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A building hit by a US-Israeli strike on a commercial district in Tehran.

All sides in the Gulf war risk of overplaying their hands

The costs of dragging out the conflict could be very high indeed.

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Advantage Iran: A month of bombing has achieved nothing

Talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and steering Iran away from its nuclear program will be bitterly difficult. 

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Viktor Orban, Hungary's PM,  faces an election next month.

Russian spooks proposed staging audacious PM assassination

Russia’s audacious bid to help their NATO ally maintain his grip on power.

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Donald Trump says the US is considering winding down its military efforts in the Middle East

Trump says US ‘very close’ to ending war with Iran

Donald Trump says the US is considering winding down its military efforts in the Middle East, saying his country’s objectives against Iran were ’very close’ to being met.

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The accelerating crisis offers a first glimpse of what happens when oil supplies are suddenly choked off by an unexpected crisis with no clear end in sight. 

Scramble for fuel shows energy shortages gripping the world

The accelerating crisis offers a first glimpse of what happens when oil supplies are suddenly choked off by an unexpected crisis with no clear end in sight. 

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A summit in Brussels on Thursday put on full display just how profoundly Europe’s plans have again been derailed by President Donald Trump. 

How Trump and Iran are monopolising Europe’s agenda

A summit in Brussels on Thursday put on full display just how profoundly Europe’s plans have again been derailed by President Donald Trump. 

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An American tourist has been detained in Bali by local security on Thursday after breaking one of Bali’s laws.

Man detained in Bali after going for a walk and breaking law

An American tourist has been detained in Bali by local security on Thursday after breaking one of Bali’s laws.

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Donald Trump’s Pearl Harbour joke to the Japanese Prime Minister has divided.

WATCH: Trump’s Pearl Harbour joke to Japan’s PM divides

US President Donald Trump has welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to the White House, joking to her about Pearl Harbour, drawing a very uncomfortable reaction.

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Reporters in Lebanon bombed by Israeli munitions.

Reporter metres from death as missile strikes mid-broadcast

A live television broadcast in southern Lebanon was interrupted when a missile landed metres from a reporter.

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Analysts are warning of the potential for prices to spiral once the reality of physical supply cuts ripples across the globe. 

Dire oil supply not as bad as predicted - it’s worse

Energy analysts suggest the Middle East war’s upcoming consequences of global oil and gas supply shortfalls could spell much higher prices than those quoted this week.

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Members of the Iranian women's national soccer team outside the airport after they arrived in the eastern city of Igdir.

Heroes’ welcome for Iranian team after resisting ‘enemy’

Five Iranian footballers who sought asylum in Australia are back home, with growing fears they were pressured into abandoning their escape.

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