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Australia accuses Iran of directing antisemitic attacks, expels ambassador
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media after he visited the damaged Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 10, 2024. An arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne forced congregants to flee as...

I Fought The Law release date, cast and episodes for drama based on North East tragedy
15:00, 26 Aug 2025 I Fought The Law is coming to ITV soon and the drama details mother Ann Ming's long campaign to overturn the 800-year-old British double jeopardy law following the murder of her daughter. Ann and her husband Charlie spent 17...

2 police officers killed and another shot in rural Australian town
Police wait near the scene of a shooting in the high country of Porepunkah in the state of Victoria, Australia on Aug 26. (AP) WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Aug 26, (AP): Two police officers were killed and another seriously wounded in a shooting at a...

Australia accuses Iran of antisemitic arson attacks, expels diplomats
Melbourne, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran of organizing two antisemitic attacks in Australia and said the country was cutting off diplomatic relations with Tehran in response on Tuesday. The Australian Security...

Draft Annex 11 Revision: From Interpretive to Prescriptive Regulation
Introduction EU good manufacturing practice (GMP) Annex 11 regulation on computerized systems has been effective since 1992.1 Following the data falsification uncovered at Able Laboratories in 2005,2 many data integrity (DI) issues involving...

Why Australia expelled Iran’s ambassador: The Israel link
Australia has severed diplomatic ties with Iran, expelled Tehran’s ambassador, and effectively shut down the Iranian embassy in Canberra after accusing the Islamic Republic of carrying out antisemitic attacks on two of the country’s biggest cities...

Australia joins India, others in halting postal deliveries to US
Sydney: Postal services in Australia and Switzerland have become the latest to announce a suspension of deliveries to the United States, joining a growing list of countries halting shipments in response to the Trump administration's sudden tariff...

835-bed student housing project in Perth marks Mapletree’s first foray into Australia
PERTH, AUSTRALIA: Mapletree Investments has made its first move into Australia’s student housing market, acquiring a 1,398-square-metre (sq m) site on Wellington Street in Perth to develop an 835-bed student housing project. The site was acquired...

Gunman kills two officers in rural Australia, manhunt underway
A manhunt is underway in Australia after a gunman shot and killed two police officers and injured a third. Photo by Simon Dallinger/EPA Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Authorities in Australia are searching for a gunman after two police officers were shot and...

Fintech surge in Australia sparks talent gap
Australia’s fintech and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors are entering a period of accelerated growth. Industry analysts project the fintech market to be worth more than $11 billion by 2030, driven by new entrants, regulatory reform, and...

VSB loses Supreme Court challenge over Victoria Stadium bar tenancy
The Supreme Court has dismissed a constitutional challenge brought by VSB Limited, operators of the bar El Murga, against the Government over its tenancy at the Victoria Stadium. The dispute arose after the Governor issued a certificate in...

Jennifer Lawrence to Receive San Sebastián’s Highest Honor
Jennifer Lawrence is set to receive a Donostia Award at this year’s San Sebastián Film Festival, the highest honor at the fest, the biggest movie event in the Spanish-speaking world, scoring 172,300 admissions in 2024. Lawrence will attend Spain’s...

Manhunt underway after two police officers shot dead in rural Australia
A manhunt is underway in a rural part of Australia after two police officers were killed and another seriously wounded in a shooting. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning when 10 armed police officers tried to execute a search warrant at a...

After India, Australia now decides to suspend postal deliveries to US amid Trump tariff
Australia suspended some postal deliveries to the United States due to the 'complex and rapidly evolving situation' which is emerging amid the US President's decision to impose tariffs. The postal company said it was a temporary partial suspension...

Australian 'sex offender' shoots dead two cops 'execution-style' and then takes his wife and children hostage in the bush
A 'sovereign citizen' who allegedly shot dead two police officers in 'cold blood' and seriously wounded another at a property in Porepunkah, 300km northeast of Melbourne, has been identified. Local man Dezi Freeman is allegedly on the run with his...

Australia accuses Iran of organising antisemitic attacks
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Iran of organising two antisemitic attacks in Australia. Mr Albanese said the Australian security intelligence organisation (ASIO) found that the Iranian government had directed arson attacks...

Manhunt for ‘sovereign citizen’ in rural Australia after two police officers shot dead
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Queensland takes action to recoup $66m from Twiggy Forest’s Fortescue over failed green hydrogen project
The Queensland government has taken action against Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue to recoup $66m in taxpayer funds for the mining billionaire’s failed green hydrogen project. Fortescue last month revealed it was scrapping a green hydrogen project in...

Australia police shooting latest: Gunman identified as ‘sovereign citizen’ while massive manhunt continues
Neighbour says property where officers were killed was ‘like a prison gate community’ A neighbour described the property where the officers were killed as isolated and gated “like a bloody prison”, with many people coming and going. The man, who...
Here's what we know about Iran's involvement in Australian attacks
Iran orchestrated at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia, according to Australia's national security service ASIO. Iran was behind at least two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil.The security service said it believed the Iranian regime...