Haven’t Queenslanders suffered enough?

Ali Larijhani killed in an Israeli strike; Israeli military calls for evacuations in central Beirut as it targets Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah ...

Venezuela defeated the United States in a World Baseball Classic championship game fraught with political overtones, setting off celebrations throughout Caracas ...

Emma Harte’s head and heart are torn in A Woman of Substance. Plus: a hen do from hell. Here’s what to watch this evening ...

Howard earn first NCAA win with late heroics as Texas edge NC State on a buzzer-beater in a dramatic First Four doubleheader in Dayton ...

Labor’s preventative detention regime suffers blow as court finds tough laws for NZYQ group are unconstitutional ...

As Iran war drives up cost concerns, thinktank says £3.7bn discount system should be developed before next winter ...

Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets ...

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A 2006 Guardian interview with Iran’s slain security chief now reads as a grim warning of the conflict that killed him ...

Perhaps the biggest surprise is that it tricks ants into moving its seeds with a scent that mimics their larvae ...

Thirty years since the cult show about sweary lawyers swaggered on to our screens in a fug of cigarette smoke, creator Amy Jenkins talks F-bombs, fellatio … and giving Ricky Gervais his big break ...