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An Emirates flight that departed Australia on Sunday night bound for Dubai had to be diverted after the international airport was hit by a drone attack.

The Australian-born Queen’s behaviour during her trip back to her homeland may have taken some people by surprise.

Smartraveller has issued updated advice for Australians visiting or passing through this popular destination.

An asylum seeker who worked alongside US Special Forces in Afghanistan has died after being arrested by ICE agents in Texas while taking his children to school.

The Israeli military says the brother of the man who drove a truck into a synagogue in Michigan last week was a Hezbollah commander who was killed in an Israeli air strike earlier this month.

Macho and cocky, the Trump Administration has been cock-a-hoop since its snatch-and-grab raid of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in January.

The 1979 Tehran hostage crisis set the tone for the US-Iran relationship, with each decade marked by a cycle of confrontation.

The fate of Iran’s wounded supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is the subject of intense speculation as he remains conspicuously absent.

Australia has ruled out sending naval vessels to the Strait of Hormuz, despite US calls for allies to help protect oil tankers from Iranian attacks.

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.

Prince William has shared a childhood photograph with his mother, Princess Diana, on social media with a heartfelt message to mark Mother's Day in the UK.

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