Middle East

Gun blasts greeted revellers as clocks ticked past midnight on day one of the 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon after Israel agreed to the deal.

The Reserve Bank has warned the Iran war could push Australia toward a damaging mix of rising prices and weaker growth, echoing the economic turmoil of the 1980s.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed concerns about fuel supply after a major refinery blaze disrupted petrol production.

The US President says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, as negotiations begin on what he claims could become a lasting peace deal.

Australia and Malaysia have backed Pope Leo’s call for peace after Donald Trump repeatedly attacked the Pontiff for speaking out about the number of innocent people being killed in the war.

Both the United States and Iran must compromise to protect the ceasefire and end this futile war.

Australia has been urged to condemn Israel and help create peace as the Lebanese diaspora pays tribute to those killed in the region's bombings.

Unemployment data for March will be the first glimpse of how the Middle East conflict is affecting the economy more broadly.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warns states could topple like dominoes in a dangerous new world of weapon proliferation.

Jim Chalmers says the government has all hands on deck as it seeks to secure Australia’s fuel supplies amid the global oil crisis arising from the war in the Middle East.

A three-year-old boy and a 14-year-old teen are among 11 people that health officials say have been killed in separate Israeli attacks in Gaza.

Australia's fuel supply will be front and centre during Anthony Albanese's audience with Brunei's uber-wealthy sultan.