Politics

As oil shipments stagnate while shipping lanes are closed in the Middle East, petrol prices are surging, raising the possibility of a hike in inflation.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia is considering sending military assistance to nations being hammered by Iranian drone and missile strikes.

Two Iranian MPs have criticised President Masoud Pezeshkian for apologising to neighbouring countries over attacks in recent days.

Saudi Arabia is open to any form of mediation aimed at de-escalation of the war in Iran, but warns it will fight back if it is attacked.

Israel has warned Lebanon it needs to rein in Iran-backed Hezbollah as it pounded the group’s strongholds with air strikes and mounted a deadly airborne raid.

‘Certain death’: Donald Trump has issued a dire warning for Iran after they said surrender was a ‘dream’ the US would ‘take to their graves’.  

The US State Department is declaring an emergency with the war in Iran to bypass congressional approval and sell more than 20,000 bombs to Israel, valued at nearly $US660 million.

Iran’s president has said strict demands of surrender by the US are a ‘dream that they should take to their grave’.

The Israeli military has launched ‘a broad-scale wave of strikes’ on Iranian Government infrastructure, with reports that the attack had hit the area near Mehrabad Airport in Tehran.

The Liberal Party needs to reach new voters in the digital realm if it is to stand any chance at the next election, federal leader Angus Taylor says.

The White House has earned the ire of one of Hollywood’s biggest names after they used a clip from the movie Tropic Thunder to glorify war efforts in the Middle East.

Efforts to assist Australians to return from the Middle East conflict are being stepped up by the federal government, with buses to cities with open airspace.

Close trading partner fires back over claims its military forced an Australian chopper to perform ‘evasive action to maintain safe flight’.

One week into the US-Israel war on Iran, Donald Trump says America is now ‘respected’ more than ever as the US release stunning figures on the scale of the attacks.

Russia has been accused of providing intelligence that could help Iran attack the US military, while Vladimir Putin has had a phone call with Iran's president.