Australian spy agency chief told an inquiry Monday he had pivoted resources from counterterrorism to foreign interference years before two gunmen killed 15 at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration.

Russia's FSB says it prevented a terrorist attack on a gas carrier arriving from Belgium at Ust-Luga port.

Russian special services prevented a terrorist attack on a gas carrier that arrived from Belgium at the port of Ust-Luga, Leningrad Oblast, the FSB reported.

BHP scales back key decarbonization projects at its Western Australian iron ore operations, Bloomberg reports.

BHP is scaling back key decarbonization projects at its iron ore operations in Western Australia, according to Bloomberg.

Myanmar military escalates offensive in rare earth mining region and along border routes, Reuters reports.

Myanmar's military is intensifying operations to gain control of a rare earth mining area and key border routes, according to Reuters.

Russia says it will begin systematic strikes on Ukrainian defense enterprises in Kyiv after Starobilsk attack, Foreign Ministry reports.

The strike on Starobilsk overflowed the cup of patience, the Russian Armed Forces are beginning to consistently strike at enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex in Kyiv, reports the Russian Foreign Ministry.