ISTANBUL (AA) – Australia does not have enough capacity to assist its citizens in Lebanon amid bombing by Israel, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has said. “The numbers of Australians in Lebanon are beyond the capacity of the government to provide assistance to all,” Wong said. She emphasized the urgency for Australians to leave ...
Washington, United States – AFP Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the United States was working around the clock to prevent escalation in the Middle East and urged Israel and Hamas to “break this cycle” of violence through a cease-fire. With Iran believed to be planning a retaliatory strike against Israel fol...
Sydney, Australia — AFP An Israeli strike that killed seven charity workers travelling in a Gaza aid convoy was the result of “serious failures” such as “mistaken identification”, an Australian government probe has concluded. Australian national Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom was among a group of seven World...
Sydney, Australia — AFP Australia has followed Europe and the United States by imposed on illegal Israeli settlers accused of “beatings, sexual assault and torture” of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced financial sanctions and travel bans on seven individuals and the Hilltop Youth ra...
ANKARA (AA) – Australia has added its voice to the growing opposition to the Israeli ground offensive into Rafah, warning that the impact of the operation will be “devastating.” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, in a post on X, said her “country has been clear about our objections to a major Israeli ground offensive into […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Australia hinted Tuesday at recognition of Palestinian statehood, according to media reports. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia would consider supporting a Palestinian state as part of the Mideast peace process. “The simple truth is that a secure and prosperous future for both Israelis and Palestinians will o...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned that Israel will lose support “unless it changes its course” in the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza. “October 7th was a ‘terrorist’ attack and the world was rightly very sympathetic to and in solidarity with Israel at that time,” Wong told the Australian F...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A team of Australian lawyers has referred Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an “accessory to genocide” in Gaza. He is the “first leader of a Western nation to be referred to the ICC under Article 15 of the Rome Statute,” said Birchgrove Legal, who filed the […]
ANKARA (AA) – Australia has urged Israel to stop the killing of civilians and warned that Tel Aviv faces “grave risks” if the conflict in Gaza spreads. Speaking to reporters in Adelaide on Thursday, the South Australia capital, Foreign Minister Penny Wong reiterated her country’s call for humanitarian pauses in Gaza. “We want humanitaria...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The world must “stand together against Islamophobia,” Australia’s foreign minister has said. Penny Wong’s remarks came after two mosques in Adelaide, South Australia, were hit by arson attacks last week, a development she said left her “appalled.” “All of us, including every political leader, must stand ...
