https://auns.com.au/category/world World news from AUNS — Breaking news, sport, politics, world and weather from across Australia. en-au editorial@auns.com.au (AUNS Editorial) https://auns.com.au/static/publisher-logo.png https://auns.com.au/category/world Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:45:00 GMT https://auns.com.au/article/20260715-trump-drops-hormuz-fee-blockade-takes-effect The 20 per cent cargo fee lasted 26 hours. A US naval blockade of Iranian ports began at 6am AEST as Brent settled at US$84.73 after a one-month high. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:45:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260715-trump-drops-hormuz-fee-blockade-takes-effect World https://auns.com.au/article/20260714-uae-tankers-hit-us-strikes-third-night Two Emirati tankers were hit by Iranian cruise missiles in Omani waters, killing a crew member, as US strikes on Iran entered a third consecutive night. Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:30:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260714-uae-tankers-hit-us-strikes-third-night World https://auns.com.au/article/20260713-iran-declares-hormuz-closed-us-disputes Iran's Revolutionary Guard declared the Strait of Hormuz closed until further notice and disabled a second ship. Within hours Washington said commercial vessels are still transiting, and the US Navy-led body that routes merchant traffic kept its southern corridor open. Mon, 13 Jul 2026 01:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260713-iran-declares-hormuz-closed-us-disputes World https://auns.com.au/article/20260712-strait-of-hormuz-oman-talks-continue Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met his Omani counterpart in Muscat as both governments agreed to keep talking about safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, even as new data show shipping through the strait still near a standstill and Tehran and Washington divided over what their existing agreement actually requires. Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:30:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260712-strait-of-hormuz-oman-talks-continue World https://auns.com.au/article/20260711-us-iran-talks-truce-over Donald Trump says Iran asked to keep talking and the US agreed, while insisting the ceasefire is finished. Australia has an aircraft in the Gulf, a shut embassy in Tehran and no seat at the table. Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260711-us-iran-talks-truce-over World https://auns.com.au/article/20260710-khamenei-buried-us-iran-strikes-hormuz Iran buried Ali Khamenei in Mashhad as US forces struck about 90 more targets and Iran fired on bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, with Hormuz tanker traffic near a standstill. Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:30:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260710-khamenei-buried-us-iran-strikes-hormuz World https://auns.com.au/article/20260709-us-strikes-iran-hormuz US forces struck more than 80 targets inside Iran after three tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran answered with drones and missiles at bases in Bahrain and Kuwait. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:50:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260709-us-strikes-iran-hormuz World https://auns.com.au/article/20260708-nato-ankara-summit-spending-ukraine NATO's 32 leaders met in Ankara on Monday and Tuesday for a summit dominated by US pressure to enforce a 5 per cent defence-spending target and by Ukraine's push for more air-defence weapons. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260708-nato-ankara-summit-spending-ukraine World https://auns.com.au/article/20260707-china-submarine-missile-south-pacific China fired a long-range ballistic missile from a submarine into the South Pacific, drawing protests from Australia, New Zealand and Japan within hours. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:40:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260707-china-submarine-missile-south-pacific World https://auns.com.au/article/20260706-khamenei-funeral-mojtaba-absent Iran's week-long state funeral for Ali Khamenei moved through Tehran on Monday, with the successor and son Mojtaba Khamenei still yet to appear in public four months after the strike that killed his father. Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260706-khamenei-funeral-mojtaba-absent World https://auns.com.au/article/20260704-fujimori-declared-peru-president Peru's election jury proclaimed Keiko Fujimori president-elect on Friday, a month after a runoff decided by about 50,000 votes. Opponent Roberto Sánchez refuses to recognise the result. Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260704-fujimori-declared-peru-president World https://auns.com.au/article/20260703-wang-yi-rubio-taiwan-warning China's foreign minister Wang Yi told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to handle Taiwan with 'utmost caution' in a July 1 phone call, the first senior diplomatic contact since President Trump's May visit to Beijing. The two governments' accounts of the call recorded different things. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:30:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260703-wang-yi-rubio-taiwan-warning World https://auns.com.au/article/20260702-us-declines-renew-usmca-review The United States did not agree to renew the USMCA trade agreement at its six-year joint review on July 1. The deal stays in force but now faces a decade of annual reviews instead of a clean 16-year extension, with the US and Mexico due to hold further talks the week of July 20. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:30:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260702-us-declines-renew-usmca-review World https://auns.com.au/article/20260630-vanuatu-australia-nakamal-agreement Australia and Vanuatu signed the Nakamal Agreement in Canberra on Monday, a security and economic treaty under which Vanuatu agrees to keep foreign military bases off its territory. The cost to Australia was not disclosed, and Vanuatu's earlier objections stripped Canberra of a veto over the island nation's infrastructure deals. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260630-vanuatu-australia-nakamal-agreement World https://auns.com.au/article/20260628-uk-healey-carns-resign-defence-funding-june-28 British Defence Secretary John Healey resigned on Saturday over a dispute about armed forces funding, with junior defence minister Al Carns also leaving the government. Neither issued a detailed statement explaining the specific terms of the disagreement. Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260628-uk-healey-carns-resign-defence-funding-june-28 World https://auns.com.au/article/20260628-australian-man-arrested-thailand-suitcase-june-28 An Australian national has been arrested by Thai authorities after the body of a 17-year-old was discovered in a suitcase in Bangkok. Thai police confirmed the arrest; formal charges had not been laid as of Saturday. Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260628-australian-man-arrested-thailand-suitcase-june-28 World https://auns.com.au/article/20260628-iran-threatens-hormuz-blockade-walks-talks-june-28 Iran has paused negotiations with the United States and threatened to 'completely block' the Strait of Hormuz, ruling out further talks until Israel ends operations in Lebanon and Gaza. Tehran also threatened the Bab-el-Mandeb. A fifth of the world's oil moves through Hormuz. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260628-iran-threatens-hormuz-blockade-walks-talks-june-28 World https://auns.com.au/article/20260628-ukraine-russia-strikes-june-28 Ukraine hit targets across approximately 12 Russian regions and Crimea overnight on Saturday, with Russia responding by striking Ukrainian cities and infrastructure before dawn. The exchange follows a similar large-scale operation two nights earlier. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260628-ukraine-russia-strikes-june-28 World https://auns.com.au/article/20260628-venezuela-quake-toll-past-589-un-aid-june-28 The confirmed death toll from twin earthquakes in Venezuela has passed 589 and continues to rise, with thousands still missing. The UN is scaling up its humanitarian response as rescue teams work around the clock. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260628-venezuela-quake-toll-past-589-un-aid-june-28 World https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-scotus-ends-tps-haitians-syrians-june-26 The court's conservative majority sided with the Trump administration on Thursday to end Temporary Protected Status for approximately 350,000 Haitians and more than 6,000 Syrians, opening the way for mass deportations to two countries under active conflict or gang control. A separate ruling shut the asylum route at the US-Mexico border. Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-scotus-ends-tps-haitians-syrians-june-26 World https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-us-strikes-iran-hormuz-sanctions-june-26 The United States carried out strikes on Iran on Friday after a drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, testing an interim peace arrangement reached one week earlier. The US Treasury simultaneously granted Iran a 60-day sanctions exemption: an escalation and an olive branch on the same day. Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-us-strikes-iran-hormuz-sanctions-june-26 World https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-fifa-world-cup-2026-group-stage-complete The 2026 FIFA World Cup, the first to feature 48 teams and the first hosted across three nations simultaneously, completed its group stage in late June with the Round of 32 now set. Australia advanced as Group D runners-up. Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Dani Kowalski) https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-fifa-world-cup-2026-group-stage-complete World https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-israel-airstrikes-southern-lebanon-12-dead-june-26 Israeli airstrikes killed at least 12 people across southern Lebanon on Thursday according to Lebanese health officials, including two paramedics. Israel did not publicly account for all targeted sites by time of publication. Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-israel-airstrikes-southern-lebanon-12-dead-june-26 World https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-ukraine-russia-dozen-regions-overnight-june-26 Ukraine launched a major nighttime attack targeting approximately 12 Russian regions and Crimea on Thursday, in one of the broader single-night operations of the conflict. Russia struck back across Ukrainian territory before dawn. Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-ukraine-russia-dozen-regions-overnight-june-26 World https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-venezuela-earthquakes-589-dead-june-26 Two earthquakes struck Venezuela within hours of each other, killing at least 589 people with thousands missing. International teams from Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, and the United States are operating around the clock as a state of emergency remains in effect. Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-venezuela-earthquakes-589-dead-june-26 World https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-venezuela-earthquakes-death-toll A magnitude 7.2 and a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the state of Yaracuy within 39 seconds of each other on June 24, causing catastrophic destruction in Caracas and La Guaira. At least 589 people were confirmed dead by June 26, with 68,900 listed as missing as rescue teams worked through collapsed buildings. Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260626-venezuela-earthquakes-death-toll World https://auns.com.au/article/20260618-iran-israel-ceasefire-60-day-deal A memorandum of understanding signed on June 17 established a two-month window to negotiate a permanent end to the Iran conflict. The Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 per cent of the world's traded oil passes, was blocked during the fighting and its reopening is a central condition. Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260618-iran-israel-ceasefire-60-day-deal World https://auns.com.au/article/20260617-g7-summit-evian-ukraine-ai-ebola The 52nd G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains adopted nine declarations covering Ukraine, artificial intelligence governance, critical minerals, and a billion-dollar Ebola funding commitment, with Ukrainian President Zelensky attending in person. Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260617-g7-summit-evian-ukraine-ai-ebola World https://auns.com.au/article/20260604-eu-tech-sovereignty-package The EU adopted four pieces of legislation on June 3 aimed at tripling European data centre capacity within seven years and reducing a dependence on foreign digital infrastructure that currently exceeds 80 per cent, directly targeting US cloud giants and Chinese hardware suppliers. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT editorial@auns.com.au (Priya Nair) https://auns.com.au/article/20260604-eu-tech-sovereignty-package World