Lebanon's parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as president

Islamophobia has become normalised in Australia, says government envoy Aftab Malik. "Because of the ordinariness of Islamophobia, it does not elicit a visceral response." youtu.be/o9Azn0y2UDo?si…

Big day for journalists losing jobs over Palestine social media posting. Day one of the Lattouf trial during the day and Lalor’s news in the evening. theage.com.au/sport/cricket/…

Karam Alakklouk escaped Gaza last year and is on a DFAT scholarship studying his masters in engineering. He’s one of thousands of Palestinian migrants in Australia now holding real fears after Trump’s Gaza plans they won’t have a homeland to go back to. My story SBS News tonight:

#BREAKING All five artistic teams shortlisted for the 61st Venice Biennale have released a joint statement in support of Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino who were dumped by Creative Australia following media and political pressure. The group calls for them to be reinstated

‘Art should not be censored’: Khaled Sabsabi responds to cancellation of Venice Biennale project theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Peter Dutton says Commonwealth public service can be done “efficiently” with fewer people. “The numbers we had pre-COVID (is) exactly the numbers we plan to implement.”

'Christchurch 2.0': Police investigates death threats against Sydney mosque SBS News sbs.com.au/news/article/p…

One rural NSW town has welcomed a Muslim community dating back four decades. Now, Young, is preparing to open the biggest mosque outside any Australian capital. We travelled there for Eid to see what the hype was all about: sbs.com.au/news/video/new…

'Surreal': An unlikely Aussie rural town will host a major mosque as its Muslim community grows. Arabic is the most spoken language here after English. My latest SBS News sbs.com.au/news/article/u…

Peter Dutton offered Lakemba Mosque pulpit for apology to Lebanese Muslim community #auspol sbs.com.au/news/article/p…

The Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA) says it's offering Opposition leader Peter Dutton the pulpit of Sydney's Lakemba Mosque to facilitate an apology they say has never been delivered. Read more: ow.ly/Z8sz50VyMNi

Outpouring of grief was felt around the world just hours after the death Pope Francis was announced. Here’s my pull together of the latest reaction last night for SBS World News late news.

ICYMI our Dateline documentary on El Salvador, here is the link to watch in Australia: sbs.com.au/ondemand/watch… And here’s the link for those outside Australia: youtu.be/1g91djOzTE4  SBS Australia SBS Dateline Nayib Bukele #ElSalvador

Trump's most fierce supporters are split over whether the US should get directly involved in joining Israel in attacking Iran - as he insists Tehran was close to a nuclear bomb, contradicting his spy chief and the IAEA - ⁦Rayane Tamer⁩ youtu.be/zlkySQUvaBU

#BREAKING Artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino say they have been reinstated as Australia’s artistic team for the 2026 Venice Biennale. Massive news. More to come.