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Three Australians on-board US sub that sunk Iranian warship.

Australia helping US, Israel in war with Iran: PM

Anthony Albanese has confirmed Australia is helping the United States and Israel with operations in Iran, also confirming Australian sailors were onboard the submarine that sunk an Iranian warship.

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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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Donald Trump says the US wants to fight more than Iran.

‘Within four minutes’: Trump’s brutal Iran ultimatum

President Donald Trump has given a blunt update on the war with Iran, saying Iranians now have just two choices.

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Spent drones and missiles at a ‘missile cemetary’ in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Zelensky holds the cards and answers Trump call on Iran

Iran’s barrage of retaliatory strikes is a wake-up call for countries that have pretended the Russian-Ukraine conflict was a faraway concept.

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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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Hizb ut-Tahrir has been listed as a prohibited hate group.

Radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir banned under new hate laws

Australia has banned radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir under tough laws that were quickly brought into effect following the fatal Bondi terrorist attack.

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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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"We want to be involved in the process of choosing" Iran's leader, US President Donald Trump says.

‘Somebody great’: Trump wants say over new Iran leader

US President Donald Trump says the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba is an unlikely choice to take over as Iran's leader.

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Ousted Kristi Noem had always been one of US President Donald Trump's most ardent supporters. (AP PHOTO)

Trump fires Kristi Noem as US homeland security chief

US President Donald Trump has sensationally fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, two days after she faced a parliamentary inquiry.

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US and Israeli backed Kurdish fighters are being armed by the CIA.

Iran at a glance: CIA arming Kurds, Tehran blanket bombed

The CIA is providing arms to Kurdish forces as President Donald Trump says the US military will shadow their ground forces to facilitate an uprising in Iran.

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Donald Trump struck Iran when he did because he sensed two key weaknesses.

Donald Trump struck Iran because he sensed weakness

There are two key weaknesses the US president saw in Iran before launching joint strikes with Israel.

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Six Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Crisis Response Teams began departing for the Middle East.

More Aussies flying home as planes take off from Dubai

Australia sent two military passenger planes to the Middle East earlier this week and six DFAT crisis response teams are on their way as the Government makes contingency plans to help people leave the war zone.

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Senator Ralph Babet is defying parliamentary orders to attend behaviour workshops for ‘using racist, homophobic, sexist or other language’ to demean others.

Senator defies orders to attend behaviour workshops

United Australia Senator Ralph Babet is defying parliamentary orders to attend behaviour workshops for ‘using racist, homophobic, sexist or other language’ to demean others.

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