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This handout satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies and dated July 1, 2025, shows an overview of the Fordo (Fordow) Fuel Enrichment Plant complex, about 30 kilometres north of Qom in central Iran. (Photo by Satellite image Â©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Satellite images capture activity at Iran’s Fordow nuclear site

The images show Iran has built a new access road at Fordow and moved in equipment that could be used to assess the damage done by US strikes.

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Australian Government officials assisting Australians to depart Lebanon on two government-supported charter flights from Beirut Airport to Larnaca, Cyprus on Saturday 5 October 2024. Picture: DFAT

Aussies evacuated from Lebanon as Israel plans ‘serious’ response to Iran

The first Australians fleeing the conflict in Lebanon land in Cyprus as a senior US official admits an Israeli strike on Iran could come on the anniversary of the October 7 massacre.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - AUGUST 6, 2024. Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers during a press conference regarding the RBAâs decision to leave interest rates on hold. Picture: Dan Peled / NewsWire

Treasurer, Reserve Bank at loggerheads over inflation fight

Jim Chalmers and Michele Bullock appear to be on a collision course, with the RBA boss saying government spending is fuelling excess demand, while the Treasurer insists Labor’s cost of living measures are helping.

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(FILES) A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in her support in front of the Iranian embassy in Brussels on September 23, 2022, following the death of an Iranian woman after her arrest by the country's morality police in Tehran. On October 19, 2023, The European Parliament, awarded the EU's top rights award, the Sakharov Prize, to Mahsa Amini, who died in Iranian custody, and the

Iranian rapper’s death sentence sparks outrage

Tehran renews crackdown on civil liberties amid regional tensions.

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Israeli soldiers stand next to military vehicles, near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, April 15, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Israel, Iran trade revenge vows

Washington, Israel’s top ally and arms supplier, has made clear it will not join Israel in any attack on their common adversary Iran.

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A member of the Imam Ali Battalions, the armed wing of the Islamic Movement of Iraq -- a member faction of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) paramilitaries -- holds up a picture depicting Iran's late and current supremele leaders Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R) and Ali Khamenei, as other group members gather with its flags during a rally to mark annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day commemorations in Baghdad on April 5, 2024. Quds (Jerusalem) Day is commemorated in support of the Palestinians annually on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan by an initiative started by late Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. (Photo by MURTAJA LATEEF / AFP)

Iran seizes ship, but what else will it do?

An Iranian politician suggests Tehran is still deciding how to respond to Israel’s fatal strike on its Damascus embassy. The Israeli army warns Iran after it seized a ship linked to Israel in the Gulf.

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US President Joe Biden speaks to the press before he departs the White House in Washington, DC, for the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland, on March 1, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Biden ‘hoping’ for Gaza ceasefire deal by Ramadan

The US President said he hoped a deal could be reached before the Islamic holy month starts on March 10-11, as the US is set to begin air-dropping humanitarian aid to Gaza in the coming days.

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Expectations defiedThe Wall Street Journal

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency speaks at the panel session during the second day of the World Government Summit in Dubai on February 13, 2024. (Photo by RYAN LIM / AFP)

Iran reduces near weapons-grade stockpile

Move could signal an effort to de-escalate nuclear tensions with Washington.

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An injured girl and man mourn over the bodies of relatives killed in overnight Israeli bombardment, at the Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 23, 2024, as battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas continue. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Netanyahu’s postwar Gaza plan gives free rein to Israeli military

The blueprint includes installing Palestinian officials without Hamas links, maintaining a buffer zone and controlling the Gaza-Egypt border.

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A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing during Israeli bombardment over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 10, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Warning of thousands of casualties in Rafah offensive

Israeli has conducted more air raids on southern Gaza as Hamas warns of ‘tens of thousands’ of casualties if Israel invades the crowded city of Rafah.

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A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) on January 22, 2024 shows a Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 taking off to carry out Air Strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. The United States and Britain confirmed they carried out strikes against Yemen's Huthis Tuesday, saying their second round of joint military action against the Iran-backed rebels was in response to continued attacks on shipping. (Photo by Jake GREEN / MOD / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

US, UK launch strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen

The latest strikes mark the sixth time Washington has targeted the Iranian-back group.

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‘Blood has been drawn’The Wall Street Journal

A Yemeni woman wearing traditional Palestinian keffiyeh chants anti-Israel and anti-US slogans during a protest in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 17, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant Hamas group in Gaza. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)

US steps up strikes on Houthis

American military says it hit more Houthi missiles as pace of strikes against the Iran-aligned group accelerates.

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TOPSHOT - A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) on January 12, 2024 shows a RAF Typhoon aircraft taking off RAF Akrotiri to join the US-led coalition to conduct air strikes against military targets in Yemen. The United States, UK and eight allies said their joint air strikes on rebel targets in Yemen were aimed at restoring

Houthis strike back at US warship

The attack on a US destroyer came only days after Joe Biden ordered airstrikes on the Iranian-backed rebels.

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People take part in a protest in the streets of the Yemeni Red Sea city of Hudeida, to condemn the overnight US and British forces strikes on Huthi rebel-held cities, on January 12, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant Hamas group in Gaza. US and British forces struck rebel-held Yemen early on January 12, after weeks of disruptive attacks on Red Sea shipping by the Iran-backed Huthis who say they act in solidarity with Gaza. The pre-dawn air strikes add to escalating fears of wider conflict in the region, where violence involving Tehran-aligned groups in Yemen as well as Lebanon, Iraq and Syria has surged since the Israel-Hamas was began in early October. (Photo by AFP)

US launches more air strikes on Yemen

The US carried out a new wave of attacks on Iran-backed Houthi rebels, after the militants warned of further raids on Red Sea ships.

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Businesses are shuttered at a shopping complex in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, close to the border with Lebanon on January 5, 2024. The leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah warned Israel on January 5 that the group will swiftly respond

Hezbollah fires rockets after Hamas deputy killing

Lebanon’s Iran-linked Hezbollah says it has fired more than 60 rockets at an Israeli military base, as a response to the killing of Hamas’s deputy leader.

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TOPSHOT - A picture taken from a position in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip on December 29, 2023 shows an Israeli military helicopter firing a missile towards Gaza amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

US approves ‘emergency’ sale of arms to Israel

The US announced the $US147.5m sale of munitions and related equipment to Israel under an emergency provision that waives the usual congressional review.

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(FILES) In this 2008 image released by the US Navy Visual News Service the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason steams through the Atlantic Ocean. An American warship shot down a drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired Thursday by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels, the US military said.

US Navy rebuffs new Red Sea air attack

The Iran-backed and anti-Israel Houthis have launched another Red Sea drone-and-missile attack. In Gaza, airstrikes and urban combat rocked Khan Yunis.

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Israel targets Hezbollah chief, US fears escalation

Israel has warned Hassan Nasrallah he will be its next target amid growing US concern that Israel-Lebanon clashes will ignite a new Mideast war.

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Death knell for diplomacyThe Wall Street Journal

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, left, met with International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi to discuss Tehran’s nuclear activities in March. PHOTO: ATTA KENARE/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Tehran triples production of nuclear material

UN says Tehran has increased output of near-weapons-grade uranium after summer slowdown.

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Iraqi mourners carry the coffin of Fadel al-Maksusi, a Kataeb Hezbollah fighter who was also part of the âIslamic resistance in Iraqâ, the group that has claimed all recent attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria, during a funeral in Baghdad on November 21, 2023. According to security sources, earlier on November 21 a drone strike hit a vehicle belonging to a pro-Iran group in Iraq, killing one of its occupants. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

US unleashes strikes on Iranian proxies

The surge in attacks on American troops in the region is linked to the latest war between Israel and Hamas.

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Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the U.N. agency’s Vienna headquarters in September. PHOTO:GETTY IMAGES

Iran steps up nuke program, says UN

UN atomic agency says Tehran failed to co-operate as Iran increases stockpile of near-weapons-grade uranium.

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TOPSHOT - A picture taken from Sderot along the border with the Gaza Strip, shows smoke rising behind destroyed buildings in the Palestinian enclave during an Israeli strike, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement, on November 10, 2023. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)

What happens after an Israeli victory over Hamas?

The Palestinian-Israeli peace process can’t return to regularly scheduled programming. Palestinians elected an Iran-backed terrorist group that used territory Israel had given up to commit a proto-genocide against Jews.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2023: Pro Palestinian Motorcycle convoy riders pictured as they ride past pro Israeli supporters protesting at Coogee Beach front. Picture: Damian Shaw

Israel supporters defy Palestine protest convoy

A band of Israel supporters this evening met a motor convoy of pro-Palestinian protesters in Sydney’s east, as Anthony Albanese called for a peaceful Remembrance Day.

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SDEROT, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 28: Israeli tanks and troops move near the border with Gaza on October 28, 2023 in Sderot, Israel. In the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas that left 1,400 dead and 200 kidnapped, Israel launched a sustained bombardment of the Gaza Strip and threatened a ground invasion to vanquish the militant group that governs the Palestinian territory. But the fate of the hostages, Israelis and foreign nationals who are being held by Hamas in Gaza, as well as international pressure over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, have complicated Israel's military response to the attacks. A timeline for a proposed ground invasion remains unclear. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Israeli forces dig in after land and air attacks

Israel’s military says it has eliminated two more Hamas commanders as its front-line forces dig in in Gaza after incursions begin.

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Australians at home, abroad at risk of attack

National security agencies believe the war in the Middle East could pose threats to Australians in Southeast Asia, Western Europe and the United States – and could even inspire domestic incidents.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. OCTOBER 26, 2023: Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia Michele Bullock appears before Senate estimates at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

RBA governor coy on inflation, rates hike

New RBA boss Michele Bullock gave little away at senate estimates on a further interest rate rise, saying ‘I wouldn’t go one way or the other’ after higher than forecast inflation figures.

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‘Hamas knows you are coming’The Times

Israeli troops and tanks gather in a field near the kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel on October 14, 2023, close to the spot where 270 revellers were gunned down or burnt in their cars by Hamas gunmen at the Supernova music festival in the Negev desert on October 7. Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Israel on October 7 which killed at least 1300 people, sparking a retaliatory bombing campaign that has killed more than 1900 in the Gaza Strip ahead of a potential Israeli ground invasion of the territory. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)

Soldiers scarred by last Gaza battle know what comes next

It’s almost certain Israel will soon try its third ground invasion of Gaza in 15 years. The battle plans are secret, but veterans of previous wars admit there aren’t many ways to invade a strip of land 40km long and 11km wide.

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Israel hits Syrian airportsThe Times

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian (R) and his counterpart from South Africa Naledi Pandor walk to the podiums ahead of their joint press conference in Tehran on October 22, 2023. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran says war could spin out of control

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warns the US that it will be held responsible for Israel’s strikes on Gaza.

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TOPSHOT - In this picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on October 22, 2023, Israeli soldiers take a defensive position in Kibbutz Beeri along the border with the Gaza Strip, in the aftermath of a Palestinian militant attack on October 7. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)

Taking Gaza would be possible — but at a steep cost

Urban warfare, especially in dense terrain with multiple high-rises — and Gaza has scores of buildings over six floors — naturally favours the defenders. Close-quartered combat would also negate Israel’s formidable military edge.

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Passengers look at a departure board at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 7, 2023, as flights are canceled because of the Hamas surprise attacks. The conflict sparked major disruption at Tel Aviv airport, with American Airlines, Emirates, Lufthansa and Ryanair among carriers with cancelled flights. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Australia halts evacuations in ‘challenging situation’

The Australian government says there will be no evacuation flights for Australians from Israel this weekend because of the ‘rapidly changing’ security situation.

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