World news

• Israel rejects US peace plan for Gaza

  09-08-2026 22:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the national government will not adhere to a peace plan for Gaza proposed by the US.
  
  Read more

• Netanyahu bluntly rejects Trump’s Gaza plan to disarm Hamas

  09-08-2026 21:56 via smh.com.au
  
  The Israeli prime minister openly ruled out the “roadmap” – lauded by the US president lauded as a major milestone – and said Israeli forces would not pull out of Gaza until Hamas was “genuinely disarmed”.
  
  Read more

• Alien space warrior vs right-wing populist: the UK election that is beyond a joke

  09-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The prospect of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage being humiliated by Count Binface in this week’s byelection generated global headlines. But the joke is wearing thin in Clacton.
  
  Read more

• Alien space warrior v right-wing populist: The UK election that is beyond a joke

  09-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The prospect of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage being humiliated by Count Binface in this week’s byelection generated global headlines. But the joke is wearing thin in Clacton.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• ‘I’m sorry’: Father of Thailand’s school shooter offers first words

  09-08-2026 09:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The shooting, on the outskirts of Bangkok, claimed the lives of six people at the school and two at the gunman’s home. The victims are now being farewelled.
  
  Read more

• Ostracised since 2021, Myanmar’s generals are finding a warm embrace among neighbours

  09-08-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Myanmar’s coup leader, Min Aung Hlaing, rolled into Thailand this week to red carpets, military bands and a smiling prime minister.
  
  Read more

• Trump has been humbled over his pet project. This obsession hurts him, even when he’s right

  09-08-2026 08:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Trump made his name in politics by promising to “drain the swamp” of Washington. Now he’s become obsessed with landscaping it, and splashing his face and name all over it.
  
  Read more

• Trump has been humbled over his pet project. Even when he’s right, his obsession hurts him

  09-08-2026 08:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Trump made his name in politics by promising to “drain the swamp” of Washington. Now he’s become obsessed with landscaping it, and splashing his face and name all over it.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• ‘Middle of the game’: Iran renews list of demands around Strait of Hormuz

  09-08-2026 06:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran says it’s “very close” to a deal with Oman on a new route through the Strait of Hormuz, but warns the US will have to meet other conditions before the waterway reopens.
  
  Read more

• ‘Middle of a game’: Iran renews list of demands around Strait of Hormuz

  09-08-2026 06:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran says it’s “very close” to a deal with Oman on a new route through the Strait of Hormuz, but warns the US will have to meet other conditions before the waterway reopens.
  
  Read more

• Trump’s new A-G a champion of unbridled presidential power

  09-08-2026 02:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Time and again, Todd Blanche has made it clear that he believes Donald Trump possesses a nearly limitless right to directly control the actions of the Justice Department.
  
  Read more

• Trump’s incoming A-G a champion of unbridled presidential power

  09-08-2026 02:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Time and again, Todd Blanche has made it clear that he believes Donald Trump possesses a nearly limitless right to directly control the actions of the Justice Department.
  
  Read more

• In confirming Blanche as US A-G, senators endorse a Justice Department under Trump’s sway

  09-08-2026 02:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Time and again, Todd Blanche has made it clear that he believes Donald Trump possesses a nearly limitless right to directly control the actions of the Justice Department.
  
  Read more

• Iran makes dramatic new demands around Strait of Hormuz

  09-08-2026 01:29 via smh.com.au
  
  It came as the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile, and Yemen’s military attacked the country’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
  
  Read more

• Joe Biden’s cancer has spread, is very painful, son says

  09-08-2026 01:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The former US president revealed in May last year that he had been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer.
  
  Read more

Follow @WorldNews_AU on Twitter!