Daesh has lost its final shred of territory in Syria, according to US-backed forces which have declared an end to the group’s self-declared caliphate that once spanned a third of Iraq and Syria, . Syrian Defence Force (SDF) spokesman Mustafa Bali took to Twitter on Saturday to announce a “total elimination of [the] so-called caliphate” after IS militants were defeated …

An overjoyed Gladys Berejiklian says her re-elected government will “continue to work our guts out” after NSW voters gifted the Coalition a third term in office. Ms Berejiklian is the first woman to be elected premier, and said she was proud the state would vote in a woman and “someone with a long surname”. Her deputy, Dominic Perrottet, said the …

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has submitted his long-awaited report on alleged collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. The Attorney General William Barr will now summarise the report and decide how much to share with Congress. A justice department official said Mr Mueller’s report did not recommend any further indictments. The special counsel has already charged six former …

Concerned with the possibility that the Chinese government could swipe American intellectual property through its dealings with Google and use it to advanced its military, US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Joseph Dunford said Thursday that he will be addressing the matter at a meeting with executives from the tech company next week. Speaking at an Atlantic Council event in Washington, DC, Dunford …

The Russian presidency said that US President Donald Trump’s statements on the occupied Syrian Golan may destabilize situation in the Middle East. Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Piskov said in a press statement quoted by Tass  on Friday “Such calls may considerably destabilize the already strained situation in the Middle East,” he said. “In any case the idea as such by no …

Syria has stressed that the US administration does not have any right or mandate to decide the fate of the occupied Syrian Golan, and that any recognition by it or any action involving aggression against Syria’s right to regain it to its sovereignty is illegal act and has no effect. That came in the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry’s two letters …

The grace and poise of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has comforted us all. Her courage and composure have captured world attention. Apparently, one male commentator quipped that we should be thanking her speech writer. But her eloquence, let alone her compassion, are not at someone’s artful direction. What we have seen is instinctive grief and empathy for her people. How …

Australia is urgently reviewing travel advice for Turkey weeks before Anzac Day celebrations after President Tayyip Erdogan warned Australians can expect to come home “in caskets” if there is a repeat of the Christchurch massacre. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday he had demanded Turkey remove false claims about Australia and the New Zealand terrorist attacks from its state-sponsored television …

An Australian is among those who have been arrested after 49 people were killed and dozens more injured in terrorist shooting attacks at two Christchurch mosques. At least one gunman with a semi-automatic weapon massacred worshippers gathered for Friday prayers in two locations: a mosque at Deans Avenue in central Christchurch and another mosque in the nearby suburb of Linwood. …

The Ethiopian crash on Sunday killed 157 people, and was the second disaster involving the Boeing 737 MAX 8 in less than five months. In October, the unexplained crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 in Indonesia killed 189 people. The world’s biggest plane maker is facing its most serious crisis in years, as the decades-old 737 series, a plane …