Emily Clark

After a week of escalating rhetoric over Greenland, Donald Trump says he has now secured "total access" to the Arctic island. This is why that region is so important. 

On a visit to his home town outside Tehran, this Iranian Australian joined the protests last Thursday night, then the regime's suppression methods turned from tear gas to live fire.

As Donald Trump's immigration crackdown escalates in Minneapolis, networks of local residents patrol the streets too, warning of incoming ICE raids, documenting what happens and offering legal advice to those targeted.

Her husband Nicolás Maduro calls her Venezuela's "first combatant" because she is not just a spouse, but a fellow fighter in the Chavism movement and a political player in her own right.  

Pete Hegseth belongs to a church founded by a man who believes that women should not have the right to vote. And a new church outpost has just opened a few blocks from the Capitol building. 

John Bolton served in the US president's first administration as national security adviser, but later became critical of Donald Trump.

Donald Trump's Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his special envoy Steve Witkoff have spoken about the Alaska summit, discussing "the crux of the deal" they want made between Russia and Ukraine. 

Vladimir Putin does not have the same goals as the other players in his game and the longer the various iterations of meetings and summits and phone calls go on, the more advantage he gains, writes Emily Clark. 

Donald Trump has long dabbled in conspiracy theories, but when he said the Epstein client list didn't exist, he hit a line MAGA seem unwilling to follow him over, writes Emily Clark.  

Donald Trump has signalled a possible showdown with the press over a leaked intelligence report into the impact of the US strikes on Iran. The President says authorities could attempt to force reporters to give up their sources. 

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defends claims about the extent of damage to Iran's nuclear sites, while the Pentagon provides more details on the planning behind the strikes.

How the US employed distraction and misdirection to fly an 18-hour stealth-mode mission and drop 14 "bunker-busting" bombs on Iran's nuclear facilities in Operation Midnight Hammer

The United States bombs three nuclear sites inside Iran, with Donald Trump warning "future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier". 

In the early 1950s, Iran had a liberal prime minister who promised to stop shipping the country's resource riches offshore, but that was not going to work for the West. 

Donald Trump says he will give a decision on "whether or not to go" on Iran in two weeks, as he believes there is a "substantial chance of negotiations" with the Islamist regime over its nuclear program.

Donald Trump says Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would be "an easy target", in a series of posts about the Iran-Israel conflict.

The United States president has fielded questions about the Israel-Iran conflict on the first day of the G7 summit, saying both nations "should talk immediately". 

In 1992 the National Guard was called into Los Angeles to help control widespread, destructive rioting. But right now those forces appear to be escalating the situation and some experts are warning it is all in the name of "political theatre".

New Zealand Police have charged three people with manslaughter over the May 2023 boarding house fire in Wellington that killed five people.

Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent delegates to Istanbul to talk peace, but a day prior Ukraine sent its strongest signal to Russia and any third-party brokers: The war is not lost, writes Emily Clark.