of protest. Continue reading...