Armed Conflict

Biden's executive order authorising sanctions on four violent Israeli settler leaders will probably be meaningless. Settlers know they have virtual immunity for such actions, writes John Lyons.

The Israel-Gaza war has spilled over in Lebanon, Jordan and the Red Sea, fuelling fears of a wider war in the Middle East. Let's take a look at the key players and how the conflict is escalating.

Israel's prime minister criticises a Hamas proposal to end the war in Gaza that would have involved the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and left the militant group in power. 

The US hit Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles in its latest strikes against the group's targets in Yemen, after the rebels continued attacks in global shipping lanes. 

If confirmed, the destruction of the Beriev A-50 and an Il-22 will be a landmark feat for Ukraine in the almost two-year war.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels continue to attack commercial vessels, hitting a US-owned container ship in the Gulf of Aden with a ballistic missile in the latest strike.

The Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says US actions in the Red Sea are harming the security of shipping, with the area becoming a "theatre of fighting".

Lebanon's Hezbollah militia fires dozens of rockets at northern Israel on Saturday as top US and EU diplomats visit the region to seek ways to halt spillover from the war.

The question for Israel's government is how its campaign against Hamas — and its horrifying civilian toll — will prevent a new generation of people taking up arms? The answer, according to anti-terror experts, is not via military means, writes Eric Tlozek.

The confidentiality period of cabinet documents from 2003 expires, revealing some of the deliberations of the then-Howard government — though the most sensitive discussions remain secret.

With the focus on the conflicts in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza, other countries have dropped off the radar for many people. Some of these nations have been dealing with simmering unrest, however, which could erupt in 2024 and seize the global spotlight, writes Jessica Genauer.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel must take full control of the Gaza Strip's border corridor with Egypt to ensure a "demilitarisation" of the area.

Ukrainian officials say Russia has launched 122 missiles and 36 drones in one night, hitting hospitals, apartment blocks and schools.

The Rafah crossing is one of the few bridges between Gaza and the world outside. For Sahar Ramy and her family, it was their only means of escape to Egypt.

This Christmas morning, Rev David Pileggi will rise early in the old city of Jerusalem, don his clerical garb and walk next door to officiate at Christmas services, sharing a message of defiant hopefulness.

The WHO has expressed concerns about the state of Al-Shifa hospital due to a shortage of supplies and large amount of injured patients unable to receive proper medical care, as separate Israeli attacks kill a French worker in southern Gaza and five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. 

The European Union decides to open accession negotiations with Ukraine, a stunning reversal for a country at war that had struggled to find the necessary backing for its membership aspirations. 

Since the end of the ceasefire, seven people with Australian visas and passports have had their name on the Rafah Border Crossing list to leave Gaza.

Falling debris causes injuries and destruction in four of Kyiv's districts along the Dnipro River, with 18 people reportedly hospitalised.

Israel denies using white phosphorus munitions illegally, but the US says it will be seeking more information after fresh reports emerged linking its use to an attack that injured at least nine civilians. This is what we know.

The Ukrainian president is meeting with his US counterpart as part of a last-minute push to convince American politicians to pass a bill to fund Kyiv's war effort. 

As Israel strikes continue throughout Gaza, human rights organisations say babies were left to die in Al-Nasr hospital after shelling took place, and a UN agency warns that Israel's southern offensive is repeating "horrors from past weeks".

The Israeli military says its ground offensive has expanded to every part of Gaza as authorities order more evacuations in the crowded south.

The Israeli military says it has expanded its ground offensive to "every part" of the Gaza strip, as civilians crowd into an ever-shrinking area in the south of the enclave.

In the clearest sign yet that a return to negotiations for further truces is unlikely, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders his negotiators to leave ceasefire talks being held in Qatar.