Middle East

The Persian Gulf’s richest states are pushing forward with plans for a massive build-out of artificial intelligence infrastructure, even though data centers have become repeated targets in the US war with Iran.

JD Vance said he was “sceptical” of reports by Iranian state media that US strikes hit a wedding party and civilians in the past several days.

The latest flare-up in the Middle East threatens to deepen a conflict that has dragged on since the United States launched strikes on Iran in February.

The accident happened on a road linking the tourist resorts of Dahab and Nuweiba in South Sinai province.

Kuwait City and Bahrain were both targeted by Iranian drones as Tehran responded to a night of US strikes.

Donald Trump has warned his biggest attack on Iran is still ‘waiting in the wings’ as powerful US strikes hammer targets near the Strait of Hormuz.

An Iranian official has described hostilities between the United ‌States and Iran, the first since late July, as a ‘limited and contained confrontation’.

Hours after the Iran-US conflict escalated, Donald Trump has launched a thinly veiled AI threat against Iran.

US forces have struck Iranian launchers after Revolutionary Guard forces were reportedly seen preparing rockets near the Strait of Hormuz.

The announcement from Iran came came after an oil tanker was disabled in an attack off the coast of Oman on Monday night.

The fire erupted in a nursery for newborns at a major government hospital after an air-conditioning unit compressor exploded.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed Iran had attempted to assassinate one of his two sons.

The Trump administration announced what it called its most comprehensive assault to date on Iran’s economy, unveiling a package of measures intended to isolate Iran from the rest of the world.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The energy chief says the winners in the fallout from the war on Iran and oil uncertainty will be coal, renewables and nuclear options.

The currency was already under pressure before the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, but has hit new record lows after nearly six months of war. 

Iran authorities say its response will be broad and decisive if the US bears out its threat to conduct 'economic warfare' against it.

For weeks, there has been no diplomatic progress, but also no full-scale fighting, as both sides seem to believe they can hold out longer than the other.

The government has signalled further legal and diplomatic action after Israel decided not to pursue criminal charges against soldiers who killed an Australian aid worker.