World
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Biden seeks diplomacy in prisoner swap, Putin may see different lesson
Eleven days after his remarkable decision to drop out of the US election, America’s now lame-duck president had one of the most important breakthroughs of his time in office.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Days away from a crucial decision: Who will Harris choose as her running mate?
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion & Perspectives
A presidential ticket with a woman of colour and a gay man? Quick, pass the smelling salts
I’ve cracked the Veepstakes formula, and there is one candidate rising to the top to be Kamala Harris’ Democratic Party running mate.
Melanie La’Brooy
Autor
If Trump returns to the White House, Australia may need its own nukes
The more the US depends on Australia, the more likely it will defend it, runs the logic. But if Trump returns to the White House, a rethink will be required.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
What links a dead paedophile painter with Paris 2024? Shame
As Paris holds the world’s gaze, France’s continued meddling in the Pacific paints a less-than-golden picture of colonial neglect and the price of imperialism.
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
North America
Opinion
US politics
A presidential ticket with a woman of colour and a gay man? Quick, pass the smelling salts
I’ve cracked the Veepstakes formula, and there is one candidate rising to the top to be Kamala Harris’ Democratic Party running mate.
- by Melanie La’Brooy
Breaking
September 11 attacks
Pentagon chief revokes plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind
The move comes two days after a US military commission said it had reached plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accused accomplices in the terror attacks.
- by Ellen Knickmeyer
Opinion
Trump's America
If Trump returns to the White House, Australia may need its own nukes
- by Peter Hartcher
Europa
A reporter, a Russian killer and everyone else freed in the prisoner swap
- by Ivan Nechepurenko, Valerie Hopkins and Alina Lobzina
Graphic content
Crime
Suspect charged over UK mass stabbing attack named after restrictions lifted
- by Martin Evans
Teen charged over fatal UK dance school attack as social media fuels more riots
- by Brian Melley and Jill Lawless
Asia
Tourists are flocking to Japan in record numbers. Some locals have had enough
Travellers are descending on Japan in record numbers, eager to take advantage of a weak yen, but parts of the famously polite country are now struggling with the crowds.
- by Lisa Visentin
World of photos, August 3, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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Mossad hired Iranian agents to plant bombs in Hamas chief’s residence
The plan originally was to kill Ismail Haniyeh in May when he was at the funeral of Iran’s president, but that was changed because of the large crowds and the high possibility of failure.
- by Akhtar Makoii
Hamas chief buried in Qatar as calls for revenge ripple through Muslim world
- by Dan Williams and Julia Frankel
Opinion
Französisch-Polynesien
What links a dead paedophile painter with Paris 2024? Shame
- by Malcolm Knox
The bomb that killed Hamas leader was lying in wait for ‘months’
- by Ronen Bergman, Mark Mazzetti and Farnaz Fassihi
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
A new leader, an assassination and the nuclear option: Why world is sweating on Iran
- by David E. Sanger and Farnaz Fassihi
