Iran-backed Houthis claim missile attack on Saudi Arabia as regional tensions escalate
Saudi air defences intercept ballistic missiles as Iran reports first night without US strikes in two weeks
What makes a woman a witch? Financial independence
Women aren’t being burnt at the stake any more, but there is still risk and violence implicit in the label ‘witch’
Millions of people are losing weight using GLP-1s. How do the drugs affect their love lives?
Prescribing doctors often warn of the medications’ potential side-effects – but unexpected impacts on romantic relationships are less understood
Mega datacentre planned for outer Melbourne will be almost six times the size of Chadstone shopping centre
More than 3,600 people sign petition for careful assessment of proposed AI hub, now a flashpoint for national debate on datacentre boom
Locals fear for their children’s quality of life if the biggest coalmine extension in NSW is approved
Minns government promised no new coalmines but permits expanding existing sites, despite being behind on climate targets
Connected under the Milky Way: new exhibition shares Indigenous astronomical knowledge from Australia to South Africa
The Yamaji-Wajarri people studied the wide-open skies of their country for millennia before being host to one of the world’s largest radio telescopes
Like Trump, Pauline Hanson plays the media and attacks the media simultaneously. Who’s using who?
One Nation is borrowing heavily from the Maga playbook. But constant claims of being misquoted predate the US president’s
Romantasy star Stacey McEwan: ‘You’re not going to recommend Fifty Shades of Grey to your Catholic grandma’
The author and BookTok luminary on the nightmare trope, how to convert a straight man into loving fantasy romance, and words that should never be used in a sex scene
Labor women outnumber men in the caucus. Why are they overlooked as Albanese’s potential successor?
Kate Ellis now heads an all-female executive as women hold a majority in the party room for the first time. But when talk turns to leadership, women barely rate
Police investigate payments to Reform UK first revealed by the Guardian
Scotland Yard is looking at two £250,000 donations to the party by Britain Means Business before the 2024 election
‘Shameful’: Pentagon accused of cover-up over US military casualties in Iran war
No press briefing has been held for months, as the defence department belatedly or inaccurately releases figures
Troy Jackson secures Democratic nomination for Maine Senate seat after chaotic primary race
Progressive former state senate president gains nomination after Graham Platner dropped out over sexual assault allegations
'Rain of ruin': the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
How the Manchester Guardian reported the dropping of the first nuclear weapon to be used in warfare, 6 August 1945
More than 1 million children lost access to food benefits after Trump bill passed
Analysis finds more than 4 million Americans lost Snap benefits, or food stamps, from July 2025 to March 2026