GEOPOLITICS
29/03/2026 07:56
‘Entirely wiped out’ crops, buildings destroyed and weeks of recovery as cyclone damage assessed
Critical Western Australia agriculture region counting cost of brutal cyclone as flooding risk persists for low-lying communitiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn agricultural region that supp
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
28/03/2026 12:00
Middle East war: UN initiatives support mediation efforts, ‘lifesaving’ fertiliser shipments
Just hours after war broke out in the Middle East last month, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council that the fighting risked “igniting a chain of events that no one can control in
Source: UN News
GEOPOLITICS
29/03/2026 06:47
One Nation renews defection offer to ‘courageous’ Moira Deeming after Victorian Liberal MP dumped from election ticket
Moderate-backed Dinesh Gourisetty won nomination for upper house seatGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMoira Deeming has lost her spot on the ballot for the Victorian Liberal party at the Novembe
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
28/03/2026 12:00
Kidnapped and tortured on an infamous migration route to Saudi Arabia
An Ethiopian man describes how he was tortured by human traffickers as he went in search of his nephew on a now infamous migration route from the Horn of Africa through Yemen to Saudi Arabia.
Source: UN News
GEOPOLITICS
29/03/2026 04:00
Goodbye Graaff-Reinet: South African town’s name change stirs racial tensions
Minister’s decision to ditch town’s colonial-era identity and honour anti-apartheid activist divides residentsA South African town is divided over changing its name from the colonial-era Graaff-Reinet to Robert Sobukwe,
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
27/03/2026 12:00
Syria: UN Commission documents grave violations in July 2025 escalation in Sweida
More than 1,700 people were killed and nearly 200,000 more displaced in the July 2025 massacres in Sweida, Syria, UN human rights investigators said on Friday in a report that called for greater action towards accou
Source: UN News
GEOPOLITICS
29/03/2026 02:52
Victoria and Tasmania get free public transport in fuel crisis but NSW and WA to keep collecting fares
Allan government says measure is temporary as energy shock from Middle East conflict sees petrol prices soarGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPublic transport will be free in Victoria for a month
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
27/03/2026 12:00
Myanmar: WFP reports fragile recovery one year after deadly earthquake
A “new wave of global instability is hitting Myanmar at the worst possible moment,” a UN official in the country warned on Friday, as increases in fuel, food, and fertilizer prices due to the ongoing Middle East conflict
Source: UN News
GEOPOLITICS
28/03/2026 22:04
Coroner to investigate after Northern Territory records two deaths in custody in a week
A 26-year old man died in a cell in Darwin on Saturday morning, and a 25 year-old man died in a police car on TuesdayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 26-year-old man died at Darwin correctiona
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
27/03/2026 12:00
Middle East war: Attacks on vital healthcare, evacuation strike fears
Almost one month since Israeli and US airstrikes on Iran began, sparking a wider regional war, UN agencies and partners on Friday highlighted the terror among civilians fleeing bombardment, with “no safe space” to go.
Source: UN News
GEOPOLITICS
28/03/2026 20:38
Sugar high(st): more than twelve tons of KitKat’s ‘new chocolate range’ stolen in Italy
Thieves made a break for 413,793 units of the company’s new F1 line bars which could cause shortage before EasterA large shipment of KitKat bars was stolen while in transit to distributors, a major candy crime right befo
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
27/03/2026 12:00
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 27 March: Humanitarian crisis deepens across the region
The war in the Middle East continues, with attacks causing further terror and suffering, deepening the humanitarian crisis across the region. The UN announced the launch of a task force to meet the immense needs. I
Source: UN News
GEOPOLITICS
28/03/2026 16:54
Two Sudanese men face court in Greece after at least 22 people die off Crete coast
Survivors tell coastguard smugglers ordered victims to be thrown overboard after six days adrift in boat from LibyaTwo Sudanese men, believed by Greek authorities to have been behind a smuggling operation in which 22 peo
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
28/03/2026 15:30
Police in Paris foil attempted bomb attack outside Bank of America building
Incident in the city’s 8th arrondissement reportedly involved a homemade explosive deviceFrench police prevented an apparent bomb attack outside a US bank in Paris on Saturday when they arrested a man about to set off a
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
28/03/2026 12:00
US embassy in Mexico prompts outrage with AI video promoting ‘self-deportation’
AI-generated footage depicts group of men performing a corrido, singing phrases including ‘return to your roots’An AI-generated video from the US embassy in Mexico encouraging migrants to “self-deport” has sparked disbel
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
28/03/2026 12:00
Young voters shake Italy’s political calm as referendum exposes tensions for Giorgia Meloni
Prime minister is scrambling to clean up her government after youth vote powered a damaging referendum defeatFilippo Michelini was having a drink at San Calisto, a popular bar in Rome’s Trastevere neighbourhood on Wednes
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
28/03/2026 05:14
‘No one has had a dry run’: weather warnings for storm-ravaged WA after Cyclone Narelle downgraded to tropical low
Major gas infrastructure hit by outages as weather system continues south-eastGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastZac Saber did not sleep a wink as ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle battered the Western
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
27/03/2026 16:13
Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her
Female named Rounder surrounded by family members when about to give birth to her second calfScientists have managed to film a sperm whale giving birth while other female whales worked together to support the mother and
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
27/03/2026 15:19
Missing aid boats have safely reached Cuba, US confirms
Two convoy vessels that were supposed to get to Havana by Wednesday have made it to Cuba, says US Coast GuardTwo sailing boats that went missing while carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba have safely reached the Caribbean i
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
27/03/2026 13:07
UN’s landmark slavery ruling energises African Union’s fight for reparations
• UN votes to describe slave trade as ‘gravest crime against humanity’Despite resistance from states who had role in chattel slavery, many feel this is an idea whose time has comeJohn Mahama knows a thing or two about be
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
27/03/2026 07:42
‘The violence of racist tyranny’: African Guernica goes on display alongside Picasso masterpiece
Piece by late South African artist Dumile Feni is part of new series History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Does Rhyme On the second floor of the Reina Sofía, in the very spot where Picasso’s Guernica was first exhibited
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
27/03/2026 03:54
Australia will be left with no submarines if it abandons Aukus, senior defence official warns
Malcolm Turnbull asks defence department official what Australia would do if the promised Virginia-class and Aukus-class submarines don’t arrive Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
27/03/2026 02:21
Two humanitarian aid boats heading to Cuba have gone missing, Mexico says
Navy searching for two boats that left Isla Mujeres last week bound for Havana with nine crew members of different nationalities on boardMexico’s navy said on Thursday it had activated a search-and-rescue operation in th
Source: The Guardian World
GEOPOLITICS
26/03/2026 22:16
Venezuelans deported by US detail fresh claims of torture and abuse at El Salvador mega-prison
Petition seeks accountability from Salvadorian authorities over human rights violations at notorious Cecot facilityA group of 18 Venezuelan men whom the US expelled a notorious Salvadorian mega-prison are demanding that
Source: The Guardian World