Iran's security chief Ali Larijani has been killed in an Israeli strike, Defence Minister Israel Katz says.
Staff Writers
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.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Bomb blasts have hit Maiduguri in Nigeria's Borno state, killing at least 23 people, officials say.
The US embassy in Baghdad has been hit by a drone attack, with the air defence system shooting down two of them but one struck inside the embassy compound.
New claims have emerged about how a support staff member to the Iran women’s soccer team could have infiltrated the safe house and played a role in convincing players to return home.
Claire Sadler
Afghanistan's Taliban government has accused Pakistan of targeting a Kabul rehabilitation hospital with airstrikes, killing more than 400 people.
Reports say Hamas members have met delegates from US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" in Egypt to discuss the future of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military says it's targeting "Iranian regime infrastructure" with a new wave of strikes across Tehran.
Bo Erickson and Alexander Cornwell and Parisa Hafezi
A Russian general says his troops are making advances on major Ukrainian towns, while Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine forces are disrupting Russia's offensive.
The Israeli military says its troops have launched "limited and targeted ground operations" in southern Lebanon.
Alexander Cornwell and Maya Gebeily
A dispute has escalated between Chinese and Filipino officials over the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
Several countries have made announcements in response to US President Donald Trump's call to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.
Donald Trump has taken aim at "The Radical Leftwing Press", accusing US reporters of disseminating fake AI images and videos generated by Iran.
When Australia’s central bank convenes this week for its second interest rate decision of the year, the board will find its current inflation problem further exacerbated by an energy price shockwave.
Swati Pandey
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to online rumours of his death by posting online a video of himself at a cafe.
Donald Trump is demanding the seven nations that heavily rely on oil from the Gulf rally behind his call to protect tankers in the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
Maya Gebeily and Emily Rose and Jarrett Renshaw
Israeli strikes have killed 12 people in the centre of the Gaza Strip, medics say while four members of a family were reportedly killed in the West Bank.
Ukraine is ready for the next round of peace talks but is waiting for a response from the United States and Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says.
Dozens of Iranians have allegedly been arrested for sending location details on Iran's military and security assets to Israel.
Iran has been using Russian-made drones to carry out attacks on US bases in the Middle East, Ukraine's president says.
Kim Jong-un says North Korea's latest weapons tests would send a message to its enemies, according to state media KCNA.
Russian attacks on Ukraine have killed six people as Volodymyr Zelenskiy predicted Moscow would try to exploit the Middle East conflict to inflict more damage.
Dan Peleschuk
Israeli forces say they have carried out about 400 waves of air strikes in the first two weeks of the war with Iran, each involving numerous fighter jets.
Twelve doctors, paramedics and nurses have been killed in an Israeli strike on a healthcare centre in southern Lebanon, the World Health Organisation says.
