Middle East

Reports say Hamas members have met delegates from US President Donald Trump's ‘Board of Peace’ in Egypt to discuss the future of the Gaza Strip.

Donald Trump has warned that his planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping could be delayed as the US concentrates on the growing conflict with Iran.

Israel says it has drawn up plans for at least three more weeks of war as it hit sites across Iran while Iranian drone attacks temporarily shut Dubai airport.

An Emirates flight that departed Australia on Sunday night bound for Dubai had to be diverted after the international airport was hit by a drone attack.

The 1979 Tehran hostage crisis set the tone for the US-Iran relationship, with each decade marked by a cycle of confrontation.

The fate of Iran’s wounded supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is the subject of intense speculation as he remains conspicuously absent.

Australia has ruled out sending naval vessels to the Strait of Hormuz, despite US calls for allies to help protect oil tankers from Iranian attacks.

Australia has stepped up its efforts to get expats out of the Middle East as conflict escalates, opening a temporary bypass to passport rules to get people out of the conflict zone. 

Oil prices have surged again as the US-Israeli war with Iran enters its third week, shutting the Strait of Hormuz and triggering the biggest global supply shock in years.

Iran’s women’s football captain has abandoned her Australian asylum bid, amid claims authorities in Tehran are pressuring players by targeting their families.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to online rumours of his death by posting a video of himself at a cafe.

Israeli officials say the country is prepared for weeks more strikes on Iran as the war escalates.

Sixteen Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes and shootings across the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, according to health officials.