Leaders in Tuvalu as Pacific presses Australia on gas
Albanese and 13 other leaders are in Tuvalu for the Pre-COP event Australia co-hosts, as Pacific ministers press Canberra over coal and gas exports.
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Three killed as Houthi attacks hit two Saudi airports
Saudi aviation authorities say three people died in attacks on Abha and Riyadh airports, as Yemen's war spills across the border and the fight for the Red Sea widens.
Australia signs 10-year security pact with Ukraine
Albanese and Zelenskyy signed a security agreement in New York. Australia adds $60 million in aid, joins a naval coalition and lists more sanctions.
US, Denmark, Greenland to sign Arctic security deal
Trump says a Greenland deal gives the US permanent control over its security. Denmark says it respects Danish sovereignty. The text is not yet public.
Mecca drone widens Saudi-Houthi war on Red Sea
Saudi air defences destroyed a drone south of Mecca as the Houthis tighten their hold on Yemen's Red Sea coast, putting a second Gulf oil route at risk with Brent crude near US$108 a barrel.
IAEA refers Iran to Security Council after 20 years
The IAEA Board voted 23 to 3 with eight abstentions to report Iran to the UN Security Council, its first such referral since 2006. An Australian diplomat, former ambassador to Tehran Ian Biggs, chairs the board. Canberra has said nothing publicly.
Australia declines to join settlement trade ban
Twelve countries said on Tuesday they intend to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Australia is not among them. Penny Wong told the Senate the same day that Australia is "not, at this time, pursuing a blanket-style import ban".
Iran threatens Gulf energy after US tanker strikes
Iran's chief negotiator says the Gulf's oil and gas chain is "sprawling, accessible, and exposed" after US forces struck three Iranian tankers on Saturday, and Tehran says a restricted zone outside the Strait of Hormuz is days away. Brent hit a seven-week high and Australian unleaded averaged 205.5 cents a litre.
AfD takes 43.8pc in Saxony-Anhalt, three seats short
The far-right Alternative for Germany more than doubled its vote to 43.8 per cent in Sunday's Saxony-Anhalt election, the official count shows, but falls three seats short of a majority and every other party in the chamber says it will not govern with it.
Pacific forum rebukes missile test as Nauru dissents
Pacific Islands Forum leaders closed their Palau meeting with a communique "registering concern" at a ballistic missile test that overflew members without notice. It does not name China, stops short of condemnation, and carries a footnote recording Nauru's dissent.
US strikes Iran as wedding deaths draw UN rebuke
The US struck Revolutionary Guard targets across southern Iran, Iran fired at four countries in reply, and Iran's Hormozgan governor's office says one strike hit a wedding, killing four. The UN chief has called for an immediate halt.
38 Australians missing in Nepal as toll passes 1,100
Nepal's disaster authority put the death toll at 1,114 on Wednesday. DFAT says 38 Australians remain unaccounted for, after four more were found safe.
