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The site of a ballistic missile strike in Tel Aviv.

Iran launches deadly missile attack on Israel, killing eight

Iran and Israel continued to escalate hostilities with a fourth day of missile strikes that killed eight in Tel Aviv, while Israel warned residents in Tehran to evacuate.

Yesterday

Anthony Albanese arrives in Calgary in Canada for the G7

Security a major focus as Albanese, G7 confront a turbulent world

Security deals are among the first order of business as world leaders, including Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese, gather for the G7.

Israeli ambassador to Australia Amir Maimon.

‘This is insane’: Israel envoy defends airstrikes against Iran

Ambassador Amir Maimon says a deal for Israel to stop targeting Iran’s nuclear program hinges on Tehran agreeing to give up its weapons ambitions.

Israeli rescue team evacuate a wounded woman from a site struck by a missile fired from Iran, in Haifa, northern Israel.

Why Israel attacked Iran, and what to watch for next

After decades of tension, a shift in the conflict between the Jewish state and Islamic Republic to open warfare is now be a real possibility.

The IDF striking a surface-to-air missile launcher in Tehran.

Iran lauds ‘new method’ as missiles hit Tel Aviv, Haifa

At least five people were killed in the latest Iranian strikes, the national emergency service said, raising Israel’s death toll to 18 since Friday.

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President Donald Trump heads from Marine One to Air Force One en route to the G7 Summit in Canada.

Storm clouds gather over G7

The intensifying conflict in the Middle East will dominate an agenda that was supposed to focus on trade and support for Ukraine.

Viktor Shvets says investors are seeing what an America First world looks like.

Viktor Shvets’ big lesson for investors from the Israel-Iran conflict

The battle between the two Middle East nations shows we live in a world of rising volatility and risk. Shareholders keep ignoring both.

This Month

sraeli security forces inspect a destroyed building that was hit by a missile fired from Iran.

Israel and Iran trade deadly blows, leaving world and markets on edge

The Middle East nations are ignoring international calls for de-escalation, sending shockwaves through financial markets amid fears of an oil price surge.

As G7 leaders meet in Canada this week, hopes of avoiding thorny geopolitical issues are fading, with Trump’s Middle East response and the knock-on effects of surging oil prices threatening to dominate the agenda.

Iran-Israel conflict exposes Trump’s impotent diplomacy

Donald Trump’s claim that his “proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier” looks increasingly hollow.

Trump’s anti-war vow tested as Israel attack on Iran splits MAGA base

Fear is growing among supporters that the latest conflict in the Middle East will embroil a reluctant president in another overseas military entanglement.

People observe fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot in Tehran.

Markets on war footing as oil spike threatens ASX rally

The local sharemarket is set to follow Wall Street lower on Monday as investors brace for wild swings in oil prices amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.

The Iranian regime is deeply unpopular, but being bombed by a foreign power tends to produce a nationalist effect.

Why Israel’s attack could push Iran to build a bomb

This conflict will solve nothing, and absent the collapse of the Iranian regime, it is quite possible that an even more consequential security threat may emerge in the future.

In this photo released by the Iranian Red Crescent Society rescuers work at the scene of an explosion after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025.

A big miscalculation by Iran led to severe toll

Iran’s senior leaders had been planning for an Israeli attack but they never expected Israel to strike before another round of nuclear talks.

Iranian protesters march in Tehran’s Revolution Square following Israeli airstrikes on the country.

Why cornered Iran could decide to spark a Middle East war

An aggressive counterattack risks escalation. But giving in to US and Israeli demands is an unlikely alternative.

Donald Trump has urged Iran to make a nuclear deal.

US moves warships as Trump warns of ‘brutal’ strikes

The US president held a national security meeting as Israel continued to launch airstrikes for a second day, escalating the crisis in the Middle East.

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An Iranian general with a domestically built Sayyad-3 missile, in a photo from Iran’s defence ministry.

Some got a letter: How Mossad warned the Iranians it was about to kill

The targeting of Iranian leaders and sensitive sites relied on activating secret commando teams and other capabilities that had long lain dormant.

Benjamin Netanyahu makes a recorded address to Israel on Friday.

Netanyahu’s 6 reasons for hitting enfeebled Iran now

In attacking, the Israeli prime minister has short-circuited the debate in Washington and started a possible new cycle of escalation.

Explosions rang out across Iran’s capital Tehran early on Friday as Israel launched an attack on the country, killing some of its top generals and scientists.

Do not travel to Israel: DFAT updates travel warning

Australia warns residents not go to any part of Israel; No sign of breach at Iran’s nuclear sites, says UN; top Iranian generals, nuclear scientists killed after surprise strikes. Follow updates.

Israel wants to destroy the heart of Iran’s nuclear program

It may take days, or weeks, to assess how far Israel has set back Iran’s atomic capabilities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Donald Trump in the Oval Office in April.

Israel’s strikes are major snub to ‘global peacemaker’ Trump

Israel’s strikes on dozens of Iranian targets appear to rebuff the US president, who has repeatedly urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to target Tehran.

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