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The conflict in the Middle East has shown signs of widening as Saudi Arabia and the Houthis exchanged fresh fire while the US paused its attacks on Iran after 13 consecutive nights of strikes.

Donald Trump has declared the US has struck Iran ‘very hard’, insisting the conflict is going ‘extremely well’.

Tens of thousands of people have fled a wildfire in southern France while Spain has declared its first national fire emergency as extreme heat scorches Europe.

THE WASHINGTON POST: The massive effort, which began this summer and is expected to take years, comes as Trump urges Japan and other allies to take on a greater share of their defense and security.

In Europe, Asia and the Middle East, countries seek nuclear capabilities to hedge against aggressive neighbours and a receding Washington, potentially creating a more freewheeling era.

BREAKING: The US President has told the Kingdom it will have to drastically change its stance towards Israel, a significant condition not previously mentioned when the deal was announced.

THE WASHINGTON POST: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Houthis were being ‘suckered’ by Iran into joining their fight.

EXCLUSIVE: Senior Australian military officials have snubbed a major celebration held at the Chinese embassy as tensions between both nations simmer following Beijing’s missile test in the Pacific this month.

The trillion dollar defence policy bill passed with Republicans steamrolling Democrats, who argued that Congress is failing to restrain the Trump administration’s expansive use of military force.

The Trump administration has not released details but acknowledged it includes a waiver that exempts the Saudis from the aggressive international inspections required in deals with other countries. 

Fresh from replacing a prime minister, British MPs will be watching on from the sidelines of Labor's national conference, hoping to find borrowed strategies.

Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi faces a balancing act between asserting the independence favoured by military reformers and accommodating political input on battlefield strategy.

A wave of new releases from China is testing Washington’s approach to regulating artificial intelligence.

The Pentagon said that it believes that Sergeant Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Queens, New York, died on Friday during an Iranian attack that killed two other soldiers in Jordan.

Tehran’s missile and drone attack on Jordan’s city of Aqaba, within sight of Israel’s Eilat, raised concerns over a further widening of the conflict

The incident follows recent concerns in Silicon Valley and at the White House that AI models are becoming dangerously good at identifying security flaws in software.

EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s army has been forced to defend its distinctive paint job on ‘enemy’ tanks during a warfare exercise in Victoria.