Politics

WATCH: Dramatic scenes have unfolded on the Gold Coast as protesters surrounded a bus carrying Iran’s women’s football team after their Asian Cup exit.

Two Palestinians travelling in a car near a Gaza City university have been killed in an Israeli air strike, with several others wounded in the area.

Australia is considering a request for military assistance from Persian Gulf nations, as one senior Albanese government figure has privately forecast the future of the war.

As oil shipments stagnate while shipping lanes are closed in the Middle East, petrol prices are surging, raising the possibility of a hike in inflation.

Australia won't involve its troops in the war on Iran, but it could provide other aid for Middle East allies hit with missile and drone strikes.

Two Iranian MPs have criticised President Masoud Pezeshkian for apologising to neighbouring countries over attacks in recent days.

Saudi Arabia is open to any form of mediation aimed at de-escalation of the war in Iran, but warns it will fight back if it is attacked.

Israel has warned Lebanon it needs to rein in Iran-backed Hezbollah as it pounded the group’s strongholds with air strikes and mounted a deadly airborne raid.

‘Certain death’: Donald Trump has issued a dire warning for Iran after they said surrender was a ‘dream’ the US would ‘take to their graves’.  

The US State Department is declaring an emergency with the war in Iran to bypass congressional approval and sell more than 20,000 bombs to Israel, valued at nearly $US660 million.

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

The Israeli military has launched ‘a broad-scale wave of strikes’ on Iranian Government infrastructure, with reports that the attack had hit the area near Mehrabad Airport in Tehran.

The Liberal Party needs to reach new voters in the digital realm if it is to stand any chance at the next election, federal leader Angus Taylor says.

The White House has earned the ire of one of Hollywood’s biggest names after they used a clip from the movie Tropic Thunder to glorify war efforts in the Middle East.