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About 2,500 Marines aboard as many as three warships are heading to the Middle East from the Indo-Pacific region as Iran increases its attacks on the Strait of Hormuz, two US officials said.

‘There is nothing they can do about it!’ the President said in a statement.

​Drones have become a key ‌weapon used by both sides in the war between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces that began in April 2023.

Pete Hegseth has made contempt for what he calls ‘stupid rules of engagement’, and has boasted that he unleashed the military to use ‘maximum authorities on the battlefield’ in the Iran war.

The two upcoming Formula One races, scheduled for the Middle East in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, are set to be cancelled because of the conflict in the region.

Iran's women's coach says comments on Iranian TV caused psychological damage and drove some of her Asian Cup team ‌to seek asylum in Australia.

A newly released photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, former UK diplomat Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein is the first of the three to be uncovered.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen 119.38 points, or 0.26 per cent, to 46,558.47. The S&P 500 lost 40.43 points, or 0.61 per cent, to 6,632.19.

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen, filmed or photographed since the attack which killed his family, including his father.

High-energy lasers are increasingly viewed as the most cost-effective way to defend against drones and missiles launched by Iran at oil refineries and US bases across the Middle East.

Long term, officials and analysts suggest the war will weaken American influence, aid Chinese arguments about American decline and accelerate a middle-power arms race.

Gulf States may look to cut a deal with regime once the war is over as Tehran strangles vital waterway.

A dramatic shift in the economic outlook will fundamentally change the Albanese Government’s second term - and leave it with hard choices.

Uncertainty about interest rates and higher fuel bills has left strategists cautious about buying shares, despite big falls.

A Russian oil pumping station has been hit in a drone attack as Ukrainian forces seek to cripple Moscow's main source of war funding.