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The funeral procession for former Hezbollah leaders, Hassan Nasrallah, front, and Hashem Safieddine, circles around the track at the Sports City Stadium on February 23, 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon. Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Beirut to attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital. Nasrallah founded and led the Shi’ite Muslim group for 30 years, through decades of conflict with Israel and became one of the most prominent Arab figures in generations. (Photo by Daniel Carde/Getty Images)

Thousands attend funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

Hezbollah called on its supporters to attend the funeral in large numbers in what appears to be a move to show that it remains powerful, while Israeli warplanes flew overhead.

  • Bassem Mroue, Abby Sewell and Sally Abou Aljoud

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The rest of the decade will be even worse: ASIO boss issues dire terror threat warning

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Craig and Lindsay Foreman (left) in Iran before their arrest.

‘If you have blue eyes and blonde hair, Iran is not safe’: Tourists warned after couple’s arrest

Days before they were detained, Craig and Lindsay Foreman said they knew their travel route to Australia was high risk but they were going to go anyway.

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Trump tells advisers to ‘obliterate’ Iran if he’s assassinated

Federal authorities have been tracking Iranian threats against Donald Trump since he ordered the assassination of a key Iranian general in 2020.

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Israeli army vehicles are seen during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin.

Israel pushes ahead with applying Gaza ‘lessons’ to West Bank

The operation is the third major incursion by the Israeli army in less than two years into Jenin, as the military says it is applying lessons learnt in Gaza.

  • James Mackenzie and Raneen Sawafta
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Clerics Mohammad Mogheiseh and Ali Razini were both shot dead.

Gunman shoots dead two judges, tied to mass executions, in Iran’s capital

Their killings come as Iran faces economic turmoil, the mauling of its Middle East allies by Israel and the return of Donald Trump to the White House.

  • Jon Gambrell
ICJ presiding Judge Nawaf Salam reads the ruling on an urgent plea by South Africa for judges to order Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza and withdraw from the enclave, in May last year.

Lebanon names ICJ chief as PM of distressed nation, angering Hezbollah

The choice of diplomat Nawaf Salam, the chief justice in The Hague, to lead the country’s revival underlines a major shift in the power balance.

  • Omar Tamo and Dana Khraiche
Cecilia Sala, left, an Italian journalist who was detained on Dec. 19 as she was reporting in Iran, is welcomed by Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni as she landed at Rome’ Ciampino airport after being released.

Freed! Italian journalist Sala walks out of Iran prison, returns home

Celilia Sala, 29, was working under a regular journalistic visa when she was detained in Tehran on December 19, accused of “violating the laws of the Islamic Republic”.

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Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist who was detained on December 19 as she was reporting in Iran, Italy’s foreign ministry said.

Iran arrests Italian journalist in case of apparent hostage diplomacy

Italian media said Cecilia Sala’s detention was believed to be aimed at securing the release of an Iranian-Swiss drone expert who was detained in Italy.

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