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Pete Hegseth says a hit on an Iranian warship is the first such attack on a foe since World War II.
Middle East
Katherine Kraayvanger, Max Corstorphan and Matt Shrivell

‘Sunk by torpedo’: Hegseth confirms Iranian ship hit by US

Hegseth confirms US sunk Iranian warship with torpedo

140 missing as Iranian warship feared sunk

First planeload of Aussies stranded in Middle East land back home

Iran state funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei postponed

US Senate to vote on Trump’s war power

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Australia has been criticised for its support of the US and Israeli military action in Iran.
Middle East
Grace Crivellaro

‘Violation of human rights’: UN blasts Aus over strikes

Australia is being accused of dodging questions about the legality of US-Israeli strikes on Iran and ignoring its role to help maintain world order.

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Lebanon is being further sucked into the Iran war as Hezbollah trades blows with Israel.
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Staff Writers

Missiles rain as Lebanon dragged into Middle East war

Fresh exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel have opened a new front in the regional conflict, forcing thousands of Lebanese civilians to flee.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House.
Middle East
Matt Shrivell

Iran at a glance: Trump says Iran’s new leaders ‘are dead’

US President Donald Trump says the strikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei and his family brought forward a new wave of leaders who have also been eliminated.

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Iranian Navy soldiers at an armed speed boat in Persian Gulf near the strait of Hormuz about 1320km south of Tehran, in April 2019.
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CNBC

The countries most affected by Strait of Hormuz blockade

A prolonged closure of the Strait would likely lead to a further surge in oil prices, with some analysts seeing oil crossing $US100 per barrel.

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The world’s inflation figures will only worsen if the conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate.
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The New York Times

Global economy can’t withstand more aggressive retaliation

If the Iranian government unleashes more aggressive retaliation, the world will face a classic pathway to a downturn.

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People at a school that has been turned into a shelter for the displaced in Beirut, the Lebanese capital full-blown regional war.
Middle East
The New York Times

What to know about the escalating Iran conflict

As US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran trigger retaliation across the region, oil markets, military bases and civilian sites are being pulled into a widening Middle East conflict.

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Australians stranded in the Middle East because of flight cancellations and airspace closures will probably find it fastest to rely on commercial flights resuming to get home, the Government says.
Middle East
Katina Curtis

New travel advice for fastest flights out of Middle East

Australians stranded in the Middle East because of flight cancellations and airspace closures have been issued with a new travel alert.

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US President Donald Trump says the ‘big wave’ is yet to come in the war against Iran.
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World
Matt Shrivell

Iran at a glance: Trump’s dire warning, overnight attacks

As the US manage battles across multiple borders, Donald Trump says their military is ‘knocking the crap’ out of Iran. Here’s everything you need to know.

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Australia has ruled out participating in the unfolding conflict in the Middle East
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Caitlyn Rintoul

Australia rules out role in strikes as UK opens bases to US

Australia has ruled out participating in the unfolding conflict in the Middle East as key ally the UK offers up bases for the United States and Israel to continue their joint air attack on Iran. 

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The strikes on Iran are a ‘significant setback’ for Xi and Putin.
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World
Latika M Bourke

How Iran attack has made China and Russia weaker

Donald Trump’s former national security adviser says China and Russia may be in a weaker position to cause trouble as a result of the US strikes on Iran. 

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Iranian Australians are celebrating the fall of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after US-Israeli air strikes.
Politics
Caitlyn Rintoul

Celebrations erupt globally after Ayatollah Khamenei’s death

Iranians worldwide have celebrated the US-Israel strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with dancing, chanting, and flag-waving in cities from London to Sydney.

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A man holds a children's backpack as rescue workers and residents search through the rubble in the aftermath of an Israeli-U.S. strike on a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran.
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The Washington Post

Children killed after airstrike hits Iranian school

It’s believed more than 100 children who were in classes at a girls’ elementary school were killed after a reported airstrike in southern Iran.

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Donald Trump's decision could become the biggest US military campaign since Afghanistan and Iraq. (AP PHOTO)
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Matt Spetalnick, Andrea Shalal and Idrees Ali

Trump's Iran strikes mark his biggest foreign policy gamble

US President Donald Trump has taken the biggest foreign policy gamble of his presidency, one fraught with risks and unknowns.

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US President Donald Trump posts to Turth Social regarding Israeli defence ministry announcing a ‘preventive strike’ on Iran.
The Washington Post
The Washington Post

Trump: Iran’s ‘freedom’ goal of ‘major military operation’

‘All I want is freedom for the people,’ Mr Trump said in a brief interview when asked what he hopes his legacy will be as a result of the military action and a push for regime change in Iran.

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