Coalition

President Donald Trump said Monday that he is frustrated some countries will not join a coalition to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. "Some are very enthusiastic, and some are less than enthusiastic," Trump told…

Brent crude tops $106 a barrel as markets see no end in sight to the halt of traffic through the critical waterway.Listen to this article | 2 minsinfoPublished On 16 Mar 202616 Mar 2026Click here to share on social…

The clock is ticking on the Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery mega-merger, literally, and things could get sticky and expensive if California’s Attorney General has his way. Tweeting the not-so quiet thing out loud today, Rob…

Australia news LIVE: Coalition seeks to criminalise actions of anyone assisting IS brides to return to Australia; Armed man shot and killed trying to enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago SMH.com.auAustralia won’t repatriate 34 women and children…

The ultra-Orthodox Shas party will not vote for the 2026 state budget without the prior passage of the coalition’s bill regulating Haredi conscription and exemptions, party speaker Asher Medina threatened on Sunday, a move that…

Business and energy industry leaders have warned the Coalition that abandoning a net zero emissions target will not cut power bills, undermining the core promise of Sussan Ley’s signature new policy.The chief executive of the Australian…

Coalition backbenchers are preparing for a showdown on net zero as pressure mounts on Sussan Ley’s opposition to resolve its position, with speculation more MPs could join Barnaby Joyce in quitting if the policy isn’t dumped.Liberal and…

In 1947, Australia was proud to be the first member of the United Nations to vote for the plan that made the modern state of Israel possible.But that plan always encompassed two states: a state of Israel and a state of Palestine living…

For the first time in 15 years, the Liberal Democratic Party and its ruling coalition partner, Komeito, have lost their Lower House majority, following a clear rout in Sunday’s general election — a…

Rahm Emanuel, the US ambassador to Japan and a longtime Democratic politician, says his country should apply lessons from the Cold War to its global competition with China.Emanuel, a leading Biden administration critic of China, said in…