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Videos show the aftermath of an air attack on Iran’s Assembly of Experts building in the city of Qom.

Festival organisers criticise the university for last-minute booking cancellation of event headlined by special rapporteur for Palestinian territories Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Another free speech row at a literary festival has erupted, with Adelaide University abruptly cancelling a high-profile event featuring UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese. The move has

Beijing is expected to set a growth target of 4.5 to 5 percent cent for 2026 at this week's NPC.

India’s festival of colour has become a day when women brace for harassment.

Video shared by Iraqi media shows the moment of an explosion near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq's capital.

This blog is now closed Australia sends crisis teams to Middle East as thousands of travellers and expats remain stranded Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Farrell says $15bn of trade could be impacted by war Labor’s trade minister, Don Farrell, says a “relatively small” amount of Australia’s exports go through the Middle East as the war escalates in the region. A relatively small amount, about $15bn worth of trade goes through the Middle East. Obviously, that’s very

Detainees accused of coming from the US with intent to sow chaos and attack military units on Communist-ruled island Cuban prosecutors have formally charged six people with crimes of terrorism after a US-flagged speedboat was involved in a deadly shootout with Cuba’s coast guard last week. The US-based Cuban defendants are accused of packing a boat with weapons and heading toward Cuba in hopes of destabilising the government in Havana. Continue reading...

Israel hits Comfort Hotel in greater Beirut without warning; more residents displaced across Lebanon.

Iranian retaliatory strikes continue with drone and missile attacks as conflict spreads through Gulf nations.

Benchmark index plummets as much as 12.2 percent, eclipsing single-day plunge after 9/11 attacks in 2001.

Conservative dissent over the war is fracturing the GOP and testing the durability of US support for Israel.

Military used in arrest of Mohammad Odeh Saleh, owner of business allegedly visited by the Akrams before Australia’s deadliest terror attack Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A Jordanian national whose coffee shop was visited by the alleged gunmen behind December’s Bondi beach terrorist attack – and who frequently traveled to Australia and the Middle East – has been arrested in the Philippines for overstaying hi

Social services minister Tanya Plibersek criticises hit reality TV show Married at First Sight for ‘messaging which encourages control and dehumanises women’ Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter here Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The social services minister, Tanya Plibersek, has accused Australia’s biggest media company, Nine Entertainment, of “normalising” coercive control by airing an exchange in which a Married at First Sight contesta

Reported breach of protection order ‘fell through the cracks’ before Brian Earl Johnston killed estranged wife, coroner’s court told Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Queensland Police Service (QPS) missed two opportunities to prevent the domestic violence murder of Kelly Wilkinson, including one where a reported breach of her protection order “fell through the cracks”, a senior officer has told the inquest i

US Southern Command said joint mission with Ecuadorian forces involves ‘decisive action’ against narco-terrorists US and Ecuadorian forces have launched joint operations to combat drug trafficking, the US Southern Command said on Tuesday, but neither side gave more details. Southern Command, which encompasses 31 countries through South and Central America and the Caribbean, said in a statement on X that the “decisive action” was aimed at combating illicit drug trafficking. Continue reading...

China's foreign minister tells Israel to end attacks; Russian FM Lavrov says no sign Tehran seeking nuclear bomb.

Lutnick's relationship with financier has come under scrutiny after files revealed closer ties than previously known.

Democratic senators voiced alarm after a classified briefing on the US‑Israeli war with Iran.

Some of the main questions asked about the military developments in the Middle East, and what we know so far.

Ex-King Gyanendra Shah was removed from power 20 years ago. Will a Nepal in political flux give him another chance?