World News: Australia

Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 hours ago)

At least six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip, local authorities say, less than 24 hours after the US president declared peace.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 hours ago)

She was a housewife until her politician husband was sent to jail. When he was finally released, he was shocked at what he found.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (7 hours ago)

The final 20 Israeli hostages have reunited with their families after being released by Hamas in exchange for nearly 2000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (8 hours ago)

There was elation when the hostages were released, but difficult questions remain, including whether Hamas will disarm and who will govern Gaza – highlighting the fragility of an agreement.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (8 hours ago)

All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and thousands of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war in Gaza. Follow our live coverage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (9 hours ago)

It began with young Madagascans uniting online. Then, after weeks of deadly protests, an elite military unit joined in. That proved the final straw.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (10 hours ago)

For part of their captivity, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David were together after they were kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival, they were then separated and reunited on their release.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (10 hours ago)

Bar Kupershtein is finally reunited with his family in Israel, including his wheelchair-bound father whose only wish was to stand to embrace his son.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (10 hours ago)

Australia and the United States have progressed a defence partnership under which Australia is set to begin producing guided missiles, including for export to the US and beyond, by the end of the year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (10 hours ago)

He was kidnapped while on duty and held hostage for two years. Nimrod Cohen was released with the other hostages and is reunited with his family.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (11 hours ago)

After two years being held hostage, Elkana Bohbot is freed and is able to reunite with his wife.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (11 hours ago)

At a hospital in Israel, Matan Angrest is given the all clear to reunite with his family, after two years in captivity.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (11 hours ago)

With children so young they barely know him, Omri Miran sees his family again after two years in captivity.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (11 hours ago)

Both wearing sports shirts, Eitan Horn sees his brother for the first time in two years, following his kidnapping and captivity in Gaza.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (12 hours ago)

After two years as hostages in Gaza, brothers David and Ariel Cunio finally reunite with their family in Israel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (12 hours ago)

Gaza hostages have at last embraced their relatives and partners, many of whom had feared they would never see their loved ones again.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (13 hours ago)

For the first time in two years, Matan Zangauker is reunited with his mother following the deal which included the release of all the Israeli hostages by Hamas.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (13 hours ago)

After having a medical check, Eitan Mor was released to his family after he was kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas for two years.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (14 hours ago)

After two years as a hostage in Gaza, Avinatan Or is returned home to his parents, family and girlfriend.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (14 hours ago)

After just having finished a medical check, Guy Gilboa-Dalal's family meets him at the hospital for the first time after his release.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (14 hours ago)

After two years as a hostage in Gaza, Evyatar David reunites with family at the hospital in Israel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (14 hours ago)

After two years being held hostage, Elkana Bohbot is freed and is able to reunite with his wife.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (14 hours ago)

After two years as hostages in Gaza, brothers David and Ariel Cunio finally reunite with their family in Israel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (16 hours ago)

The US president deserves much credit for striking a ceasefire deal. But in his exaggeration of what has been achieved, some fear he will lose interest in what comes next.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (17 hours ago)

There was so much attention on Donald Trump that it was easy to overlook the steel in the message from Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (18 hours ago)

US President Donald Trump has warned Russia that Ukraine may get long-range Tomahawk missiles.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (18 hours ago)

Two people have died after a plane came crashing down onto traffic on a highway in Massachusetts, leaving a trail of flames.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (18 hours ago)

For the first time in 738 days, all living Israeli hostages are free from Hamas captivity in Gaza, while hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (18 hours ago)

The Israel Defense Forces has released video of the moment hostage Eitan Mor was reunited with his parents.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (23 hours ago)

The US president predicted "the historic dawn of a new Middle East” in a loose and colourful speech to the Israeli Knesset in which he said he had told Benjamin Netanyahu that it was now time to stop the war.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Security officials remove a Knesset member who interrupted President Donald Trump's speech to the Knesset. Source X/@SamuelSokol

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Donald Trump receives standing ovation as he arrives to address Israeli Knesset.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

The hostage release was greeted with celebrations across Israel and live broadcasts around the world as Donald Trump landed in Tel Aviv to mark the historic moment.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

'Everybody is happy,' Trump says en route to Israel

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Video shows Israeli hostage's FaceTime with family after release.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Being greeted by Israeli officials, US President Donald Trump arrives at Tel Aviv ahead of the release of Israeli hostages.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

The US president has arrived on Israeli soil as a hostage release plan is unfolding between Hamas and Israel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

As the ceasefire in the Israeli Palestinian war takes hold, Israeli hostages are returned from Gaza.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Israel has confirmed that Hamas has handed over the first seven hostages to the Red Cross as part of the Gaza ceasefire.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

The US president has warned Russia that he may send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if Moscow doesn't settle its war soon.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Under terms of the deal, Israel is expected to allow about 600 trucks into Gaza each day. What happens after that?

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

A leaked email shows the prince reached out to the convicted sex offender after a newspaper published a photograph of the royal with his arm around a teenage girl.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Talks on more difficult issues, such as Hamas' arsenal, were delayed because the warring parties were not ready for a comprehensive agreement, Qatar's prime minister said.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Domestically, the president is powerful but unpopular, with a scant legislative agenda and a vendetta-driven public image.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The bombs have stopped near the clinic in southern Gaza where Rachael Cummings works, but the hunger has not changed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Israel expects to receive all living hostages from Gaza in a single group to be transferred by Hamas on Monday

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Despite a flowering of optimism over the prospect of peace, a thorny issue remains to be grasped: Hamas has made no commitment to disarm.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Israel is just hours away from receiving the final remaining hostages as part of US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The Middle East peace deal is a big step, but it's not assured. Otherwise, Trump has made unilateral decisions that could cause the death of millions of people.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The former musician was serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences before the attack, which was described as "shocking, even by prison standards”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Hope is building ahead of the deadline for a ceasefire deal exchanging Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Thousands hop on a London hire bike every day, and true believers swear they're quicker than the Tube.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The back and forth threatens to derail a possible meeting between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping and end a truce in a tariff war.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The presence of Chinese and Russian leaders at the latest Pyongyang mega-parade underlines Kim Jong-un's rising star as a geopolitical partner against the West.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

US media giant Paramount paid $US150m for a controversial journalist's online news site. Is it to appease Donald Trump?

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The US president uses unpredictability as leverage as we've seen from Ukraine to Gaza but he mistakes confusion for control, volatility for strength.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Pakistani security officials said they were responding "with full force” to what they called unprovoked firing from Afghanistan amid rising tensions between the two countries.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

There were three shootings across the U.S. state of Mississippi during homecoming celebrations.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Authorities are trying to determine the cause of the explosion on Friday that was felt by people more than 100 kilometres away.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

18 people were initially believed to be missing after the massive explosion.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Ahead of the release of Israeli hostages, thousands rallied in Tel Aviv at an event attended by Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The man sporting a reddish beard and jacket reaches forward to speak briefly into the microphone. This is Encep Nurjaman, the alleged mastermind of the Bali bombing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The former US president has started radiation therapy after he was diagnosed in May with prostate cancer, which had spread to his bone.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The news of his death comes as Israel prepares to welcome home the final 20 living hostages still held captive by Hamas, followed by the bodies of 28 others.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Big changes are imminent for Australians travelling to Europe, and it'll spell the end of stamps in your passport.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Maria Corina Machado has been named the Nobel Peace Prize winner for her ongoing work for a peaceful transition away from dictatorship.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The citizens of a progressive northwestern US city have found a creative, humorous way to undercut Donald Trump's assertions of lawlessness.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have returned to Gaza to begin rebuilding their lives.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The US president's threat came in response to China's new export controls on rare earths, and could re-escalate the destabilising trade war that Washington and Beijing paused earlier this year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

In a shock move, the French president reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister just four days after he quit.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Israel's military campaign has upended the lives of 2.1 million Palestinians living in the territory and decimated its 365 square kilometres.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The Israeli military says troops have started withdrawing under the truce, clearing the way for an urgent effort to ramp-up food and medical supplies to the territory.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

A swamp full of alligators has become ground zero for the US president's immigration crackdown. The heat is unbearable and some say Trump's policies are too.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The US president has openly sought the award this year, saying he should receive it but that the awards committee might not give it to him.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Hamas and Israel have agreed to the first phase of Donald Trump's solution to the Gaza war. Here are the details of the rest.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The latest peace deal is expected to see Hamas free the roughly 20 people taken during the October 2023 attacks who are still alive, alongside the remains of more than two dozen who died in captivity.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The Israeli government has approved the framework for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early on Friday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Small waves were detected on the coasts of the Philippines and Indonesia before the tsunami threat passed about two hours after the quake.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

A deft manoeuvre by the US president – or perhaps a misunderstanding – boxed in Israel and Hamas and forced a breakthrough after months of gridlock.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

America will deploy 200 troops to monitor the Gaza peace deal.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Buildings have been damaged and tsunami evacuation orders issued following a large earthquake off the coast of the Philippines.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Marwan Barghouti is Israel's most prominent Palestinian detainee and was at the top of the list of prisoners Hamas wanted to be freed as part of the ceasefire and hostage deal.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Trump's son-in-law brought his New York developer instincts to the Middle East negotiations.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Gershon Baskin, who played an important role in back-channel discussions on the new ceasefire deal, was tasked with helping to convince Hamas that the US president was serious about ending the war.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The children clutch on to manes and reins, protected with a helmet, vest and maybe some knee pads. They don't do saddles. Since 2019, five of them have been killed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The 12-year-old would normally bounce back up when he fell off his horse, as men urged him on beside a crude dirt track. This time, the boy did not move.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The first phase would free the remaining living Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, but it left unanswered a long list of questions over what happens next.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

In what was the Kremlin leader's most candid admission to date that Moscow was to blame for the deadly incident, he also promised compensation to those affected.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The agreement covers the "first phase” of a plan to stop the fighting in the Gaza Strip, and will see all remaining hostages returned home.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The US president has piled pressure on the Nobel committee to get the award – but one historian says he would only win if the judges had a "nervous breakdown”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Donald Trump's Gaza deal is a circuit breaker in the cycle of death. But it does not address its drivers. This is a ceasefire. Peace is harder.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

People are celebrating in the streets of Israel and Gaza after hearing the news that Hamas and Israel have agreed to the first phase of a plan to end two years of conflict.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

People are celebrating in the streets of Israel and Gaza after hearing the news that Hamas and Israel have agreed to the first phase of a plan to end two years of conflict.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio handed President Donald Trump a message during a public event in the White House's East Room, it was one of those moments when history heaved.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

It has been 2 years since the October 7th attacks in Israel. Foreign Affairs Correspondent Matthew Knott reflects on the ongoing impacts of that day in 2023.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Countries are beginning to respond to the flood of cheap imports into their markets, triggered by Trump's tariff wall around America.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

For all his flaws, the US president is personally invested in ending this conflict, and this moment may even bring him nearer a Nobel Prize.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The remaining Israeli hostages and thousands of Palestinian prisoners will be released under the first phase of a deal to end two years of fighting.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Uber driver Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is accused of starting a small fire that smouldered underground for days before reigniting and roaring through Pacific Palisades, home to the rich and famous.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

US President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first phase of the peace deal.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The move is unlikely to satisfy the right-wing National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, as it declares it will oppose any budget deal from Macron or his allies and push for new polls.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Park was shocked when she found out who had doctored her image, as South Korea grapples with a digital sex crime crisis that has even seen brothers target their sisters.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

A man has been arrested in Florida accused of deliberately lighting the deadly Palisades fire in Los Angeles.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The parents of missing UK girl Madeleine McCann have given testimony at the trial of a woman who is accused of stalking them and insisting she was their missing child.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

UK police have revealed the man who attacked a synagogue in Manchester last week pledged allegiance to Islamic State.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The case has amplified concerns the Justice Department is operating at the behest of a White House determined to seek retribution for the president's adversaries.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

If Tuesday's anniversary offered a clarion call, it was this: people on both sides of the border say enough is enough.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to 'secure the eternity of' his country in a statement marking the two year anniversary of the October 7 attacks.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

French President Emmanuel Macron is without a prime minister or a draft budget and mired in crisis.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

As National Guard troops gathered in a Chicago suburb on the president's orders, his attorney-general clashed with Democrat senators during a fiery four-hour hearing in Washington.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Focusing on the function of the immune system, and how autoimmune issues work, Fred Ramsdell wins the Nobel Prize for his work.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The experienced instructor fell to his death after becoming stuck with his student in a tandem rig, police said.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The federal government has confirmed all Australians on board the Gaza flotilla have been deported to Jordan after being detained by Israel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Israelis mark the October 7 anniversary with a memorial set to take place in Tel Aviv over coming hours.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Fred Ramsdell thought his wife had spotted a grizzly bear in Montana when she suddenly let out a yell. It was the hundreds of messages on her phone that startled her.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan and Netanyahu's public embrace of it has come against the backdrop of unprecedented global condemnation and isolation of Israel over its Gaza operations.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The satirical puppet show depicted the beloved children's character as red-eyed and drug-addled in a skit for its new YouTube series.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Indirect peace talks between Israeli and Hamas negotiators have begun as the US pushes for an end to the conflict in Gaza.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US president appointed her to the bench in 2018, with conservative credentials. But at the weekend, Karin Immergut refused to let him have his way in Portland, Oregon.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Julia Wandelt, who is on trial for stalking, was obsessed with the idea she was Kate McCann's missing three-year-old when she allegedly bombarded the British mother with calls, messages and home visits.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

On October 7, if we are to move forward at all, we must begin by looking honestly in the mirror, to acknowledge the full weight of what has been done, and what has been lost.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The scene evoked images of former French president Charles de Gaulle seeking solace in wind-swept Ireland after his resignation in 1969 – a leader retreating inward as his era drew to a close.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The Swedish campaigner arrived in Greece to a cheering pro-Palestinian crowd after Israel deported another 170 people detained when their Gaza-bound aid flotilla was intercepted.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

About 350 trekkers have been rescued from the eastern face of the world's tallest mountain, while another 200 were still stranded after a weekend of heavy snowfall.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Activist Greta Thunberg has been deported from Israel after being detained by the IDF on board an aid flotilla bound for Gaza,

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Donald Trump's push to send the military into multiple cities has been dealt a new blow, as states step up the fight to block the US President.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

In a last ditch bid to keep the government running, the French president asked Sebastien Lecornu to stay on for 48 hours to continue talks with key leaders in the national assembly.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, over her criminal conviction.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Senae Takaichi likens herself to Margaret Thatcher but given her background in heavy metal music, perhaps she's more Iron Maiden than Iron Lady.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Less than a year after the landmark trial that shook France and turned Gisèle Pelicot into a global icon, she was back in court for the appeal of a man challenging his conviction.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Ghislaine Maxwell's last chance appeal to overturn her sex trafficking conviction has been rejected by the Supreme Court.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

It has been 2 years since the October 7th attacks in Israel. Foreign Affairs Correspondent Matthew Knott reflects on the ongoing impacts of that day in 2023.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

An interconnected society in which the collective, forged in school and in military service, is fundamental, now asks whether it has lost its way and its ideals.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

A federal court ruled that the US president could not deploy troops to a city he has described as 'war-ravaged'.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Food stylist Caroline Velik spent more than a decade trying to devise the perfect breakfast – and she now has a world title to prove she has made it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Three days after the attack on a Manchester synagogue, Jews are talking about something they would have dismissed just a few years ago: going somewhere safer.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

US President Donald Trump has decided the federal government shutdown will not halt celebrations for the US Navy's 250th anniversary.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

US President Donald Trump said he would not tolerate any delay when it comes to his peace plan for Gaza.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Israel and the US have sent envoys to Egypt for imminent negotiations, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he hopes hostages will be freed in the coming days.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The dilemma for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "He will find himself with the entire world clapping, and he needs to explain why he's against it.”

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The result could steer the staunchly pro-Ukraine Czech Republic to a more pro-Russian path.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Police arrested 488 protesters in London for declaring their support for Palestine Action, a proscribed terrorist group, after the rally went ahead despite calls for people to stay home and respect the grief of the Jewish community.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Donald Trump could be getting his face on a special dollar coin in the US.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

She was once a drummer in a metal band and a motorcycle fan. Now Sanae Takaichi is poised to be Japan's next leader – and Margaret Thatcher is her idol.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he hopes to announce the release of Hamas's remaining hostages soon.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Hamas has responded to US President Donald Trump's plan for peace in Gaza, agreeing to release all hostages.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison in a case involving sex workers, violence and "freak-offs."

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Manchester Police force has revealed its gunfire mistakenly hit two victims, while responding to a terror attack at a synagogue.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The heir to the throne signalled an appetite for reform in a new interview with actor Eugene Levy. To be fair, a range of traditions that perhaps once made sense now risk looking absurd.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Carl Tsukahara says his daughter would be alive today if she had been able to find a way to open her passenger door, and he is suing Tesla over her death.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

In the wake of Trump's statement, the Israeli government has instructed its military to reduce offensive activity in Gaza, according to reports.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Faraj al-Shamie said in his post on the day of the 2023 attack that the terrorists who had infiltrated Israel had "proved beyond a shadow of a doubt” that the Jewish state would be destroyed eventually.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Patima was at home when the news reached her that her son's boarding school had collapsed. At least 50 boys are still under the rubble. And her son is yet to be found.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Is this standard cost-cutting, a canary in the coal mine for a weakening US economy, or something else?

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Support and grief for the Jewish community was clear at the scene of Thursday's terrorist attack. But when night fell on Friday, Manchester did not look like a city in mourning.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The disgraced rapper was convicted in July of flying people across state lines for drug-fuelled marathon sexual encounters.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Manchester Police has revealed its gunfire accidentally hit two victims - while responding to a terror attack at a synagogue.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Authorities say the man believed responsible for the terrorist attack that left two people dead and several injured was a British citizen of Syrian descent.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Sarah Mullally, 63, worked as England's chief nursing officer in the early 2000s. She has advocated for creating an open and transparent culture in churches which allows for difference and disagreement.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

"I have no one to blame for my current reality and situation but myself,” Combs wrote in a letter submitted on the eve of his sentencing hearing.

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