World News: Australia

Sydney Morning Herald - World (10 minutes ago)

Nicolás Maduro and his wife were taken from their prison cells at first light and escorted under heavy guard in an armoured vehicle to the New York courthouse.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 hours ago)

When news of the president's capture pinged on Fabiola Campbell's phone in Australia at the weekend, she was overcome by a wave of relief.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 hours ago)

Venezuela's interim leader may pay a hefty price "if she doesn't do what's right”, Trump warned, and said other territories – including Colombia – may be subject to American intervention.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 hours ago)

Recent crises in Venezuela, the Middle East and the South China Sea highlight hard choices Australia must confront.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (8 hours ago)

Some leaders, like Anthony Albanese, have taken a muted response to the Trump administration's activities in Venezuela. Others have been far more forthright.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (8 hours ago)

After Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured in an audacious US military operation, the fallout continues as questions mount over Trump's actions and what comes next for Venezuela. Follow our updates.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (9 hours ago)

Video filmed on mobile phones by Venezuelans in different cities captured the US air and ground incursion playing out in real time.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (9 hours ago)

Some buildings in the small town of Catia La Mar, near Venezuela's capital Caracas, have been damaged in the US attack on Venezuela, when the president was captured.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (10 hours ago)

The timing of the US president's latest remarks about the Danish territory has deepened concerns about his foreign policy ambitions.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (11 hours ago)

As president, Nicolas Maduro was known for his dancing, and was seen to dance at many public and broadcast events.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (11 hours ago)

US national security officials have disputed Kremlin claims about Ukrainian strikes that Trump had initially greeted with deep concern.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (13 hours ago)

Authorities have identified 40 people killed in the nightclub blaze, with four Swiss teenage girls among the dead, including one aged 14.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (13 hours ago)

Key to the Venezuelan regime, Cilia Flores shaped a judicial system in which major decisions ran through her according to journalists and former officials.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (13 hours ago)

The protests are the biggest in three years and come as the economy is in tatters and international pressure is building.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (13 hours ago)

The Venezuelan president ran a corrupt government fuelled by a drug-trafficking operation that flooded the US with cocaine, newly unsealed indictment says.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (14 hours ago)

Forty people died and 119 were injured in the blaze that broke out at Le Constellation bar, a venue attended my many young people in the Swiss alps.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (18 hours ago)

The "indefatigable” Charles took on the most engagements in 2025, even as he underwent weekly cancer treatment.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (19 hours ago)

Where do the US and Venezuela go from here? Much depends on what Washington does next and how Venezuela's fractured polity responds.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (19 hours ago)

US President Donald Trump's political opponents are suggesting he could be impeached over the brazen kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Alexander and his wife thought Donald Trump was bluffing about plans for Venezuela. Now he's trying to escape the country.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Nicolas Maduro rose from unionised bus driver to Venezuelan president and oversaw his country's democratic undoing and economic collapse before his capture by the US.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Venezuela's President Nicholas Maduro has been captured by the United States and taken to New York where he's facing narco-terrorism and weapons charges.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

After months of build-up, the US has attacked Venezuela and taken President Nicolás Maduro and his wife into American custody. How did it get to this?

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

US President Donald Trump's attack on Venezuela contains the seeds of a wider tragedy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

The last time she saw her son he was bundled in blankets. Now the twisting saga to reunite them has hit another dead end, thanks to a snap decision by Donald Trump.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Venezuela's first lady built extraordinary influence over decades while largely operating from the shadows.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

US forces spent months rehearsing operations against Venezuela, mapping every move of Nicolás Maduro, including his safe house.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro spent the night in a New York prison cell after he was captured by US special forces in a brazen military raid.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

After taking Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro into US custody, US President Donald Trump has revealed plans to 'run' the country and tap its vast oil fields. Follow for live updates.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Nicolás Maduro's arrest by US special forces ends an unlikely 13-year presidency dressed up in myths and lies.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Donald Trump made it clear that oil is what his Venezuelan venture is about. But it is entirely unclear how he envisages the next few days – or few years – playing out.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

If Rodriguez is a willing partner, she could help the US ease a transition by maintaining stability with the current institutions in Venezuela.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

The US has destroyed a military target in Venezuela and captured President Maduro and his wife. Responses to the attacks from world leaders and the public have been varied.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speak about the US invasion of Venezuela and the capture of President Maduro.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Former White House advisor Laura Schwartz said Donald Trump doesn't appear to have an "exit plan” after capturing Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The US appears to have completed a bold act of regime change in unseating Nicolas Maduro, but what unfolds next for Venezuela and the world is not so clear-cut.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The United States has taken control of Venezuela after capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in a late-night military operation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The French couple are suspected of negligent homicide, negligent bodily harm and causing fire by negligence, Swiss police said in a statement.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife has been flown out of the country, Donald Trump claimed on his social media platform.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

US President Donald Trump says Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been captured and removed from the country.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Soaring temperatures in enclosed-space fires mean the entire contents of a room can ignite almost simultaneously, with unsurvivable consequences for those inside.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft have reportedly been heard and seen in Venezuela's capital Caracas.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

US authorities say they thwarted an ISIS-inspired terror plot planned for New Year's Eve.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

One expert says he warned that the AI chatbot was "a nudification tool waiting to be weaponised”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

As far as the Russians were concerned, they had got their man. And they unwittingly delivered the money on his head straight into Ukraine's hands.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The president and top Iranian officials have exchanged threats as widening protests sweep across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Unlike first ladies before her, Melania Trump manages to turn her official role into content for money-making ventures.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

An 18-year-old was arrested after allegedly intending to carry out a terror attack using knives and hammers on New Year's Eve.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Yaron Lavy missed the deadly nightclub inferno by sheer chance as Swiss authorities praise the actions of volunteers who helped people escape.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Growing animosity between a crown prince and a powerful sheikh reached a dramatic climax this week, in a development that could move markets and disrupt the world.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The co-owner of the Swiss bar where 40 people died in a New Year's Day inferno said he broke no safety regulations, as a chief prosecutor says the blaze was probably ignited by sparklers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Sparklers attached to champagne bottles are thought to be the likely cause of the Swiss Alps bar fire that killed 40 people.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Two hikers encountered a cougar near the woman's body. They threw rocks to scare it away so they could try to help her.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Unconventional tools are a hallmark for Safari Martins, who is one of Kenya's most recognisable barbers with around one million followers on each of his Instagram and TikTok accounts.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The New York mayor unapologetically promised to lead as a democratic socialist, issuing a warning to those who believed he might moderate his positions after taking office.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Young revellers had crowded into the Le Constellation basement to cheer the year ahead. Now, that future has been cut short for at least 40 of them.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

A fire swept through a crowded bar in Switzerland in the early hours of the new year, killing about 40 people and injuring at least 115 others

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

In one incident last year, 63 people were killed when a pyrotechnics display ignited the ceiling at a nightclub in eastern Europe.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The blaze at a crowded bar at Crans-Montana spread after the ceiling caught alight. Witnesses said a sparkler in a champagne bottle may have ignited it and that people were smashing windows to escape.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The blaze happened as the Netherlands endured New Year's Eve turbulence, with "unprecedented” violence against police and firefighters.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Authorities are working to confirm reports an Australian fighting in Ukraine has died.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

From New York to Paris to Sydney, crowds have marked the start of 2026 with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous fireworks or drumming.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

It was the kind of piece that rarely lands on an editor's desk, both completely raw and perfectly realised. David Remnick accepted it immediately.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Catherine has had one of her most dazzling years yet – charming presidents, bolstering the British fashion industry and gently evolving her look.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

If Kennedy continues the course he's now set, we will be left to explain to future generations how we came to abandon them.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The violent confrontation is the latest in the anti-government demonstrations that have spread across multiple cities since Sunday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

US national security officials have found that Ukraine did not target Putin or his Novgorod home, a conclusion backed up by a CIA assessment.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Britain's Queen Camilla recalls being attacked on a train as a teenager

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Images taken near Peru's top tourist site show the badly damaged locomotives – which collided head-on – facing each other and people being treated on the sides of the tracks.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Speaking publicly for the first time about the indecent assault, Camilla recalled fending off the man who attacked her.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Of all the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's staff departures of recent years, the loss of a deeply loyal executive director will hit the hardest.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

In a sign of the times, Denmark appears to be the first country where the official postal carrier will stop delivering letters.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Footage of a lone protester staring down security forces in Tehran has gone viral as protests spread rapidly across the country, fuelled by a rare alliance between two groups.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

One train driver died and at least 40 are injured after the head-on crash on a railway track servicing Machu Picchu in Peru.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The first tranche of Epstein files have been released, and while Donald Trump does not appear in a significant way, many files are heavily redacted.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg died after revealing in November she had a rare form of leukaemia. She was 35.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

She was a feisty Bogota entrepreneur, full of ambition, when she first appeared on TV. Now two teenage girls are dead – and she's the chief suspect.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

In the past year, we have seen a wholesale change in how American power works, and these ambassadorial changes are an emblem of the president's foreign policy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Aircraft and warships have encircled Taiwan, days after the US approved a record arms deal with Taipei.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The question is whether this Trumpian blind spot for Putin's intent will doom the peace process by railroading Ukraine into accepting terms its people or its parliament cannot abide.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The Ukrainian president first cocked his head slightly, then appeared to force a smile during a press conference following the pair's weekend meeting at Mar-a-Lago.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Moscow provided no evidence of the alleged attack, which Ukraine vehemently denies, but is using it to withdraw from previously agreed concessions on the war.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

US President Donald Trump is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The vessel is the same one involved in a previous mishap in which an elderly passenger was found dead after being left behind on Lizard Island.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Many in Flitcham are too nervous to discuss their royal neighbour's council application but as one says, who would want a wafting stench to ruin a summer's evening?

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Donald Trump says he and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky are "getting a lot closer” to an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

When emergency services were unable to reach a man who had collapsed while walking, they contacted a family staying nearby.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Scientists are redefining autism as a complex condition with multiple forms, challenging traditional notions.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The oldest of Etna's four main summit craters has made its presence felt – almost 28 years after its last major eruption.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

One person is dead and another is fighting for life after two helicopters collided in midair in southern New Jersey.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are meeting in the US to discuss a peace plan to end the war with Russia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US and Ukrainian leaders will meet in Florida to hammer out a plan to end the war, but they face major differences on key issues and provocations from Moscow.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Voting is almost sure to favour the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls but some see them as the most pragmatic way to try to improve conditions.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US president has named a proposed new vessel after himself.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Records show how government departments played down residents' warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fuelled the deadly blaze.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Three consecutive US Navy surface warship schemes have collapsed. Will this be the fourth?

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Post-holiday weekend airline traffic was thrown into chaos as a mix of snow and ice bore down on the US Northeast.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Russia has conducted strikes against Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares to meet Donald Trump.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

A major dumping of snow across the north-east of the US has caused thousands of flights to be cancelled.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

At a beach resort on the outskirts of Davao City, the apparent fleeting visit of soon-to-be terrorist gunmen has been a talking point.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

A man was arrested after stabbing eight people and injuring seven others with what was believed to be bleach at a tyre factory in central Japan.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The deal will halt the worst fighting in years between the South-East Asian countries, which has included fighter jets sorties, rockets fired and artillery barrages.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Buried in the thousands of pages of newly released documents are records about the sex offender's death in a New York jail, but nothing so far to challenge a ruling that he took his own life.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Perry Bamonte, a backstage tech who became a full-time member of the seminal post-punk band for more than 35 years, died at home on Christmas Day, after a short illness.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Images from the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the city of Homs showed blood on the carpets, holes in the walls, shattered windows and fire damage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Trump's anointed successor must calm an increasingly fractious Republican movement which some say risks following its Democratic opponents down the same identity rabbit hole.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Najib Razak was sentenced to 15 years and fined $5 billion after being convicted over multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

What's in store for the world next year? As our correspondents looked ahead, the thread stitching it all together – or pulling it apart – led back to the White House.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US has carried out strikes on militants who have been "targeting and viciously killing innocent Christians”, the president says.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

UK investigators said there was no evidence the unproven allegations – relating to an incident in Surrey in the 1990s – had been reported to them and would seek more information from other agencies.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The US president has always believed in the power of his brand. But as far as legacies go, sticking your name on everything is perilously impermanent.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

King Charles celebrates Jesus' pilgrimage for 'peace and reconciliation' in annual Christmas speech

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

In his annual Christmas message, Charles pushed for a "digital detox”, urging people to slow down the pace of modern life to "quieten our minds” and connect with family, friends and neighbours.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The Bondi Beach killings carry the seed that we may have been wrong to think we had helped stop the Philippines continuing as a launch pad for terrorism.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

On a mission to spy on China, a team of hand-picked climbers managed to mislay a plutonium-laden device in the remote Himalayas. It has never been found.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Pope Leo made the unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The move triggered a backlash in Europe as the US said the bans could be expanded. A One Nation senator applauded the action and urged the Trump administration to "now do Australian politicians”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Christmas celebrations have returned to the birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem in Israel for the first time since the ceasefire in Gaza.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The group's biggest claims were largely incorrect, while its many smaller cuts added up to few savings.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Surfing Santa's, crazy cows and traditional carols, see how people across the globe celebrate Christmas in 2025.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The offer is the closest Ukraine's president has come to a compromise on ceding territory – an issue that has seen US-led peace talks stutter for weeks.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

In a building monitored by CCTV cameras, Ciara Moore sits before a group of preschoolers and does something that some people in this city consider an act of insurgency.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The discovery of the new files is a stunning 11th-hour development after officials suggested months ago that a comprehensive review had accounted for the vast universe of materials.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The DOJ has admitted it will need more time to release the remaining Epstein files.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Candace Owens' foray into conspiracy theories about the death of the conservative activist has some of her long-time allies drawing a line.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The US Government has slammed the latest drop of Epstein files after Donald Trump was mentioned multiple times.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

UK authorities have laid new charges against comedian Russell Brand, including one count of rape.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

In this post-truth Trumpian world, seemingly nothing can stop a political career. Certainly not a few years in a Sydney jail back in the 1990s for helping smuggle heroin.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

President Donald Trump bemoaned the potential reputational damage inflicted on people who appear in photos released as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Philip Young, a former UK Conservative councillor, also allegedly had 230 indecent images of children – most deemed in the worst category – and other prohibited images related to "rape, animals, death and gore”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Two men have been found guilty over a foiled Islamic State-inspired attack in which they planned to use automatic weapons to kill hundreds of people.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The latest release shows Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell corresponding with someone calling himself The Invisible Man about procuring women for "two-legged sightseeing” in Peru.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Until a police officer knocked on his door last week, the village chief in Dungoan wasn't aware of the horror that had unfolded in Sydney on December 14.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The new charges against the comedian and actor – who is already facing similar charges involving four women – relate to two other women.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

From the moment they fled their Damascus palace via private jets and convoys of cars, the Assad family has maintained an opulent lifestyle.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The move comes after laws in 2022 recognised that crabs, lobsters, crayfish and squid were sentient and could feel pain.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Authorities said it was a miracle no one was hurt or killed in the incident, during which boat owners leapt for their lives in the middle of the night.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The US president lamented that the Epstein saga was intended to distract from his administration's achievements, including an announcement about a new warship – named after Trump.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Reiterating his desire to possess Greenland, Trump said the US needed the mineral-rich self-governing Danish territory for security purposes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Residents of the boats had to be rescued after a canal embankment collapsed in Shropshire, United Kingdom.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Residents of the boats had to be rescued after a canal embankment collapsed in Shropshire, United Kingdom.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The second lady was subjected to a torrent of racist abuse from far-right podcaster Nick Fuentes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

A British man has been charged over a string of sex crimes against a woman – now his ex-wife – between 2010 and 2023. Five other men have also been charged with sexual offences against her.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Images shared by investigators showed a white car in parking lot with heavy damage, the driver's seat stained in blood. Moscow has blamed this and a series of other apparent assassinations on Ukraine.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Min Aung Hlaing is desperate for his regime to be seen as legitimate, and he believes elections starting on December 28 are a means to that end.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Until now, there had been no suggestion of the alleged shooters travelling any further than Davao City in the Philippines.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Until now, there had been no suggestion of them travelling any further than Davao City in the Philippines.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The singer went silent for a few seconds at a conservative conference as the audience laughed over the awkward moment. Erika Kirk quickly consoled her.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The explosion of a SpaceX rocket earlier this year put multiple passenger planes and hundreds of people in danger, new documents reveal.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The move further threatens the possibility of a Palestinian state, and brings the total number of new settlements over the past few years to a record level.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Rapper Nicki Minaj appeared as a special guest at the AmericaFest conference, where she spoke about the Trump administration.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The performer was on stage with Charlie Kirk's widow when she was left mortified by her choice of words.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Hyderabad has come under scrutiny after one of its own was named in connection with the Bondi shooting.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

An image of a desk drawer filled with photos, including one showing the future president, was initially released on Friday. Then it was gone.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Andrew claimed it was "just a straightforward shooting weekend”, but what staff found in the guest rooms of the Queen's private estate left them shocked.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted on X video she said shows US personnel apprehending an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The shooters' movements during their excursions outside their budget hotel room in Davao City are at the centre of a multipronged investigation by Philippine authorities.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The US has seized another tanker carrying Venezuelan oil in the Caribbean, in an effort to ramp up pressure on the country's president.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The US Justice Department removed at least a dozen photos including one featuring US President Donald Trump a day after releasing them as part of the first tranche of Epstein files.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Reports from US intelligence present a starkly different picture from  that painted by US President Donald Trump and his Ukraine peace negotiators.

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