Top World News
Victoria’s tobacco wars: police investigate suspicious fire that destroyed Melbourne shop
Jul 27, 2024 - World
Firefighters found the building on Bridge Road, Richmond engulfed in flames on Saturday morningGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice are treating as suspicious a fire that destroyed a Melbourne tobacco shop on Saturday morning, after a series of arson attacks on tobacco retailers.Firefighters found the building fully engulfed in flames after being alerted to the blaze on Bridge Road, Richmond by callers to triple zero at 3.44am. Continue reading...
![ArticleImg](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/wirestory_e9d367c2d3fcb2f0438ec9af3af02045_16x9_1600.jpg)
Key Pakistani Islamist party begins sit-in to protest increase in electricity bills
Jul 27, 2024 - World
Pakistani officials say hundreds of supporters of a key Islamist party have started a sit-in protest in the garrison city of Rawalpindi after authorities detained several people to stop them from holding a rally in the neighboring capital, citing secur...
Philippine forces sail to hotly disputed shoal without incident for first time since deal with China
Jul 27, 2024 - World
Philippine government personnel have transported food and other supplies to a fiercely disputed shoal occupied by a Filipino navy contingent without any clashes with China
![ArticleImg](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/wirestory_6a8a0c5af91c9e6d8ef3addabe140dcc_16x9_1600.jpg)
Mexican kingpin's arrest likely to set off violent jockeying for power
Jul 27, 2024 - World
A new era is coming for Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel in the wake of the capture by U.S. authorities of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the last of the grand old Mexican drug traffickers
Grappling with maritime disputes and Myanmar crisis, ASEAN top diplomat meetings joined by US, China
Jul 27, 2024 - World
Top diplomats from Southeast Asia are gathered in the Laotian capital with partners that include the United States, China, Russia, Japan, India and Australia