Middle East

Deaths from Iran's protests have risen to almost 2600 as Tehran warns it will attack US bases if President Donald Trump follows up threats of military action.

As the White House considers military options in Iran, some political allies are concerned about attempting another high-risk operation or starting a wider war.

As tensions rise between the US and Iran following the killing of protesters, the US Government has told citizens to ‘leave Iran now’, just hours after Donald Trump said ‘help is on the way’.

Sources inside Hamas say the group are in the process of electing their first leader since Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israel in 2024.

With more than 500 people dead as violent protests continue across the troubled state, Australians are being urged to get out while they still can.

Iran’s rulers are not just facing a clamour from within.

Hamas' Government in the Gaza Strip will be dissolved once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over, the militant group says.

US President Donald Trump is scheduled to be briefed on options to respond to the ballooning protests in Iran, a senior US official familiar with the matter has confirmed.

Israeli forces have accused Hamas of trying to launch a rocket and say they struck the launch site near Gaza City.

‘They often silenced my story and told me not to tell it. Now I am here, sitting in front of the camera, and honestly, no one will silence me anymore.’

The deaths may mark the start of a heavier-handed response by Iran’s theocracy over the demonstrations, which have slowed in the capital, Tehran, but expanded elsewhere.

Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organisations for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organisations working in Gaza.

‘Globalise the intifada’ has been chanted at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney after NSW Premier Chris Minns pushed for the slogan to be banned as part of changes to hate speech laws.

Which nation improved the most this year? Given its radical regime change, the answer might surprise you.

AARON PATRICK: They have finally conceded the terrorist organisation committed crimes against humanity when it invaded Israel two years ago.