World news

• Andrew Tate hands off phone during arrest

  20-07-2026 01:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Footage shows the manosphere influencer appearing to try to hand his phone to one member of his entourage, who drops it before it is recovered by another. (source: X/@sentdefender)
  
  Read more

• Clumsy video causes trouble for UK PM on his second day

  22-07-2026 11:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Senior cabinet ministers have been embarrassed after being caught on video trading jokes about the early release of prisoners, casting a cloud over Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first days in office.
  
  Read more

• Prince George enters teenage years in new birthday portrait

  22-07-2026 11:49 via smh.com.au
  
  As he turns 13, Prince George is preparing to join the ranks of about 260 new boys in “F-Block” – otherwise known as year 9 – at Eton College.
  
  Read more

• World in pictures this week, July 23, 2026

  22-07-2026 11:46 via smh.com.au
  
  The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• UK PM Andy Burnham’s new ministers caught in a ‘hot mic’ gaffe

  22-07-2026 10:19 via smh.com.au
  
  UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting and UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood were caught making a joke about the UK Labour government’s early prisoner release scheme.
  
  Read more

• ‘Russian Amazon’ hit by more massive Ukrainian strikes

  22-07-2026 09:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Another attack on the warehouses ​of Russia’s largest online retailer has injured several people, the company’s co-founder says, as Ukraine’s strategy to put pressure on the Kremlin continues.
  
  Read more

• Cost of US war with Iran continues to add-up

  22-07-2026 08:54 via smh.com.au
  
  The White House is asking Congress for billions in extra funding, as protests erupt and fresh military action is flagged.
  
  Read more

• Former MP allegedly hit over the head with hammer in fatal attack

  22-07-2026 08:52 via smh.com.au
  
  A British court has heard shocking new details about the alleged murder of politician Ann Widdecombe.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Ukraine strikes Russia's largest online retailer

  22-07-2026 08:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The attacks on a company so central to the consumer economy appear to mark a widening of Kyiv's strategy to disrupt ​Russia's war effort.
  
  Read more

• Shopkeeper survives leopard attack by a whisker

  22-07-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Security camera footage showed the big cat lunging at two men in a rural Indian shop selling alcohol hours after it went for a local forest ranger.
  
  Read more

• New York’s Mamdani says the city can’t arrest Netanyahu for war crimes

  22-07-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The New York mayor accuses the Israeli prime minister of being “the architect of a horrific genocide” in Gaza, but says there is nothing he can do to do stop him from attending the upcoming UN General Assembly.
  
  Read more

• Trump signs off on deal that may allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium

  22-07-2026 05:57 via smh.com.au
  
  The agreement, which will be reviewed by the US congress, is likely to face headwinds as it allows for the building of a uranium enrichment facility in Saudi Arabia and also lets the kingdom avoid stricter scrutiny.
  
  Read more

• Leopard runs wild in a liquor store in India

  22-07-2026 04:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Security camera footage captures the big cat in action, with officials saying it will be returned to the wild.
  
  Read more

• Bill Gates, charity workers met Epstein about 30 times despite staff warnings

  22-07-2026 03:23 via smh.com.au
  
  The meetings, which took place from 2011 to 2014, included several visits to Epstein’s notorious Manhattan townhouse.
  
  Read more

• ‘Oh God! That’s a plane!’ Wreckage of Pan Am crash discovered after decades

  22-07-2026 03:22 via smh.com.au
  
  And now the discovery of this wreck could offer new hope for families who lost loved ones in other ocean crashes like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared 12 years ago with 239 people aboard.
  
  Read more

• Wreckage of Pan Am passenger plane found in ocean after more than 70 years

  22-07-2026 00:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Explorers used an autonomous sonar drone to find the fuselage and tail of the plane off the coast of Puerto Rico.
  
  Read more

• US will be hitting Pickaxe Mountain area 'pretty soon', Iran ‘haven’t seen anything yet’

  21-07-2026 23:26 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun held a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office on July 21, 2026.
  
  Read more

• Trump to bomb Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site ‘soon’, appears to blame Jordan for US deaths

  21-07-2026 21:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Meanwhile, several oil tankers stopped or turned around in the Red Sea following threats from Houthi militants, raising fears about new obstacles to global shipping.
  
  Read more

• Trump’s power is at its peak. He has reason to be fearful of what’s coming

  21-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president faces no meaningful resistance in Washington. As strange as it seemed, there’s a reason he used a crucial moment on his nation’s stage to delve into the past.
  
  Read more

• Former UK minister Widdecombe was ‘hit over head with a hammer 21 times’, court told

  21-07-2026 18:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Joshua Kerry appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London over the murder that shocked the public and the political establishment.
  
  Read more

• The ‘coolest girl in college’ behind Andy Burnham’s rise

  21-07-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  If Britain’s new PM wants to present himself as a normal yet accomplished politician, his greatest asset may be his wife.
  
  Read more

• Inside the US strike on a shadow fleet tanker

  21-07-2026 07:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The conflict between Iran and the US has turned the waters around the Strait of Hormuz into some of the world’s deadliest, with thousands of sailors caught up in a war they never meant to join.
  
  Read more

• US launched new strikes after Iran-backed Houthis declared blockade of another key oil route

  21-07-2026 03:34 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump vowed that Iran would “pay” for killing three US soldiers despite signs Tehran and Washington want to resume diplomacy, even as a potential new front in the war opened.
  
  Read more

• Burnham is a devastatingly good politician. But he needs to heed this Aussie’s advice

  21-07-2026 02:08 via smh.com.au
  
  The UK has seen a lot of failure over the past decade. Its problems will take more to fix than changing the face at the top.
  
  Read more

• An Australian observer has a warning for Britain’s new PM. Will Andy Burnham listen?

  21-07-2026 02:08 via smh.com.au
  
  The UK has seen a lot of failure over the last decade. Its problems will take more to fix than changing the face at the top.
  
  Read more

• The big surprise on Andy Burnham’s first day as UK PM? Trump wants to help him

  21-07-2026 01:25 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president revealed the two leaders had a “good” phone call about the “outstanding” US-UK relationship – a stark contrast to Trump’s harsh criticism of Burnham’s predecessor, Keir Starmer.
  
  Read more

• US launches new strikes after Iran-backed Houthis declare blockade of another key oil route

  20-07-2026 22:40 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump vowed that Iran would “pay” for killing three US soldiers despite signs Tehran and Washington want to resume diplomacy, even as a potential new front in the war opened.
  
  Read more

• ‘This feels political’: Tate brothers to fight extradition to UK on rape, sex trafficking charges

  20-07-2026 22:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are being held in federal detention, wore tan jail uniforms and handcuffs during the first court hearing since their arrest on the weekend.
  
  Read more

• US names soldiers killed in Jordan

  20-07-2026 22:20 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has named two soldiers killed in Jordan as the war with Iran intensifies.
  
  Read more

• Andy Burnham becomes UK PM

  20-07-2026 22:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Andy Burnham has become the new prime minister of the UK after Keir Starmer stepped down.
  
  Read more

Follow @WorldNews_AU on Twitter!