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Qatar Airways strip search: Federal Court finds Australian women can’t sue airline

Key PointsWomen allegedly forced into invasive strip searches at Doha's Hamad Airport will not be able to seek compensation.The five were among hundreds...

Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Israeli airstrike near Gaza city

Key PointsHaniyeh, based abroad in Qatar, has been the tough-talking face of Hamas' international diplomacy as war with Israel has raged on in...

Thursday Briefing: Japan’s Leader Visits Washington

The U.S. hosted Japan’s prime ministerPresident Biden welcomed Fumio Kishida, Japan’s leader, for a state visit yesterday in Washington. A few hours after...

Joe Biden says he’s ‘considering’ request to drop Julian Assange charges

Signals from US President Joe Biden that the prosecution of Julian Assange could be dropped have been described as "encouraging" by Prime Minister...

Biden Says U.S. Is Considering Dropping Its Case Against Assange

President Biden said on Wednesday that the United States was considering dropping its prosecution of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who has been...

Explosion at Hydroelectric Plant in Italy Kills at Least 3

Specialized search and rescue teams, underwater divers, cave experts and topographers were searching on Wednesday for four workers who were missing a day...

Gazans Find Little to Celebrate as Eid al-Fitr Begins at the End of Ramadan

As Eid al-Fitr approached, Amani Abu Awda’s four children began asking her for new clothes and toys — festive items that Muslims customarily...

Nijole Sadunaite, Lithuanian Nun Who Opposed Soviet Rule, Dies at 85

Nijole Sadunaite, a fearless but forgiving Roman Catholic nun and anti-Soviet Lithuanian nationalist who was inspired by Pope John Paul II and publicly...

Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s Scandal-Ridden Ex-President, Is Running Again

Jacob Zuma, who resigned as South Africa’s president in shame in 2018, is now staging his biggest comeback act yet by running in...

From Nasty Insults to an Embassy Raid: Latin American Relations Get Personal

Ecuador was once famous for sheltering a man on the lam: For seven years it allowed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to hole up...

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