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The US military said it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in reprisal for attempted strikes by Iran on a US Navy warship

Iran returns fire after US destroys five oil tankers

The US military said it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in reprisal for attempted strikes by Iran on a US Navy warship

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Australia was a notable omission from a cast of countries led by the UK that declared a trade ban on Israeli goods.

Australia opts out of ‘moral emergency’ Israeli trade ban

LATIKA M BOURKE: A cast of countries led by the UK has declared a ban on Israeli goods from illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank — with Australia a notable omission.

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The bombardment of Kyiv continues as US President Trump pushes for an end to the war.

Trump’s major demand to Putin as deadly Ukraine war rages

As Moscow missiles continue to rain down on Kyiv, President Trump has told President Putin that he wants a swift end to war.

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Oil and gas production in the Strait of Hormuz is "sprawling, accessible, and exposed", Iran says.

‘STRIKE US, GET STRUCK’: Iran issues chilling US threat

Energy infrastructure across the Gulf region remains exposed, with Iran threatening to strike US oil and gas assets in the wake of escalating tension.

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Israel has intensified its bombardment of south Lebanon in recent days.

‘A massacre’: Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 11

Lebanon's Health Ministry says Israel's air force has carried out two strikes on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least 11 people.

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Iran is set to announce an "exclusion zone" near the Strait of Hormuz, an official says.

Iran’s chilling new threat to ships in Strait of Hormuz

A senior Iranian official says the government plans to announce an ‘exclusion zone’ outside the Strait of Hormuz.

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Guests look at a model of the largest data center in the UAE under construction in Abu Dhabi as the Stargate initiative, a joint venture between G42, Microsoft, and OpenAI, during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi on November 3, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) GIUSEPPE CACACE

Middle East’s data centre push endures under cloud of war

The Persian Gulf’s richest states are pushing forward with plans for a massive build-out of artificial intelligence infrastructure, even though data centers have become repeated targets in the US war with Iran.

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Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters in the Briefing Room of the White House on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. It was the first press briefing at the White House since Karoline Leavitt left as press secretary last week.

‘I wouldn’t call it a war’: Vance plays down Iran-US strikes

JD Vance said he was “sceptical” of reports by Iranian state media that US strikes hit a wedding party and civilians in the past several days.

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Iranian media says the US hit a wedding celebration, killing 18 people including women and children.

‘Heavy attack’: US-Iran tensions flare as fire exchanged

The latest flare-up in the Middle East threatens to deepen a conflict that has dragged on since the United States launched strikes on Iran in February.

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A bus crash in Egypt's eastern Sinai peninsula has killed 21 people.

At least 22 dead in bus accident in Egypt's South Sinai

The accident happened on a road linking the tourist resorts of Dahab and Nuweiba in South Sinai province.

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The US has attacked Iran for the second time in a week as tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran fires on Gulf neighbours after US military strikes

Kuwait City and Bahrain were both targeted by Iranian drones as Tehran responded to a night of US strikes.

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Trump warns Iran the worst is yet to come as powerful US strikes rain down.

Trump warns ‘biggest attack’ on Iran is still to come

Donald Trump has warned his biggest attack on Iran is still ‘waiting in the wings’ as powerful US strikes hammer targets near the Strait of Hormuz.

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"We believe the solution to the existing issues is dialogue," Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian says.

‘Laughable’: Iran mocks Trump amid fresh US strikes

An Iranian official has described hostilities between the United ‌States and Iran, the first since late July, as a ‘limited and contained confrontation’.

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Hours after the Iran-US conflict escalated, Donald Trump has launched a thinly veiled AI threat against Iran.

‘Blown to smithereens’: Trump’s AI vid threatens Iran port

Hours after the Iran-US conflict escalated, Donald Trump has launched a thinly veiled AI threat against Iran.

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US launches fresh strike on Iran as tensions explode

US forces have struck Iranian launchers after Revolutionary Guard forces were reportedly seen preparing rockets near the Strait of Hormuz.

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Negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz are continuing between Oman and Iran.

Iran wants military ship ban in Hormuz under deal with Oman

The announcement from Iran came came after an oil tanker was disabled in an attack off the coast of Oman on Monday night.

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More than a dozen newborn babies have died in a fire at a maternity ward in Islamabad.

‘Irreparable loss’: Horror fire in hospital kills 14 infants

The fire erupted in a nursery for newborns at a major government hospital after an air-conditioning unit compressor exploded.

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran tried to assassinate one his sons.

Netanyahu claims ‘Iran tried to kill one of my sons’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed Iran had attempted to assassinate one of his two sons.

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