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Iran women's coach Marziyeh Jafari says TV comments back home drove some players to seek asylum. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Iranian soccer players driven to asylum in Australia by TV barbs

Iran's women's coach says comments on Iranian TV caused psychological damage and drove some of her Asian Cup team ‌to seek asylum in Australia.

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A newly found photo shows Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Peter Mandelson in robes with Jeffrey Epstein. (AP PHOTO)

Disgraced Andrew, UK diplomat, captured in bathrobes with Epstein

A newly released picture of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, former UK diplomat Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein is the first of the three to be uncovered.

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All three major US stock indexes have logged daily and weekly declines. (AP PHOTO)

Wall Street closes lower as war fuels inflation worries

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen 119.38 points, or 0.26 per cent, to 46,558.47. The S&P 500 lost 40.43 points, or 0.61 per cent, to 6,632.19.

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Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen, filmed or photographed since the attack which killed his family, including his father.

Iran new supreme leader wounded, likely disfigured

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen, filmed or photographed since the attack which killed his family, including his father.

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High-energy lasers are increasingly viewed as the most cost-effective way to defend against drones and missiles launched by Iran at oil refineries and US bases across the Middle East.

What to know about the US lasers used to counter attacks

High-energy lasers are increasingly viewed as the most cost-effective way to defend against drones and missiles launched by Iran at oil refineries and US bases across the Middle East.

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Long term, officials and analysts suggest the war will weaken American influence, aid Chinese arguments about American decline and accelerate a middle-power arms race.

How the war in Iran could actually help China

Long term, officials and analysts suggest the war will weaken American influence, aid Chinese arguments about American decline and accelerate a middle-power arms race.

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Two oil tankers were struck in Iraqi waters.

Iran war could be won or lost in Strait of Hormuz

Gulf States may look to cut a deal with regime once the war is over as Tehran strangles vital waterway.

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A dramatic shift in the economic outlook will fundamentally change the Albanese Government’s second term - and leave it with hard choices.

The war in Iran is redrawing Australia’s political landscape

A dramatic shift in the economic outlook will fundamentally change the Albanese Government’s second term - and leave it with hard choices.

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Market strategists are warning an extended war in Iran will ruin returns for share market investors.

Investors count the painful costs of two weeks of war

Uncertainty about interest rates and higher fuel bills has left strategists cautious about buying shares, despite big falls.

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A video purporting to show a huge fire at the Tikhoretsk oil pumping station.

Ukraine drone strike devastate Russian oil hub

A Russian oil pumping station has been hit in a drone attack as Ukrainian forces seek to cripple Moscow's main source of war funding.

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Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William visited a London brewery where they got behind the bar.

Kate reveals major lifestyle change since cancer scare

The Princess of Wales says she has had to give up something she once enjoyed during a whirlwind day out in London with William.

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Australia’s biggest provider of jet fuel has cut exports, leaving the country’s airports with an uncertain future.

China cuts jet fuel to Australia amid oil crunch

Australia’s biggest provider of jet fuel has cut exports, leaving the country’s airports with an uncertain future.

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Fishermen buy fuel at a riverside gas station a day before a major fuel price surge  in Hagonoy, Bulacan province, Philippines.

‘This really is the big one,’ warns energy guru

The widening war in Iran has delivered a stunning punch to a worldwide economy that has already been walloped.

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Australia orders diplomatic and expat exit from Middle East

Australia orders diplomatic and expat exit from Middle East

Australia has now ordered all non-essential officials and their families from both Israel and the United Arab Emirates to leave the Middle East as the US-Israel-Iran war escalates. 

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A senior Iranian diplomat secretly defected in Australia.

Secret defection by senior Iran diplomat revealed

A senior Iranian diplomat quietly walked away from the regime while stationed in Canberra — a dramatic move only now coming to light.

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