Welcome to The Australian’s rolling coverage of the latest political developments in the countdown to next week’s budget, and ...

Four of South Africa's top law firms are suing the government over new Black employment and ownership targets, saying the ...

The earthquake was recorded in the Sumba region – east of Bali and 198km southeast of the island of Bima – at 2.44pm ...

In a single week, Beijing killed a US tech deal and ordered Chinese companies to defy American sanctions on domestic oil ...

The Albanese government is retreating to its base political instincts when it should be hunkering down to assist the Reserve Bank of Australia in its fight against resurgent inflation. Much has been ...

The U.S. military says it fired on Iranian forces and sank six small boats, while the United Arab Emirates said it had come ...

The five-year-old girl allegedly murdered in Alice Springs was the subject of six child protection ­reports since mid-March ...

French President Emmanuel Macron sang Charles Aznavour's "La Bohème" at an official dinner in Yerevan on Monday (May 4), as ...

There may be some human-to-human transmission happening between close contacts on board the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus ...

Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher has warned the market is underestimating the duration of the energy crisis, saying ...

The Reserve Bank has pushed ahead with another interest rate rise, lifting the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.35 per cent ...

A local TikTok employee has lodged an unfair dismissal case against the Australian operation of the social media juggernaut, ...