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Members of the second cohort of ISIS-linked women and children have touched down in Australia, including four women and their children arriving in Sydney and two other women and their children flying into Melbourne.

Scuffle erupts as second ISIS bride group land in Australia

The group was escorted through a back door at the international airport where footage shows a scuffle breaking out.

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Nickolay Mladenov warned Israel that the trajectory of the stalled peace plan in Gaza risked recreating the same conditions that led to the October 7.

‘Time bomb’: Trump’s peace board issues chilling warning

LATIKA M BOURKE: Fresh alarm has been raised over Gaza, with a senior peace envoy warning the deteriorating situation could fuel renewed violence.

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US President Donald Trump has issued a major nuclear demand.

US launches fresh strikes on Iran to ‘protect troops’

US Central Command has confirmed that the US has launched fresh strikes on Iran, moments after Donald Trump issued a nuclear demand.

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Relatives of a girl who was reportedly killed in an Israeli air strike have mourned her death.

‘No ceasefire’: Family mourns 6yo killed in Israeli Strike

‘This little girl, a little bird from the birds of paradise, was playing at the door of her home,’ said the child’s grandmother of her death.

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President Donald Trump said the deal “isn’t even fully negotiated yet” and “nobody has seen it, or knows what it is.”

Trump lashes out as US, Iran work to extend ceasefire

The United States and Iran have developed a memorandum of understanding ‘framework’ that extends the ceasefire 60 days.

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President Donald Trump does not want to rush a deal with Iran, saying mistakes must be avoided. (AP PHOTO)

‘Don’t make bad deals’: Trump’s new warning on Iran

US President Donald Trump is hosing down expectations of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war with Iran.

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US President Donald Trump announced a peace deal was close in a Truth Social post.

‘Not immune’: Government reacts to looming Iran deal

A possible peace deal between Iran and the United States is sending shockwaves, with Donald Trump pledging the Strait of Hormuz will reopen.

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Donald Trump says a potential breakthrough in the Middle East peace talks could be imminent, with the US President revealing an agreement involving Iran and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz is being “largely negotiated.”

‘Announced shortly’: Trump hints at Iran deal breakthrough

Donald Trump says a potential breakthrough in the Middle East peace talks could be imminent, with the President revealing an agreement involving Iran and the Strait of Hormuz is being ‘negotiated’.

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President Donald Trump was in the Oval Office on Friday morning with his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, in what appeared to be a review of military options for potentially resuming the bombing campaign against Iran.

What could be targeted next as Trump weighs Iran conflict

THE NEW YORK TIMES: There is no shortage of targets, should Trump, in coordination with Israel, decide to resume the assault on Iran that paused on April 8.

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Iran is trying to formalize — and monetize — its control over the Strait of Hormuz, previously a transit point for one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas, by charging a fee for passage.

The risks of Iran’s threat to control the Strait of Hormuz

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Iran is trying to formalise — and monetize — its control over the Strait of Hormuz, previously a transit point for one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas, by charging a fee for passage.

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US share markets hit record highs on Friday even as global investors worry an inflation shock from the Middle East will damage consumers and the economy.

Stocks gain mid impasse over reopening Strait of Hormuz

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Stocks and oil prices have risen slightly, with few signs of concrete progress in talks to establish a peace deal between the United States and Iran.

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after stepping off Air Force One.

Iran weighs offer as Trump says peace talks on ‘borderline’

Iran examines new US proposal to end the Middle East war, as President Donald Trump describes talks as being on the ‘borderline’ between a deal and renewed strikes. 

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Images from the video posted by Israeli minister Ben-Gvir showing detained Gaza flotilla activists being taunted and bound.

Israeli minister sparks outcry over video of bound activists

A video posted by Israel’s national security minister showing activists on their knees with bound hands has attracted worldwide condemnation.

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