Oil prices jumped nearly $2 a barrel and gold, the yen and safe-haven bonds surged on Friday, after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq, ratcheting up tensions between the two powers. Traders were clearly spooked after the death of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force. Iranian […]

There have been devastating aftermath of bushfires across New South Wales after they tore through the state’s south coast, leaving homes and wildlife scorched. Residents of Rosedale, 18km south of Bateman’s Bay, were forced to flee on New Year’s Eve, hours before a massive fire engulfed the town. Areas of the small coastal town that […]

An Istanbul court on Friday sentenced 70 former Turkish Air Force cadets to life for their role in a 2016 coup attempt. “However, 55 of the cadets were tried in absentia as they are believed to have fled abroad,’’ state news agency Anadolu reported. According to Anadolu, the trial involves a total of 72 suspects, […]

South African photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed, who was kidnapped in Syria in 2017, is back home, his family says. He was working for the charity Gift of the Givers, documenting the effects of the civil war when he was taken. He was captured near the Turkish border by suspected members of the Islamic State group. But […]

Washington is committed to “de-escalation” after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad killed Qassem Soleimani, the architect of Iran’s growing military influence in the Middle East, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says. Pompeo said on Twitter on Friday that he spoke to British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab and China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi about the […]