International Politics

An Olympic boxing competition that briefly seemed to be about questions about gender, eligibility and international politics proved on Tuesday to be simply about sports, with one fighter beating another without inquiry or controversy. Imane Khelif of Algeria, the boxer whose eligibility was questioned after her first-round victory and then vigorously defended by the International

Hamas needs a new political leader after the killing of its political bureau chief, Ismail Haniyeh, following the swearing-in ceremony for newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the Haniyeh's death, but it has sworn to kill Hamas leaders since the deadly October 7 attacks. Haniyeh played a

Former ABC Chair and well known media identity Ita Buttrose has caused controversy within the ABC by having the temerity to suggest that there are some journalists within the organisation who don't present both sides of stories they cover. In other words, the ABC is failing its duty of impartiality as the public broadcaster. 'I

Construction kicked off Friday for the world's highest tunnel in India – strategically located along a border region with neighboring China. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually carried out the first blast of the Shinkun La Tunnel Project – a 4.1-kilometer-long twin-tube tunnel which will be constructed at an altitude of around 15,800 feet. The

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that Russian and Chinese bombers flying together for the first time in international airspace off the coast of Alaska is a new show of expanding military cooperation tand it raises concerns Chinese and Russian bombers patrolling off Alaska raise concerns about growing military cooperationBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and DIDI TANGAssociated