Is this the best Lebanon football team ever?
As the Lebanon Cedars prepare for their first AFC Asian Cup appearance since 2000, their faithful fans are asking the question. Is this team the best Lebanese team ever? According…
Australia sexual abuse: National apology delivered to victims
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has given a national apology to victims of child sexual abuse. Hundreds of people gathered in Canberra on Monday to hear Mr Morrison deliver the…
Business as usual for Trump and the Saudis
Just like every other right-thinking, virtue-signalling big mouth here in the US, I am appalled – appalled! – at President Donald Trump’s refusal to call out that thuggish Prince Mohammed…
Assange takes legal action against Ecuador
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to launch legal action against the government of Ecuador, accusing it of violating his “fundamental rights and freedoms”. The move comes several months after Ecuador…
Day Five: Harry and Meghan attend Anzac memorial ceremony in Sydney
It has been the most sombre moment of the royal tour so far, but one that matters just as much to Prince Harry. The Duke of Sussex on Saturday officially…
Saudi authorities say Washington Post journalist died inside consulate after a fight
Saudi Arabian authorities say Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi died inside the country’s consulate in Turkey, confirming 18 Saudi nationals have been arrested and two senior staff sacked. The Saudi…
AFP asked to investigate leak of ASIO advice warning of violence over Israeli embassy policy shift
Federal Police have been asked to investigate how secret security advice warning of possible violence in response to Australia considering moving its embassy in Israel was leaked to a news…
China plans to launch artificial moon bright enough to replace city’s streetlights by 2020
China is reportedly in the process of creating an “artificial moon” that would be bright enough to replace the streetlights in the south-western city of Chengdu by 2020. The illuminated…
Freeway crash driver who was texting before fatal accident jailed for almost four years
A driver who was texting her boyfriend when she caused a high-speed freeway crash in Perth, which claimed the life of her friend, has been sentenced to three years and…
Drew Barrymore: EgyptAir’s magazine sorry for ‘surreal’ article
EgyptAir’s in-flight magazine has apologised over an interview with actress Drew Barrymore that was slated on social media after being published. The article went viral after being posted online, with…