Politics

Questions about Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's health and ability to lead persist as the Islamic Republic holds high-stakes peace talks with the US.

The first direct US-Iranian diplomatic talks in more than a decade have been held in Islamabad, Pakistan, with the Strait of Hormuz high on the agenda.

From the moment the US and Israel ignited their war against Iran, Tehran has maintained a consistent set of demands, built around a permanent peace, economic relief and the right to pursue nuclear enrichment.

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Afghanistan war veterans say they’re collateral damage from the criminal prosecution of decorated war hero Ben Roberts-Smith.

Donald Trump says major cities around the world have large arch monuments, and Washington DC is the only one without one.

A US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance has arrived in Pakistan to join Iranian government ministers and officials for peace talks.

Singapore insists there are no plans to restrict fuel exports to Australia even if the Middle East conflict continues and strangles supply.

Now that the United States and Iran have put the war on pause, the voyage through the Strait of Hormuz may be less dangerous. But it is no less challenging politically or diplomatically.

The government agency that keeps a list of draft-eligible men will begin automatically registering names later this year, abandoning a decades-old requirement that they register themselves.

Australia’s fuel distributors are in a global scramble to secure shipments, having mere hours to decide whether to spend millions of dollars.

Donald Trump has given US Vice President JD Vance the mission of negotiating with Iran to resolve the conflict that's blocked a vital shipping route.

A gas export tax could make it harder for Australia to secure imported fuel from Asia, with a Senate committee examining the idea as Anthony Albanese is in Singapore meeting with its PM Lawrence Wong.

BEN HARVEY: Even if this ceasefire does hold, the best we can hope for is this is the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end.

Opening the Strait of Hormuz will not stop the economic fallout but there is a silver lining to the turmoil.