Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.

Israeli intel helped Australia uncover Iran’s role in antisemitic attacks – report
A tip from Israeli intelligence helped Australia in its investigation of Iran’s orchestration of two antisemitic attacks carried out last year, Sky News Australia reported Wednesday, citing anonymous sources. The Australian Security Intelligence...

What Were The 'Acts Of Aggression' That Led Australia To Expel Iran's Ambassador? | Explained
Last Updated:August 28, 2025, 13:12 IST Australia said the IRGC used proxies to target Jewish Australians. Here’s what it uncovered, and why it expelled Iran’s ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi Australia expelled Iran’s ambassador to Canberra, Ahmad...

Australian MP Bob Katter threatens to punch journalist for ‘racist’ question
“Even if my family had only been here 10 minutes, no has the right to say what he just said.” He went on to call Bavas a racist when the journalist asked a follow-up question, waving a fist in his face. “You’re a racist, you cannot say what you’ve...

Useful Expedient: Expelling Iran’s Ambassador to Australia
The rank odour of opportunity seems to have presented itself to Australia’s Albanese government. To balance its apparently principled promise to recognise Palestinian statehood come the 80th United Nations General Assembly next month, it seemed...

Australia: Mobile Lab Delivers High-Tech Tools to Classrooms
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has launched a mobile workshop known as the Makerbus, designed to take advanced tools and hands-on engineering experiences directly to young learners. Outfitted with a flexible range of technology, the...

This Week in History - Aug 28, 2025
100 Years Ago Fully 75 percent of the tourists passing through North Idaho at the present time are Canadian families, either on their way home from a visit to Vancouver and Victoria, B.C., or southbound for a trip into the states, according to...
This is Flow and Equality Media + Marketing among the Best Workplaces in Australia 2025
Share Tweet Share Email Advertising and marketing agencies have been listed as some of the country’s places to work for Best Workplaces in Australia 2025. The rankings are based on its annual workforce study, using the Trust Index Survey. The...

Australian-owned ‘original’ Ugg manufacturer forcibly rebrands
Australian-owned and family-run business Ugg Since 1974, which claims to be the one of the original manufacturers of Ugg boots, has this week completed its rebrand to Since 74, following long-running trademark battles with US-based Deckers Outdoor...

Israeli intelligence reportedly helped Australia uncover Iran's role in antisemitic attacks
Detective Inspector Chris Murray speaks to the media at the scene of a fire at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea, Melbourne, December 6, 2024. (Photo: AAP Image/Con Chronis) The Australian government’s recent investigation into two...

Ancient DNA solves Plague of Justinian mystery to rewrite pandemic history
For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the world's first recorded pandemic—in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the outbreak was first described nearly 1,500 years ago....

R Ashwin to script history for India, poised for ground-breaking move to THIS league after IPL retirement
Ashwin, who retired from international cricket in December 2024, announced his departure from the IPL on Wednesday. In a social media post, he stated that his "time as an explorer of the game around various leagues begins today." Following his...

Travis Kelce kept proposal to Taylor Swift traditional by asking for her dad's blessing
28 August 2025 Travis Kelce kept his proposal to Taylor Swift traditional by asking for her father’s blessing before popping the question. Travis Kelce kept his proposal to Taylor Swift traditional by asking for her father’s blessing before...

Music Victoria: A Snapshot Of Independent Music In A Post-COVID World
The world has changed substantially for everyone the last five years. There's no denying that. The onset of AI, algorithm-saturated newsfeeds, clashing ideologies, the quest for 15 seconds of fame, meme culture, building your own brand/ following....

On TIFF’s 50th anniversary, 50 moments that define Canada’s glitziest cultural behemoth
All the stars, all the scandals, all the cocaine and all the champagne – none of it would have happened if a Toronto lawyer named Dusty Cohl didn’t snag a primo parking spot in front of Cannes’s Carlton Hotel back in 1960. That, at least, is the...

FiLLi Café goes global: New signings in Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Australia, and expansion across the US
FiLLi Café, the world’s fastest-growing tea café chain, is turning up the heat once again. With unstoppable momentum, the brand has announced its latest international signings in Seychelles and Sri Lanka, while simultaneously planting its flag...
Australia and PNG to sign milestone Defence Treaty on 15 September
Papua New Guinea and Australia have taken a major step toward signing a historic Defence Treaty after Foreign Affairs Secretary Elias Wohengu and Australia’s Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty initialled the draft at Murray Barracks on Monday, 25...
Historical contribution of main Eastern battlefield in World Anti-Fascist War
The year 1945 marked a great turning point in history. After 14 years of resistance in China, nine years in Ethiopia, six years in Britain, France, and other Western European countries, and four years in the Soviet Union, the United States,...

Touring Tasmania: From the East Coast to Launceston and Northern Tassie
There’s a quiet kind of magic in a road trip – the feeling of unhurried freedom, of landscapes slowly unfolding through the windscreen, of stopping not because you must, but because something beautiful called you to pause. The drive from...

Channel Seven star James Brayshaw reveals the sad part of AFL player's history-making bisexual revelation
James Brayshaw has pinpointed the sad part of Mitch Brown's historic announcement, after the former West Coast defender became the first AFL player to come out as bisexual. The 36-year-old made the landmark announcement on Wednesday with the...

Australia’s stablecoin opportunity in the Pacific
Stablecoins are moving from the fringes of cryptocurrency speculation into mainstream payment channels. Their relevance for Australia is not just about financial regulation in Canberra – they are likely to reshape remittances and financial access,...