The US military has shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean after it drifted off the East Coast. The order was given by President Joe Biden and came after he earlier told media that Washington would “take care of” the surveillance device. Media are reporting that recovery efforts are underway to collect the remnants of the …

A New York judge has sentenced Donald Trump’s namesake real estate company to pay a maximum $US1.61 million ($2.31 million) criminal penalty after it was convicted of scheming to defraud tax authorities for 15 years. Justice Juan Merchan of the Manhattan criminal court imposed the sentence, the maximum possible under state law, after jurors found two Trump Organization affiliates guilty …

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has used her speech to the UN General Assembly meeting to label Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats “weak and desperate”, while calling on China and the global community to ramp up pressure on Moscow to end its invasion of Ukraine. Australia has been a forceful critic of Russia’s invasion and has been providing Ukraine with military equipment. Senator Wong …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has used his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to defend the war in Ukraine and warn the United States against interfering in Taiwan. The speech, which was delivered in New York on Saturday, came days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilisation in the wake of a series of setbacks on the battlefield. …

A US judge has refused to let the Justice Department immediately resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Florida estate in an ongoing criminal investigation, siding with the former president. Federal Judge Aileen Cannon also appointed Senior District Judge Raymond Dearie as a third party to review records seized by the FBI for materials that could …

Donald Trump has ignored pressure from some fellow Republicans to avoid repeating his false claims about a stolen 2020 election, insisting he won his second bid for the White House and would not allow his perceived enemies to bar a return. In his first speech in Washington since leaving office 18 months ago, the former US president stopped short of …

The former US Secretary of State claimed that otherwise Russia might turn into “an outpost of China in Europe” The West should take Moscow’s interests into account to prevent Russia from becoming “an outpost of China in Europe,” former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has said. In an interview with the Sunday Times, Kissinger hailed NATO’s united response to Russia’s military …

The White House has issued a statement after US President Joe Biden called Anthony Albanese to congratulate him on his Australian election victory and underline the strength of their countries’ alliance. “President Biden reaffirmed the United States’ steadfast commitment to the US-Australia alliance and his intent to work closely with the new government to make it stronger still,” the statement issued …

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken fired a warning shot at China, saying any move to invade Taiwan would bring “terrible consequences.” Blinken spoke at the Reuters Next conference Friday when he shared his thoughts on China and the possible threat to Taiwan as tensions have continued to ramp up over the past few months. He reiterated the U.S. commitment to defend Taiwan’s right to self-govern, …

United States President Joe Biden personally raised China’s wave of trade strikes against Australia with Xi Jinping, as a top American official warned that Beijing wanted to drive Canberra “to its knees” and “break” it through economic coercion. Kurt Campbell, President Biden’s top adviser on Asia, also said there was a “shared ambition” to deliver Australia a fleet of nuclear submarines …