Middle East

President Donald Trump’s attack of US allies, including Australia, for not sending military support to the Middle East has been criticised by both sides of parliament.

The regime is now less predictable 

LATIKA M BOURKE: Donald Trump has lashed Australia as allies baulk at supporting his Iran war push, declaring the US does not ‘need the help of anyone’.

Iranian security chief Ali Larijani, one of the most powerful figures in the Islamic Republic, has been killed in Tehran, alongside a key military commander.

The director of the US National Counterterrorism Centre has resigned, saying he ‘cannot in good conscience’ support the war in Iran.

Australia has been named in a sweeping Donald Trump attack on allies as tensions rise over a US push to escalate military action against Iran.

Australia and New Zealand will ramp up their military integration for a ‘greater joint force’ amid the backdrop of escalating conflict in the Middle East and strategic competition in the region.  

Israel has responded after Australian of the Year recipient Grace Tame dismissed reports of Hamas militants raping Israeli women.

Australian trade unions are calling for higher taxes on energy companies, but professional investors say the war has proven how reliant on fossil fuels the world still is.

Iran’s feisty retaliation against US allies in the Middle East should come as no surprise.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Donald Trump has once again undermined NATO, conflating the defensive alliance with his expectation that Allies should write the US a blank cheque for its military ‘excursion’ in Iran. 

Operation Epic Fury is a quintessentially Trumpian choice for the name of a war.

Leaked audio has levelled a stunning claim about how Iran’s new Supreme Leader survived the US-Israeli strike that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran.