Politics

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.

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

Donald Trump claimed overwhelming military gains in Iran while embassies closed, oil prices spike and fighting expanded to Lebanon and the Gulf.

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.

Iran broadened its retaliatory attacks on American targets in the Gulf region Monday and early Tuesday, as Trump and other top officials signalled that strikes could intensify and continue for weeks or more.

The Federal Government is reviewing a $670,000 election pledge to an Islamic community group in Melbourne after it held a gathering to mourn Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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.

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

An Australian mother who moved to Dubai has been left terrified as war erupts across the Middle East.

The Liberals still haven’t learned from repeated warnings about a women problem and were hampered by a leader ‘unattractive to women’ during the disastrous 2025 election loss, an internal review has found.

Among advanced economies, Australia imposes one of the highest top marginal rates at one of the earliest entry points. That is not a badge of progressivity. It is a structural problem.

The US military is bolstering its forces in the Middle East, sending more troops and fighter jets to the region as America’s war in Iran expands.

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.

The White House has been forced to explain after US President Donald Trump was spotted with a large area of inflamed red skin while providing updates on the war with Iran.