Middle East

AARON PATRICK: As Israelis prepare for an election that could shift the country leftwards, Australia’s advocacy for a Palestinian state looks out of touch with reality.

The Israeli Government encouraged Australia to move beyond its support for the Palestinians cause and pursue potentially commercial contacts covering AI, cyber security and quantum computing.

Security forces in Jordan are searching for gunmen who opened fire and killed nine people during ‌a funeral service at a Greek Orthodox church.

Houthi rebels in Yemen say they have carried out a series of attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia.

Hamas praised the attack Friday as a “heroic operation,” but it stopped short of taking responsibility.

The move came after Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men who the military said had launched an attack near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

The Iranian-backed rebels launched ballistic missiles on the camp in southern Yemen on Monday in what is now considered one of the deadliest attacks in the latest outbreak of fighting.

Palestinians have been beaten and olive trees and cars set alight by militant Israeli settlers in attacks across the occupied West Bank.

Houthi missiles have reportedly hit the presidential palace used by the Yemeni government in Aden, with local officials saying two guards have been killed.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main election rival Gadi Eisenkot has vowed to end Hamas’ rule in the Gaza Strip if he is elected in this month's election.

Iran's military forces consider a new attack by the United States a ‘realistic possibility.’

An influencer is ‘suffering terribly’ inside a Dubai jail while waiting to find out if she will be executed for murdering her boyfriend.

Iran has long backed the Houthis, a Yemeni militia, and it made the offer as Saudi Arabia contends with increasingly deadly attacks from them.

A UN report alleged that the Australian engineer was subject to extreme cold, humiliation, threats of death and forms of psychological abuse, including being shown a torture room.

The Australian Government has issued an urgent warning to travellers after deadly missile strikes rocked a major international airport.

A US military fighter jet has struck a ‌commercial cargo ship in ‌the Gulf of Oman after the vessel's crew attempted ‌to defy the naval blockade against ​Iran.

More than a dozen ambulances have been seen rushing to Riyadh’s international airport and travellers were evacuated from parts of the facility after a loud blast was heard.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has struck a LNP tanker attempting to take an ‘illegal route’ through the Strait of Hormuz.