Middle East

Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan both considered invading it. Saddam Hussein bombed it. In 1988 Donald Trump said that were he president, he would ‘do a number’ on the island. 

The Government has warned Australia could face shortages of gas over winter as the Resources Minister says she’s considering using the gas trigger to keep gas on home soil.

US President Donald Trump is set to deliver a rare address to the nation within hours, sharing an important update on war in the Middle East. This is what we know.

As tensions between the US and Iran continue to worsen, a promise has emerged from the Middle East, claiming two choices will shape the world’s future.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has delivered a direct message to Americans as tensions over the US-Iran war intensify.

Penny Wong will join international talks on protecting the critical global oil route amid mounting Middle East tensions.

Donald Trump is deploying troops. Is he repeating the mistake of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan?

Iraq's interior ministry says a female foreign journalist has been kidnapped by unidentified individuals in Baghdad.

US Defence Secretary ‌Pete Hegseth has told a briefing at the Pentagon that air strikes are damaging the morale ​of the Iranian military.

Experts say Israel’s new law allowing the hanging of Palestinians convicted of deadly militant attacks almost certainly cannot be applied to Jewish extremists convicted of similar crimes.

There is every sign that Tehran’s ability to control the Strait is increasing, rather than decreasing, as the conflict in the Middle East drags on.

THE ECONOMIST: One of the advisers the president ignores is his younger self.