AMP chief economist Shane Oliver says fuel prices could leap 40 cents a litre to between $ and $2.10 a litre on the escalating violence in the Persian Gulf.
Sean Smith
It’s believed more than 100 children who were in classes at a girls’ elementary school were killed after a reported airstrike in southern Iran.
Mohamad El Chamaa
Our reporters take you inside Operation Epic Fury and the unfolding conflict in the Middle East.
Freddy Pawle
The widening military conflict in the Persian Gulf quickly began to disrupt shipping in one of the world’s biggest oil-and-gas producing regions, threatening to send energy prices soaring.
Rebecca F. Elliott and Peter Eavis
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has confirmed Australia had no advance notice of US-Israeli strikes on Iran but says the Government supports international efforts to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Launching a major attack alongside Israel against Iran, US President Donald Trump is pursuing a goal he once adamantly rejected.
Shaun Tandon
In the days leading up to US and Israeli strikes on Iran, the Islamic republic’s neighbours were fearful that strikes on the country could destabilise the entire region.
Fabien Zamora, Juliette Mansour and Hazel Ward
The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran following failed negotiations and a crackdown on mass protests against the Islamic republic. Here are the key actors in the crisis.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says ASIO have detailed knowledge of the 11 so-called ISIS brides and their 23 children who were attempting to return to Australia.
Katina Curtis
The identities of 11 suspected ISIS-linked women based in a Northern Syrian camp who are attempting to return to Australia have been revealed.
Shadow Attorney General Michaelia Cash has accused the Albanese government of ‘lying’ over its level of assistance in the repatriation of so-called ‘ISIS brides’ in Syria.
Fears have erupted that the US and Iran are headed for all-out-war, as countries ready armed forces and Donald Trump is briefed on strikes that would dwarf previous conflicts.
Max Corstorphan
Australians are being told to expect flight cancellations and other travel disruptions across the Middle East as the region braces for possible US air strikes against Iran.
Andrew Greene
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’.
‘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.’
Kimberley Braddish
‘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.
The death of a Bedouin clan leader based in Israeli-held Rafah may hamper Israeli efforts against Hamas.
Staff Writers
Israel's military says it has launched air strikes against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, which medics say killed at least 24 people and wounded 54. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES.
WAFAA SHURAFA
The UN Security Council has backed Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, authorising an international stabilisation force and a ‘board of peace’ led by the US President to restore order in the war-ravaged territory.
Peta Rasdien
US Vice President JD Vance has reaffirmed the ceasefire in Gaza remains intact despite ongoing ‘little skirmishes’ following Israel’s powerful military strikes after a Hamas ‘attack on IDF soldiers’.
US Vice President JD Vance has called the mission to disarm Hamas and rebuild Gaza ‘a very, very tough task’ but has expressed optimism as he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry has urged the media to expose Hamas’ brutal beatings and executions in Gaza, sharing harrowing footage it claims shows militants punishing civilians.
US President Donald Trump has escalated threats against Hamas, even as Vice President JD Vance voiced optimism that the Gaza ceasefire was progressing better than expected.
The Israeli military says the ceasefire in Gaza has resumed after an attack that killed two of its soldiers and prompted a wave of airstrikes that killed 26 people.
