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Flight EK407 left Melbourne at 10.52pm local time and was due to land in Dubai at 5.40am on Monday.

Aussies on Emirates flight face last-minute diversion

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.

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Denmark's King Federik X and Queen Mary at Uluru.

Etiquette expert dissects Queen Mary’s behaviour Down Under

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

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Aussies visiting or passing through the US have been warned they could be in for some serious delays. 

New advice issued for Aussies heading to travel hotspot

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

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Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, was preparing to drive his kids to school in the Dallas area on Friday when agents in unmarked vehicles allegedly surrounded him and arrested him in front of his children.

Afghan special forces soldier’s shock death in ICE custody

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.

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Synagogue attacker Ayman Mohamad Ghazali died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during an exchange of gunfire with security guards.

US synagogue attacker wanted to avenge brother’s war death

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.

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Trump leaves allies to carry burden as oil passage shut

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.

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In a symbolic gesture of hatred, nails are hammered into a mock American flag-draped coffin during a rally on Iran’s Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), an annual pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionism event, in Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026. Ever since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, which toppled a brutally repressive, staunch American ally, the two country’s governments have repeatedly cast the other as evil. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)

‘Iran has been picking a fight’ since 1979 hostage crisis

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

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Mojtaba Khamenei has been conspicuously absent.

Dead or alive? Stunning new claim about Iran leader’s fate

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

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Australia rejects role in Strait of Hormuz amid ship strikes.

Australia rejects role in Strait of Hormuz amid ship strikes

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.

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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. 

War prompts Aussie passport overhaul to get expats home

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. 

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Donald Trump reportedly plans to announce a coalition to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

Oil surges as Iran war shuts Strait of Hormuz

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.

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The fifth member of the Iranian soccer team has fled to asylum in Australia.

Iranian football captain flees amid claims of family missing

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

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Kensington Palace Undated handout photo issued by Kensington Palace of a photograph posted online for the first time from the family's private collection. The Prince of Wales said he remembers his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales "today and every day" as he shared a photograph of them together to mark Mother's Day, showing Diana with a two-year-old William in a field of flowers, taken at the family's main home at Highgrove, Gloucestershire, in 1984. Issue date: Sunday March 15, 2026. Kensington Palace

Prince William's Mother's Day tribute to Princess Diana

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.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rarely gives interviews or holds news conferences.

WATCH: Netanyahu appears in video after death rumours

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

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