Politics

Australia has stepped up its efforts to get expats out of the Middle East as conflict escalates, opening a temporary bypass to passport rules to get people out of the conflict zone. 

Oil prices have surged again as the US-Israeli war with Iran enters its third week, shutting the Strait of Hormuz and triggering the biggest global supply shock in years.

Iran’s women’s football captain has abandoned her Australian asylum bid, amid claims authorities in Tehran are pressuring players by targeting their families.

One Nation has overtaken the Coalition for the first time in a major poll, spelling woes for the Liberal leader who rolled his predecessor after poor polling.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to online rumours of his death by posting a video of himself at a cafe.

Israeli officials say the country is prepared for weeks more strikes on Iran as the war escalates.

Sixteen Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes and shootings across the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, according to health officials.

The IEA will release more than 400 million barrels of oil reserves as conflict around the Strait of Hormuz rattles global markets.

In Iran I fear we may be retreating even further from the principles we once proclaimed, loosening the shackles that civilised nations place on themselves to protect our shared humanity.

A widely-tipped interest rate hike on top of the ongoing global fuel crisis is spelling doom and gloom for household budgets as Jim Chalmers warns Treasury thinks inflation could rise close to 5 per cent. 

Another three members of the Iranian women’s football team who accepted asylum in Australia have now changed their minds and will return to Iran.

The Pentagon has identified the six US service members who died this past week when a refuelling aircraft crashed in Iraq amid the US-Israeli war against Iran and the wider conflict in the Middle East.

One of Australia’s few Muslim federal parliamentarians has accused Labor of failing to confront rising Islamophobia in the country.

Barnaby Joyce has made a bold prediction on whether the major parties may soon have no choice but to deal with One Nation.