Simon Kent

Weak. Indecisive. A failure to the Jewish community. These are just some of the character appraisals made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against left-wing Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for ignoring his warnings about rising antisemitism ahead of the Bondi Beach massacre.

The United States approved the sale of $11 billion-worth of arms to Taiwan on Wednesday in one of the largest weapons packages for the island. The deal prompted an angry backlash from China which continues to threaten the independent, democratic state on an almost daily basis.

A first court appearance is scheduled Wednesday for Rob Reiner’s son, Nick Reiner, where he will face two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents.

Naveed Akram, lone surviving suspect in Sunday’s massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney, was charged Wednesday with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act.

Michelle Obama revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! she and her husband had dinner planned with Rob and Michele Reiner the night they were killed, “We were supposed to be seeing them that night — last night.”

President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking at least $10 billion from the BBC over a documentary that edited his 6 January 2021 address ahead of the U.S. Capitol riot. The speech and doctored edits in question aired in a Panorama documentary.

President Donald Trump has made clear his feelings at the tragic death of actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, who were found in their Brentwood mansion Sunday with wounds that were reportedly consistent with a knife.

An heroic bystander showed complete disregard for his own safety, ran towards danger – not away from it – and tackled one of two terrorist gunmen during the Bondi Beach mass shooting Sunday in which at least 11 people were murdered, footage shows.

Twelve people, including one terrorist, were killed in what has been designated a terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening. An additional 29 people were injured and a second terror gunman was arrested after the local Jewish community was directly targeted, according to Australian media.

The father of murdered IDF Cpl. Noa Marciano has revealed his daughter’s death in Hamas terrorist captivity came through the malicious actions of a civilian doctor with the moment she was killed documented in a video he was sent.

An Australian skydiver’s parachute wrapped around a plane wing as he started his descent and he only managed to save himself by cutting the offending chute free.

How dare you. That was the joint response from Muslim-majority Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations where homosexuality is illegal, venting their fury Tuesday that FIFA has scheduled a 2026 World Cup soccer match in Seattle that overlaps LGBTQI+ Pride events.

Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s has begun. The Federal government-imposed shutdown on the globe’s most popular social media platforms and websites, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Kick, Twitch, and Reddit, means millions of children and teenagers lose access to their social media accounts.

President Donald Trump’s approval moved up to 41 percent in the past week as Republicans applauded his handling of fundamental living costs, a sign the administration’s new focus on everyday concerns is driving his popularity, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday.

President Donald Trump warned Europe on Monday it is heading in “very bad directions” just days after he excoriated the continent over its unrestrained mass migration flood and looming “civilizational erasure.”

Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire” after the terrorist group returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza. That was the confident prediction Sunday of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who acknowledged the opening step of President Donald Trump’s comprehensive 20-point ceasefire plan is close to fruition.

President Donald Trump will host the 48th Kennedy Center Honors on Saturday night and is no doubt he will be a success, further believing Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel should watch and learn how its done.

Regrets, he has a few. John Cena recalled to Joe Rogan on Friday how he upset Communist China in 2021 by referring to Taiwan as a country only to roil America with his groveling Mandarin-language apology.

Europe faces imminent “civilisational erasure” driven by the hapless E.U. and unrestricted mass migration, President Donald Trump’s administration warned Thursday in a new strategy document.

The world is in a febrile state. Europe is watching Russian aggression into Ukraine while the Middle East and parts of Africa remain unstable as China flexes in Asia. Still, the increasingly sidelined United Nations has its priorities firmly in place.

Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia will walk away from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest after Israel was cleared Thursday to take its spot next year.

A former Miss Universe Australia finalist joined her father to successfully fight off three brazen car jackers by hitting back as the potential thieves struck in broad daylight on a street in Melbourne.

Prince Harry was born into a position of immense inherited privilege but that hasn’t stopped him commenting on the vigorous democracy that defines the U.S. and is now his home. He used that lofty status in an interview Wednesday night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to mock American voters and take a swing at President Donald Trump.

Hollywood actor Ben Stiller has declared “Somalis are not garbage” after they were excoriated as such by President Donald Trump who added they should “go back to where they came from.”

Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell together pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to fund investment accounts for some 25 million American children.

Upwards of 150,000 people came together at Beirut’s waterfront Tuesday morning for mass with Pope Leo XIV. 

A “full travel ban” from countries “flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies” was flagged Monday by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a meeting with President Donald Trump.

Just weeks after 50,000 people flew to the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém and agreed to agree on nothing other than the need for more meetings, the U.N. is welcoming upwards of 600 “experts” in France to prepare yet another report on “climate change.”

Australian actor Guy Pearce has issued a public apology for sharing “misinformation and falsehoods” on social media about Israel including the false claim the Jewish state has “utter disdain for Palestinian life.”

Muslim-majority Turkey is not “a hostile environment” for Christians even as their population has been drastically reduced over the past decades, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople said Friday.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the 29-year-old Afghan national suspected of shooting two National Guardsmen in Washington, DC, worked with the CIA as a member of a partner force in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the agency’s director John Ratcliffe revealed.

If you want peace, prepare for war. French President Emmanuel Macron appears to be the latest European leader embracing that ancient maxim, launching a new national military service plan Thursday as France seeks to address shortfalls in its armed forces amidst growing concerns over Russia’s geographical ambitions beyond the war in Ukraine.

The Georgia 2020 election interference case against President Donald Trump and others will no longer be pursued by the prosecutor who recently took over the matter, a court filing Wednesday revealed.

Marvel star Simu Liu has come out swinging against Hollywood accusing it of a “fucking appalling” lack of Asian representation in its films, all enabled by a “deeply prejudiced system.”

A massive blaze engulfed several high-rise residential blocks in a sprawling Hong Kong estate on Wednesday, claiming the lives of at least 13 people with local media predicting many more still trapped by the flames.

A Ukrainian delegation has agreed with the U.S. on the terms of a potential peace deal proposed by the Trump administration that will end the war with Russia, a U.S. official told ABC News on Tuesday.