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29Mar

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Israel warns attacks on Iran ‘will escalate and expand’ as Trump claims advances in ceasefire talks

Israel threatened to "escalate and expand" its attacks on Iran on Friday, even as US President Donald Trump claimed talks on ending the war were going well and gave Tehran more time to open the Strait of Hormuz. Iran, meanwhile, gave no signs of backing down. With stock markets reeling and economic fallout from the war extending far beyond the Middle East, Trump is under growing pressure to end Iran's chokehold on the strait, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil is usually shipped. Iran has rejected a 15-point US proposal for a ceasefire that includes it relinquishing control of the strait, but at the same time has ordered thousands more troops to the region — possibly in preparation for a military attempt to wrest the waterway from Iran. A first res...

21Mar

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Trump considering ground invasion of critical Iranian island: reports

Donald Trump is considering using ground troops to occupy Iran's strategically valuable Kharg Island, according to reports. Axios cited four sources as saying the Trump Administration was considering a blockade of the island or even landing troops there. A ground invasion, even of a small island off the coast of mainland Iran, would be seen as a major escalation of the war. The Trump Administration is reportedly considering an invasion of Kharg Island. (AP) When questioned about this outside the White House, Trump was coy. "I may have a plan, I may not," he said. "It's certainly a place that people are talking about. But I can't tell you that." The island had been untouched by the war until last Saturday, when it was targeted by a US airstrike. K...

21Mar

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How are planes still flying through the Middle East? Are there safe routes for Australians to use?

The war in the Middle East has caused significant disruption to air travel around the world, including Australia. With hubs such as Doha, Abu Dhabi and Dubai being used by countless Aussie travellers to get to Europe, thousands were left stranded when conflict began earlier this month. Despite the threat of drone strikes and missiles in the area, thousands of Australians have been safely evacuated on repatriation flights offered by multiple airlines, but how are they able to do it, and what alternative flight routes should Aussies use if they want to get to Europe or other parts of the world? Qatar Airways is still carrying out some flights to Australia. (iStock) Has Middle East airspace opened? This question is hard to answer because it changes frequently....

15Mar

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Trump issues cry for help to other nations to keep oil flowing during Iran war

US President Donald Trump has called on several other countries to send ships to the Middle East to open the Strait of Hormuz and ease the global oil supply disruptions brought on by his war in Iran. The Strait of Hormuz is a critical but narrow waterway in the Gulf region through which ships carrying one-fifth of the world's oil supply pass. It has all but shut due to the war in Iran. Trump today declared he has "beaten and completely decimated Iran, both militarily, economically, and in every other way", but in the same breath asked countries to help secure the 39-kilometre-wide passage. US President Donald Trump wants other nations to send ships to the Strait of Hormuz. (AP) "We have already destroyed 100 per cent of Iran's military capability, but it's eas...

15Mar

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Iran war enters its third week as 2500 more US Marines are being sent to the region

The US-Israel war with Iran entered its third week on Saturday as a missile struck a helipad inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad and debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates, further increasing global anxiety about oil supplies. Iran's joint military command threatened to attack cities in the UAE, home to Dubai and one of the world's busiest airports, saying the US used "ports, docks and hideouts" there to launch strikes on Iran's Kharg Island, without providing evidence. It called on people to immediately evacuate areas where it said US forces were sheltering, naming Jebel Ali port in Dubai — the Mideast's busiest — as well as Khalifa port in Abu Dhabi and Fujairah port. Plumes of smoke rise after debris from...

15Mar

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Trump announces ‘one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history’ on Iran’s ‘crown jewel’

The US has attacked a piece of vital infrastructure in Iran that has so far been untouched by the war. Donald Trump announced this morning that he had "executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East" on Kharg Island. In a Truth Social post, the US president said he had destroyed every military target on what he described as "Iran's crown jewel". Donald Trump announced his military had attacked Kharg Island. (AP) "For reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island," he said. "However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision." There is no word on casualties f...

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