LIVE UPDATES: Donald Trump has urged allied nations to move quickly to help secure the Strait of Hormuz as tensions with Iran threaten global oil shipping routes.
Madeline Cove
Two Iranian women footballers have trained with an Australian club after they made headlines all over the world that led to a political stoush.
Nathan Schmidt
Smartraveller has issued updated advice for Australians visiting or passing through this popular destination.
Peta Rasdien
Even Aussies travelling to Europe via a Middle East stopover have been warned to reconsider or they “may be unable to leave”.
Abisha Sapkota
Macho and cocky, the Trump Administration has been cock-a-hoop since its snatch-and-grab raid of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in January.
Latika M Bourke
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon has denied suggestions he requested a chiefly title be bestowed upon him during his visit to Samoa.
Ben McKay
Australia has ruled out sending naval vessels to the Strait of Hormuz, despite US calls for allies to help protect oil tankers from Iranian attacks.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Australia has stepped up its efforts to get expats out of the Middle East as conflict escalates, opening a temporary bypass to passport rules to get people out of the conflict zone.
RECAP: Airstrikes are falling everywhere from Tehran to Tel Aviv in the third week of the Israel-US-Iran war, as US President Donald Trump puts pressure on allies to act to secure the Strait of Hormuz.
Katherine Kraayvanger, Kimberley Braddish and Madeline Cove
Andrew Miller: May this war resolve quickly, so everyone, everywhere can get on with building a future world with less darkness.
Andrew Miller
Economic chiefs from China and the US are set to meet in Paris to clear a path to an anticipated summit between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
David Lawder
Defence personnel, military planes, and missiles are being deployed to the Middle East, as Australia’s involvement in the United States-Israeli war on Iran deepens.
In the latest court setback for the Trump Justice Department, a ruling will make it difficult for the department to investigate US Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
Andrew Goudsward and Ann Saphir
Australia’s biggest provider of jet fuel has cut exports, leaving the country’s airports with an uncertain future.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
The minister charged with looking after Australia’s fuel supplies has unleashed on people exploiting the fuel crunch gripping parts of the country.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer, Nathan Schmidt
US President Donald Trump says the war against Iran is all-but done, but Australia’s latest move suggests otherwise.
Israeli air strikes have hit a building in central Beirut about a kilometre from the Government's headquarters.
Staff Writers
RECAP: US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has questioned the legitimacy of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s first public message that was read on State TV yesterday.
Chloe Maher, Tegwen Bescoby and Troy de Ruyter
Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as Tehran fights the United States and Israel
Reports say explosives were discovered in the car of a suspect who rammed a vehicle through the doors of a synagogue before opening fire.
The country’s chief diplomat has called on warring parties in the Middle East to follow international law after a “tragic” attack.
Oil prices have rocketed despite the largest emergency reserve release in history, sending Australian markets into sharp decline.
Cameron Micallef
NSW’s Anti-Slavery Commissioner has raised a major question about the exit of a group of Iranian footballers from Australia.
Ria Pandey
Hundreds more Australians stranded in the Middle East have made it home as the war against Iran escalates.
