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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has described 'monetised misogyny' online as one factor fuelling domestic violence, while defending the Albanese government's decision to increase resourcing for family violence services rather than support a national royal commission into the issue.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators attended a right-wing protest in Spain calling for early elections and accusing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government of negligence over the migrant crisis in Ceuta, where humanitarian conditions are deteriorating for thousands of people stranded in the enclave.
In what naval analysts describe as the world's first clash between uncrewed surface vessels, a Ukrainian naval drone sank a Russian explosive-laden drone boat using a remote-controlled machine gun turret, marking a new milestone in drone warfare.
World political leaders are arriving in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and the start of Climate Week, with some placing the climate crisis at the centre of their agendas while others sidestep the issue amid war and inflation. This year’s Climate Week follows months of extreme heat, wildfires in Africa, flash flooding in Asia and a record-breaking El Niño event.
A 16-year-old student in Indonesia has suffered memory loss and seizures after eating food from the government’s nationwide free school meals program, prompting renewed calls from families and civil society groups to suspend or cancel the initiative. The program, known as Makan Bergizi Gratis (MBG), is a signature policy of President Prabowo Subianto, but repeated mass poisonings have raised serious safety concerns.
The Victorian government will ban datacentres from residential areas and near schools and childcare centres, and require them to source their own renewable energy, under a sustainable datacentre action plan to be released by Premier Ben Carroll on Tuesday.
Flights resumed Monday evening at major US East Coast airports after a failed telecommunications circuit and an accidentally severed fiber optic cable forced the Federal Aviation Administration to halt incoming traffic, disrupting more than 5,600 flights on the day world leaders arrived for the United Nations General Assembly.
The White House has for the second time in a week unilaterally removed CNN from its assigned role as the primary television pool representative covering President Donald Trump, according to a source familiar with the situation. The move comes despite a federal judge's ruling last week that overturned the administration's ban on CNN and two other media organisations from the White House.
A Townsville widow received a taxpayer-funded lift chair just two weeks after her husband's death, part of a broader pattern of delayed federal home aged-care funding that has left families mourning loved ones who never received promised support.
Attorney-General Michael Daley will introduce legislation on Tuesday allowing sexual assault complainants in NSW to give pre-recorded evidence-in-chief, mirroring arrangements already in place for children and people with cognitive impairments. The reforms also include a three-year trial of 'ground rules hearings' at three District Courts and stricter limits on accessing complainants' counselling records.
Darwin's City Council has confirmed it will consider permanently moving its annual hard rubbish collection from the traditional pre-cyclone August–September slot to May, following last year's postponement due to Cyclone Fina recovery efforts — a change drawing criticism from NT politicians and contrasting with neighbouring Palmerston's decision to continue its clean-up as scheduled.
A Vermont jury has convicted Jason Eaton, 51, of attempted murder for the November 2023 shooting of three Palestinian college students near the University of Vermont campus in Burlington, rejecting his insanity defense. Eaton, who claimed he was acting on orders from the CIA and Mossad, faces up to life in prison for the attack that left Hisham Awartani paralyzed from the waist down and wounded his friends Tahseen Aliahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid.
Four major American television networks — Fox News, NBC, ABC and CBS — have withdrawn from pool coverage duties in solidarity with CNN after the Trump administration banned the network from press events, threatening to disrupt coverage of President Donald Trump's United Nations visit and his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
A leading children's cancer and women's health research institute has proposed shutting down and merging with Monash University after years of multimillion-dollar deficits, with about 75 staff expected to lose their jobs, the institute confirmed.
Al Jazeera's Monday video feed covers multiple international stories, including protests in Islamabad over soaring fuel prices, demonstrations in France against a controversial police use-of-force bill, a cargo ship collision near Singapore, and an NFL player honoring a Palestinian girl killed by Israel.
The government's seventh Intergenerational Report has been sharply criticised by experts for underplaying the economic and social damage expected from the worsening climate crisis, even as the Treasury's 40-year outlook casts artificial intelligence as "a defining influence" on Australia's economy.
Thousands of demonstrators marched on Islamabad on September 21, 2026, protesting the sharp rise in fuel prices that has squeezed household budgets and businesses across Pakistan.
Al Jazeera’s video newsfeed on Monday featured multiple breaking stories, including a protest march on Islamabad over soaring fuel prices, a ‘miracle’ airplane landing as Typhoon Dujuan struck Japan, a demand by Israeli minister Ben-Gvir for the death penalty following a killing in Jerusalem, and a cargo ship collision with a Chinese fishing boat near Singapore.
A commercial airplane performed a dramatic 'miracle' landing in Japan on Monday as Typhoon Dujuan brought destructive winds and heavy rain to the region, with officials reporting no immediate casualties from the harrowing touchdown.
Tajikistan is reportedly preparing to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move that follows a formal rebuke from The Hague a year ago over its refusal to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Central Asian nation.
New data from Tasmania’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment shows that salmon companies have used more than 150,000 underwater explosives to deter seals from fish farms since 2016, with almost 1,800 deployed in the first half of this year alone.
A man is in life-threatening condition and a police officer was wounded after an exchange of gunfire near a synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, on Sunday as congregants gathered to mark Yom Kippur, authorities said.
The administration is drafting an executive order that would hand Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought veto power over every individual grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health, according to multiple reports following a contentious White House meeting.
As many as 169 people have been killed in three days of intense fighting in Yemen as Houthi fighters battle Saudi-backed government forces for control of strategic heights along the Red Sea coast, displacing thousands of civilians. The clashes come after US President Donald Trump reportedly called off planned American airstrikes on the Houthis at the last minute on Sunday, as bombs were being loaded onto aircraft, according to reports.
The UK has brought its first charges connected to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, with a 65-year-old man living in north London accused of directing and inciting murders. Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Vincent Bajinya, is to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday after a seven-year investigation by the Metropolitan Police's War Crimes Team.
China has expelled two senior military officers, including General Zhang Youxia, once President Xi Jinping's closest military ally and the People's Liberation Army's top uniformed commander, from the ruling Communist Party over corruption charges, state media reported Monday.
The family of Keren Rowland, a pregnant nurse who died more than five decades ago, believe she may have been murdered by serial killer Ivan Milat, bringing fresh hope to the cold case.
Lawyer Sharangan Maheswaran has denied lying to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) over a $148,500 cheque linked to a Liberal Party fundraiser, while revealing he gave fugitive developer Jean Nassif a secret phone for exclusive use between the pair.
The death toll from Typhoon Dujuan has risen to five, according to The New York Times, as the storm brought record rainfall to Japan's eastern coast before moving away into the Pacific on Tuesday. Four deaths had previously been reported by the BBC, with the Guardian citing at least four killed and 22 injured. More than 74,000 people remained under evacuation orders in the Tokyo region as authorities warned of landslides and floods.
Al Jazeera has published an article titled “Why is the US trying ‘regime change’ again?” that curates a series of short video analyses under its Project Force banner, covering conflicts ranging from Houthi threats to Saudi shipping to Ukraine’s strikes on Russian vessels and Iran’s ability to withstand US pressure.
A 30-year-old Mexican woman died in the Otay Mountain Wilderness near San Diego on Sept. 14, 2025, after crossing the border from Tijuana — her final moments captured by a nearby surveillance tower equipped with artificial-intelligence cameras that can track targets up to seven miles away, yet failed to trigger any rescue. Her death has sparked renewed scrutiny of the billions spent on border surveillance technology.
A mystery object was spotted hovering over Tehran, with video footage capturing the unidentified aerial phenomenon over the Iranian capital.
Israeli forces have arrested at least 53 young men in the occupied West Bank town of Biddu, placing the town under lockdown with schools and businesses closed, while in a seperate incident a Palestinian man was killed near Jenin and an Israeli setter was fatally shot.
A United Nations human rights report has concluded that the Trump administration's lethal air strikes on vessels allegedly involved in drug trafficking may constitute crimes against humanity, as the US military announced its latest such attack, killing four people in the Caribbean on Saturday.
A 32-year-old migrant from Mexico died of exposure in the New Mexico desert on April 8, 2024, within sight of three AI-enabled surveillance towers installed by US Customs and Border Protection, according to an investigation by MIT Technology Review and the Times of San Diego. The death of José Morales Bernal has reignited scrutiny of the $3 billion program intended to automate border monitoring and prevent such tragedies.
A 15-month investigation by MIT Technology Review and Times of San Diego has produced the first comprehensive map and analysis of migrant deaths near US border surveillance towers, revealing a troubling pattern of fatalities occurring in close proximity to government monitoring infrastructure. The project, which examined thousands of pages of documents, conducted more than 45 interviews, and merged data from multiple sources, aims to answer why so many people die near the very towers meant to track and apprehend them.
Hollywood star Rebel Wilson appeared in the New South Wales Supreme Court on Monday as producers of her directorial debut, the musical comedy The Deb, pursue legal action alleging she blocked the film's release.
Friedrich Merz called Sunday's state elections a 'disaster' even before the full extent of the CDU's losses in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania became clear. In an unusual televised speech minutes after polls closed, the chancellor vowed to push on with his economic recovery programme, but party unrest is growing, with critics suggesting his leadership is on borrowed time.
A mystery object has been spotted hovering over Tehran, according to video footage published by Al Jazeera on September 21, 2026. The 49-second clip shows an unidentified object suspended in the sky above the Iranian capital, though no further details have been released regarding its nature or origin.
Djibouti's minister has issued an urgent appeal for international aid as thousands of Yemeni civilians flee intensified fighting on Yemen's west coast, crossing the narrow Bab al-Mandab Strait to safety in overcrowded fishing boats, according to reports from the Markazi refugee camp in Obock.
Collingwood superstar Nick Daicos has claimed his first Brownlow Medal, storming home in crushing fashion with a record-breaking 47 votes to beat a star-studded field including Marcus Bontempelli, Zak Butters and Bailey Smith.
Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has called on the UK to "team up" with a proposed economic alliance between Canada and Europe, telling the BBC that shared values and a changing global order make closer partnership essential.
The US and China have agreed to establish a formal AI dialogue and are proposing a notification mechanism for artificial intelligence incidents that could affect national security, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, following talks in New York that he described as a 'very successful engagement' ahead of President Trump's summit with President Xi Jinping later this week.
Workers digging to extend a cremation ground in northern Sri Lanka’s Chemmani area last February accidentally uncovered a mass grave that by August had yielded the skeletal remains of 572 people, including children and infants, making it the largest mass grave site ever found in the country. The discovery has reignited demands for a thorough investigation into extrajudicial killings and disappearances during Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil war.
Russia's ruling United Russia party has secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, winning a record 355 seats in the 450-seat State Duma, according to preliminary results. The vote, widely criticised as tightly controlled, also saw 49 deputies with direct experience of the war in Ukraine elected to the new parliament, further consolidating President Vladimir Putin's grip on power.
Seven Ethiopian rebel groups have announced the formation of a new coalition, the Alliance for Survival, with the stated goal of removing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government. The alliance brings together the Fano militia from Amhara, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and four smaller groups from the Somali, Afar, and Benishangul-Gumuz regions, spanning half of Ethiopia's 12 regional states.
Police are investigating whether an 11-year-old boy shot in the face and neck at a Sydney apartment block has links to organised crime, with an 18-year-old man charged with concealing a serious indictable offence as detectives search for the firearm.
Queensland fisheries authorities are intensifying their crackdown on illegal fishing, as a 43-year-old poacher caught selling mud crabs in south-east Queensland becomes the latest target in a global black market estimated to cost legal fisheries $23 billion annually. Graeme Bolton, director-general of Queensland's Department of Primary Industries, said the high value and easy transport of species like mud crabs—retailing up to $64 a kilo—makes them a prime target for the illicit trade.