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Jun 20, 2026 - World

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency to use International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition for ‘regulatory work’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s health watchdog has adopted a contested definition of antisemitism to guide its regulatory work.The move has been welcomed by the nation’s peak Jewish body while the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (Apan) has warned it could silence health professionals from criticising Israel’s human rights record. Continue reading...

Jun 20, 2026 - World

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he will go to Turkey and make another trip to China at some point in 2026.

Jun 20, 2026 - World

Tests taken in Western Australia suggest a second bird was also infected, but there is no evidence poultry or agriculture systems are affectedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe deadly H5N1 bird flu strain has arrived on the Australian mainland with test results confirming a migratory seabird found on the Western Australian coast was positive for the disease.The agriculture minister, Julie Collins, confirmed a brown skua – found unwell last Sunday at Cape Le Grand national park near Esperance in southern WA had died from H5N1. Continue reading...

Jun 20, 2026 - World

JD Vance pulls out of US-Iran meeting in Switzerland on implementation of peace deal after clashes in southern LebanonMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael and Hezbollah agreed to renew a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon on Friday after 24 hours of intense violence that posed an early challenge to the new agreement between the US and Iran to end their conflict.A meeting that was scheduled to take place on Friday between Washington and Tehran in Switzerland to discuss implementation of the new deal was cancelled when Hezbollah killed four Israeli soldiers and Israel carried out a wave of retaliatory airstrikes in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa valley that killed at least 47 people. Continue reading...

Jun 20, 2026 - World

Speaking to NDTV's Vishnu Som, Ravi Agrawal, editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy, said the war had become deeply unpopular in the US and many Americans were simply relieved that US President Donald Trump wanted to end American involvement.