Dramatic footage has emerged of the moment a journalist, working for Russian state broadcaster RT, were wounded in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon.

A missile has landed metres from a journalist reporting live for a Russian network on the war in Lebanon.

Gas and oil fields have been struck in Qatar and Iran as the cost of oil soars.

As everyone was absorbing the RBAs decision to raise interest rates on Tuesday evening, one economist received something of a rock-star reception in Sydney.

Whatever else America is meant to be capable of, we expect it to be able to smash things. And yet, barely a fortnight into Trumps war on Iran, hes already reduced to asking for help from China.

Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.

The US president has distanced himself from an Israeli attack on Irans South Pars offshore gas field as tit-for-tat strikes on energy infrastructure escalate the Middle East conflict and propel oil prices even higher.

After he left jail in 2009, Epstein hired a host of people to make him look better on Google, Wikipedia and many other places on the web.

US Vice President JD Vance has told a US audience that other countries around the world had it worse on petrol prices.

Iranian women footballers have arrived home after dropping Australian asylum bids.

Israel has struck a major Iranian gas field as Tehran threatens to respond.

Oil prices have surged as both sides ratchet up attacks on energy facilities. Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.

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The US president has unleashed global chaos with his war on Iran. At this stage, the only geographical location that wont be negatively affected is Epstein Island.

The stars ofThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives who rose to fame by peddling the traditionalist lifestyle to a new generation are living a very different reality.

In a scene that would have once been unimaginable, an alleged IRA commander faced questions in a London courtroom about terrorist attacks.

The US president is furious with Australia and other allies for not sending military support to the Strait of Hormuz, but this is a mess of his own making.

Ali Larijanis death could mean a further militarisation of the Iranian system and deeper regime radicalisation.

Thousands of flights cancelled across eastern US due to lingering winter storm.

With the movement of oil tankers in the Middle East at a standstill, the Australian government has confirmed it hasn't been asked to send the navy to the Gulf.

As the regimes internet blackout continues, state media is the only source of information for millions of Iranians.

The debt-ridden author slipped five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in a cocktail and falsely believed she would inherit his multimillion estate, prosecutors say.

Terrified spring break beachgoers ran from a Florida beach when they heard gunshots nearby.

US credibility is harmed, its power in the Indo-Pacific is drained and its munitions stocks are depleted. Yet the president cant say what his goal is.

Susie Wiles, the first female White House chief-of-staff in US history, will continue to serve in the role virtually full-time while she undergoes treatment.