92 m. ago US attacks Iran as it happened: Albanese government supports Iranian nuclear facility bombings; Trump threatens regime change, promises to ‘Make Iran Great Again’

The world waits on the fallout after the US attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities. Follow all the latest developments.

Events

3 h. ago Iran puts Trump ‘the gambler’ on notice as US warns against choking crucial oil shipping route

Iran’s parliament has endorsed the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the bombing of its nuclear facilities, as US leaders say the strikes are an opportunity for Tehran to return to the negotiating table.

Events

6 h. ago War in the Middle East is dangerous; Albanese missed his opportunity

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had very little to say for quite a while when US President Donald Trump bombed Iran.

Events

8 h. ago US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Albanese government supports Iranian nuclear facility bombings; Trump threatens regime change, promises to ‘Make Iran Great Again’

The world waits on the fallout after the US attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities. Follow all the latest developments.

Events

14 h. ago US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Wong, Plibersek support Iranian nuclear facility bombings; Trump threatens regime change, promises to ‘Make Iran Great Again’

The world waits on the fallout after the US attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities. Follow all the latest developments.

Events

16 h. ago ‘Economic suicide’: US warns Iran as it moves to choke crucial oil shipping route

Iran’s parliament has endorsed the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the bombing of its nuclear facilities, as US leaders say the strikes are an opportunity for Tehran to return to the negotiating table.

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17 h. ago US attacks Iran LIVE updates: Trump joins Israel’s war after bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities; Iranian top diplomat to meet Vladimir Putin

The world waits on the fallout after the US attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities. Follow all the latest development.

Events

21 h. ago US not at war with Iran despite ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’ attack, says Pentagon

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says America “does not seek war” with Iran despite entering the latest Middle East conflict on the side of Israel.

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4 d. ago ASX slips as investors track war in Middle East; Banks rise, miners fall

Caution reigned on the Australian sharemarket as the US weighs direct conflict with Iran, and the Federal Reserve warned of meaningful inflation ahead.

Events

4 d. ago Carnage at Gaza aid distribution sites reminds who pays cost of war

US President Donald Trump’s black hole ability to suck attention has diverted eyes from the real consequences of war in the Middle East.

Economics

4 d. ago Iran does not have nuclear weapons. We can’t afford to repeat the Iraq War lie

Netanyahu continues to insist that Iran is on course to produce nuclear weapons within weeks. Meanwhile, he omits that Israel itself has its own substantial nuclear program.

Events

4 d. ago Few believe Iran has nuclear weapons. We can’t afford to repeat the Iraq War lie

Benjamin Netanyahu continues to insist that Iran is on course to produce nuclear weapons within weeks. Meanwhile, he omits that Israel itself has its own substantial nuclear program.

Events

4 d. ago ASX treads water as investors track war in Middle East; Fed stays on hold

The Australian sharemarket stays in cautious as the US weighs direct conflict with Iran, and the Federal Reserve warned of meaningful inflation ahead.

Events

6 d. ago Trump must decide whether to join the kind of war he’s always sworn he’d avoid

Donald Trump is weighing a critical decision in the five-day-old war in the Middle East – and whether this is Israel’s fight or America’s.

Politics

6 d. ago Trump must decide if he will join the exact kind of war he always swore to avoid

Donald Trump is weighing a critical decision in the five-day-old war in the Middle East – and whether this is Israel’s fight or America’s.

Politics

7 d. ago Trump faces three excruciating choices to end a war only he can end

Donald Trump promised to end the wars in the Middle East. Instead, America’s president finds himself supervising a new one.

Politics

7 d. ago Trump faces three excruciating choices in a war only he can end

Donald Trump promised to end the wars in the Middle East. Instead, America’s president finds himself supervising a new one.

Politics

8 d. ago Israeli strikes on Iran’s oil stoke fears of higher petrol prices

Motorists can expect to pay 12¢ a litre more for petrol within weeks if the oil price spike caused by war in the Middle East continues, economists predict.

Politics