Middle East

President Donald Trump warned the ceasefire in the Middle East war was on “life support” after rejecting the latest counteroffer from Iran.

US President Donald Trump says the Iran ceasefire is on ‘life support’ after he rejected Iran's latest proposal to end the war.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump extended the latest stand-off in the effort to end the war and cast doubt on whether the stalemate would be broken anytime soon.

An Israeli air strike has killed the head of the police ‌force in Khan ‌Younis and ⁠his aide, according to the Gaza Strip's Hamas-run interior ministry.

US President Donald Trump has criticised an Iranian response to a US proposal aimed at ending the war as "totally unacceptable".

But the US President says if talks fail, the country may reintroduce ‘Project Freedom’.

Iran says it is still weighing its response to the US peace proposal, ​but none was reported by mid-afternoon in Washington, just before midnight in Tehran.

US President Donald Trump says ceasefire with Iran was still in place despite an Iranian attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, which he dismissed as “a trifle.”

Officials say Iran and the US are working toward an arrangement set out in a one-page memo to end the war and stabilise shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel's air force has carried out a strike in a suburb of Beirut for the first time since a ceasefire took effect three weeks ago, Israeli officials say.

An Iranian official says the country is reviewing a negotiation proposal from the United States to end the conflict.

It won't be simple to help women and children linked with ISIS reintegrate into Australian society after years in a refugee camp, experts warn.

A tumbling oil price and rally in tech stocks including Google-parent Alphabet on Wall Street set the S&P/ASX 200 up for a positive open on Thursday.