Trump hits Russia with sanctions

The US has announced new sanctions targeting Russia's two largest oil companies, in a bid to pressure Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine.

After all the handshakes, back-slaps and gift exchanges in Washington DC, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is on his way back to Australia.

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has used a speech in Sydney to highlight the direction she hopes to take the embattled Liberal Party.

US President Donald Trump has chatted at length with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone, as he weighs whether to send long-range tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.

Australia's unemployment rate has jumped to 4.5 per cent, its highest level in four years. 

As Hamas re-exerts its authority over Gaza, US President Donald Trump vows America will take steps to disarm the organisation if it doesn't give up its weapons.

US President Donald Trump has declared that the peace deal between Hamas and Israel signals the dawn of a new Middle East...

Just over two years since they were kidnapped by Hamas in the October 7 terrorist attacks, the first members of the final group of Israeli hostages are being released.

The first phase of the Gaza peace deal appears to be on track after the IsraelI Cabinet approved its terms.

The US President Donald Trump has announced that after mediated negotiations in Egypt, Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first stage of his peace plan.