The Russian planes were spotted over the eastern part of Nato’s border, near Estonia

U.S. law enforcement officials have arrested two New York residents for allegedly operating a Chinese “secret police station” in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn said in a statement on Monday. Liu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, face charges of conspiring to act as an agent of China’s government without informing U.S. authorities and obstruction of justice, prosecutors said.

More Australian businesspeople engaging with China face being jailed on foreign interference charges while the drums of “foreign antipathy” beat, barrister Bernard Collaery says.Communications and technology infrastructure consultant Alexander Csergo was remanded in prison after a Sydney court heard he recklessly assisted suspected Chinese spies while living and working in Shanghai in 2021.

Crowd of thousands gathers in peak afternoon heat without any shelter or water

A helicopter raid by US forces in northern Syria early on Monday resulted in the “probable death” of a senior leader of the militant Islamic State group, the US military said.The US Central Command said in a statement that the IS leader, who was not named, was “responsible for planning terror attacks in the Middle East and Europe.

The strange looking sea creature had people stumped – and amused. Find out why.

Protesters shouted, ‘Hey hey, ho, ho, Jim Jordan’s got to go’ as the House Judiciary Committee conducted its field hearing

Speaker does not indicate Republicans will block debt limit increase

Comes as the former president faces federal investigation

Reports suggest that the King is using the coronation to attempt to ‘mend’ divisons in the royal family

Police are investigating the circumstances leading up to the fatal crash in western Sydney on the weekend. Watch how it unfolded.

Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe has been told she “cannot keep doing this” after a foul-mouthed stoush with a group of men outside a Melbourne strip club, where she taunted one for having a “small penis”.The independent senator’s clash was filmed in the early hours of Sunday outside Maxine’s Gentleman’s Club in the inner northern suburb Brunswick.

Senator Wong has warned Australia needs to stop being so concerned with China’s actions and instead focus on our own. Find out more.

Tomasz Oleszak, 14, collapsed after he was knifed in a nature park in Gateshead last October

The alleged victims, a 26-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, were walking towards a car park when they were allegedly grabbed by two men wearing balaclavas.

A song featuring the voices of Drake and The Weeknd called “Heart On My Sleeve” has amassed over 250,000 Spotify streams and 10 million views on TikTok. Drake and The Weeknd have not yet responded to the song, but Drake recently commented on AI-generated music that rips off his voice. When Drake noticed an AI model of himself singing “Munch” by Ice Spice, he wrote on his Instagram story, “This is the final straw AI.”

Adam Fravel, the father of Madeline Kingsbury’s children, has denied any involvement in her disappearance

The supermodel says she’s learned ‘from the bad moments’

The ‘Roar’ singer and the King first met in 2019

GRAPHIC WARNING: Wildlife advocates are calling for a full investigation into the four-metre male croc’s death. Find out more.