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TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 6: Smoke rising from a recent airstrike on March 6, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel continued their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28.

No chance of unconditional surrender, Iran’s president says

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

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China has rejected Australia’s claims its military forced an ADF aircraft to perform evasive action while in the Yellow Sea this week.

China rejects Aussie claim of ‘unsafe’ army chopper incident

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

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Stunning battle figures released as Trump rates Iran war

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.

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President Vladimir Putin has reportedly spoken to Iran’s leadership.

Russia 'giving Iran information on US military targets'

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.

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The US-Israeli war on Iran has spilled beyond Iran's borders into Lebanon and the Gulf states. (AP PHOTO)

Trump warns Iran will be 'hit very hard' in new attacks

Iran is about to be ‘hit very hard’, President Donald Trump says, as the US considers targeting new areas and groups "because of Iran's bad ⁠behaviour".

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Here’s a recap of how the Iran conflict unfolded.

A WEEK OF WAR: How the Iran conflict unfolded

Seven days ago the first missile strikes hit Tehran, creating a shockwave that reverberated across the globe.

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The ‘kamikaze’ drone that Iran is using in the war aginst the US.

Iran unleashes thousands of ‘kamikaze’ drones

The long-ranged Shahed-136 drone has become central to Iran’s retaliation strategy against the US and its regional allies. 

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President Donald Trump at the White House on Sunday.

Trump is just the most recent President to declare war

A steady line of American Presidents have chipped away at a foundational principal of American democracy — unless the US is under attack, the power to declare war remains with Congress

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 A woman waves an Iranian flag in front of portraits of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran this week.

The Iranian regime is built to last and won’t go quietly

Secret command structures: The deadly attacks from the US and Israel have not threatened the Iranian regime’s grip on power, say European and Arab officials

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Protesters burn a poster of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after strikes on Iran killed Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

Netanyahu will get the blame if his war goes wrong

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has spent much of his long career lecturing American presidents on the need to confront Iran. 

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Iranian warship IRIS Dena in Indian waters in February and medical staff move bodies and the injured into a hospital in Sri Lanka after the ship was sunk.

Torpedoed Iranian warship a political mess for India

The US strike on Iranian frigate, the IRIS Dena, which killed at least 84 of those on board has become a political nightmare for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Two people have been injured and an airport damaged by drone strikes in Azerbaijan with the country’s leader blaming Iran for the attack.

‘Act of terror’: Azerbaijan fury after suspected Iran drone hit

The Azerbaijan army is on alert as they accuse Iran of a drone attack on its territory while Iranian officials deny its forces were responsible.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for middle powers to unite amid an increasingly fractured world order.

Canada’s PM urges middle powers to unite for strength

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for middle powers to unite amid an increasingly fractured world order in a highly-anticipated address to Australia’s Parliament.

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Donald Trump is furious with Keir Starmer who he thinks is too concerned with legalities.

'Not Winston Churchill': Trump's sledge at UK's Starmer

The US President took aim at Britain’s limited support for airstrikes on Iran and threatened to cut trade with Spain, deepening tensions with key European allies.

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