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Why does it feel like the US and Iran are stuck in an endless conflict loop?
Mount Waverley’s Bruce Kendrick, still rolling them down at 100 years
New Zealand announces further sanctions against Russia
New Zealand to welcome Viet Nam President
Getting Israel and Lebanon to the table is not enough for lasting peace, Monash study warns
Getting Israel and Lebanon to the table is not enough for lasting peace, Monash study warns
No shortcuts around torture ban as governments overhaul removal systems, UN expert warns
British businessman Ryan Cornelius must be released before detention becomes death sentence, UN experts warn: UAE
Slapshots And Strong Ties
UN Human Rights Chief to conduct official visit to Lebanon 26-27 July 2026
Trump’s new tariffs give Ontario and Québec the perfect excuse to sell their unsold American booze
New Zealand and Philippines form Comprehensive Partnership
Visit to the Philippines for ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Sydney Man Charged With Threatening Foreign Embassy
Türk deplores continued clashes in South Kivu, urges immediate de-escalation: DRC
VADM Mark D Hammond AO RAN – Final Remarks as Chief of Navy Australia
Solomon Islands Independence Day
Despite its best efforts, Iran won’t be able to toll the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s why
250th Anniversary Of Independence Of USA
UN experts warn British travellers wrongfully detained in Iran at grave risk after 30-day hunger strike
Joint announcement on the International Peace Fund for Israel and Palestine
Private space tourism is taking off – but laws on outer space are from another era
UN experts: Chișinău Declaration risks weakening protections for migrants, undermines absolute prohibition of torture
Security Council Press Statement for Houthi Detentions Anniversary, 6 June
UN experts alarmed by escalating settler terror and displacement: Occupied Palestinian Territory
2026 Shangri-La Dialogue and travel to India
Australia And Japan Enhancing Diplomatic Links
UN expert on independence of judges and lawyers to visit Poland
New Administrator Appointed For Norfolk Island
Cultural Objects Returned To Peru
Foreign Minister welcomes Deputy PM of Lao PDR to New Zealand
Defence ministers’ meeting on the Strait of Hormuz multilateral mission
UN Human Rights Chief to conduct official visits to Mongolia and Republic of Korea 10-14 May
NZ announces sanctions on malicious Russian cyber actors, online platforms
Opening remarks, Meeting with Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa
Netanyahu has pledged to ‘finish the job’ against Hezbollah. It’s a promise he can’t deliver on
20,000 stranded seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz face missile fears, exhaustion and isolation
Hon Patrick Gorman MP Radio Interview – ABC Far North
Australian and Japanese designers of Yokohama War Cemetery revealed in new exhibition
Open seminar on academic freedom: “We must continue to fight for Ahmadreza Djalali”
Australian National Statement in the IMO Legal Committee’s 113th Session
Sailors share language and culture
Middle East Ceasefire
Meeting On Strait Of Hormuz
New Zealand and Cook Islands sign Defence & Security Declaration
Community Grants To Flow Across Townsville
Treaties Committee recommends ratification of Papua New Guinea-Australia Mutual Defence Treaty (the Pukpuk Treaty)
UN experts demand immediate end to Taliban restrictions on women at UN premises: Afghanistan