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Japan’s government on Monday defended its stance on wartime sexual slavery and described South Korean court rulings ordering Japanese compensation as violations of international law, after U.N. investigators criticized Tokyo for failing to ensure truth-findings and reparations for the victims

Landmark report finds no Australian community immune from ‘cascading, compounding and concurrent’ risks of a worsening climate

Albanese government also to release Climate Change Authority’s target advice, plan to reach net zero by 2050 and analysis of what can be done to cut pollution

IN FOCUS: Up to 40,000 children in Gaza are believed to have lost at least one parent as Israeli forces continue a brutal offensive. Medics tell Alex Croft that many are now arriving in hospital alone

“FIRST of all, I'm a victim of the terrorism of October 7,” Liora Eylon says ...

Some 900,000 remain in the city amid reports that some who fled to al-Mawasi found conditions so dire, they moved back.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said eliminating Hamas leaders would end the war in Gaza, as top US diplomat Marco Rubio said hours ahead of his visit to Israel that its strike against Hamas in Qatar would not derail their alliance.

Iran and the UN’s nuclear watchdog have agreed on a fresh framework to resume cooperation after months of strained ties – though both sides admit more work is needed before international inspectors can return to Iranian facilities.

SPECIAL REPORT: As he and his family are forced by the Israelis to flee Gaza City, Nedal Hamdouna describes in searing detail the reality of what that means on the ground – and how he is trying to protect his daughter from the reality of all-out war