Hello and welcome to Yahoo's live news blog this Tuesday. Pope Francis has died at the age of 88. Prime Minister Anthony ...

China has threatened countermeasures against any countries who “appease” the United States by making deals with it at Beijing ...

Shadow Home Affairs Minister James Paterson continues to deny relationship with dumped Liberal candidate Benjamin Britton.

Labor’s leader and deputy have both refused to answer a key question in the wake of reports Russia asked for access to a ...

Australia has rejected as “propaganda” Moscow’s assertions that it had “no cards” to play in a regional military cooperation ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles has refused to confirm whether the Albanese government knew about an alleged Russian request to establish military operations in Indonesia.

Readers’ letters on independents’ voting patterns, major parties’ lack of big ideas, Labor’s defence fail, Peter Dutton’s ...