Sydney Morning Herald - World (38 minutes ago)

Iran new leaders may be willing to subordinate their foreign and defence policies to US objectives in order to retain control of their network of lucrative business enterprises.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 hours ago)

The price of oil plunged and sharemarkets rallied after the US president offered new – although sometimes contradictory – remarks about when the war would end.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 hours ago)

Emmanuel Macron joins crew aboard aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to sing La Marseillaise after the French Navy was deployed to the Middle East.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 hours ago)

Three brothers, including two of America's most successful luxury real estate brokers, were convicted of sex-trafficking charges over accusations they used drugs and force to rape scores of women they had dazzled with their wealth and opulent lifestyle.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (7 hours ago)

The US president's sympathy for the Iranian women's soccer team in Australia comes despite his administration deporting plane loads of people back to Iran and into potential peril.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (7 hours ago)

NATO has shot down an Iranian missile over Turkey as the war widens.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (8 hours ago)

For most people, violence is risky. For the US president, it's a spectacle.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (16 hours ago)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed the US is "well on its way” to destroying the Iranian regime as the conflict continues in the Middle East. Follow our rolling coverage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (18 hours ago)

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran was responsible for a strike that killed 175 people, most of them children.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (19 hours ago)

A third man, who was charged with assisting premeditated murder, was sentenced to 12 years' jail.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (21 hours ago)

US President Donald Trump discusses the February 28 strike on an Iranian girls' school with reporters aboard Air Force One. (Footage: White House)

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (22 hours ago)

The strike shows Israeli forces will intensify their campaign in any part of Lebanon to hunt down Hezbollah militants and their allies from Iran, even if that risks civilian casualties.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (22 hours ago)

A foreign enterprise had again sent operatives to Bali, Australia's most popular overseas holiday destination, to carry out its dirty work.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (22 hours ago)

Government footage shows Saudi air defences intercepting and destroying a number of drones

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (24 hours ago)

Mojtaba Khamanei, the second son of the late ayatollah who was killed in US-Israeli strikes, has been chosen to take over from his father.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

An Israeli strike hit a Ramada Hotel in Beirut, killing at least five people.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

The late Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei's son has taken over as the head of Iran in a sign that the hardliners are still in charge of the country and are not willing to surrender in a hurry.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

An oil refinery in Iran's capital was hit as US and Israeli strikes against the country continue.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

The couple will visit Sydney and Melbourne next month for a string of private, business and philanthropic engagements.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

The US Central Command has confirmed a seventh American soldier has died from wounds sustained in the early stages of the war with Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Senior Iranian clerics have chosen a new leader, but have not named him.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Protesters call for visiting Iranian women footballers in Australia to be given asylum.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Iran retaliates over Israeli attacks on its industrial infrastructure, including a fuel facility.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Lebanon is caught in the crossfire between Hezbollah and Israel and more than 454,000 people have been forced from their homes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The conflict in the Middle East is now in its second week, with strikes across the region as the US and Israel continue to attack Iran. Follow our rolling coverage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Three days before sitting down for the interview that triggered his downfall, the former Duke of York pulled a journalist aside and revealed the strategy he thought would clear his name.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Israel and the United States have shifted the focus of their war with Iran, with IDF forces targeting the country's fuel sites.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

President Trump is doubling down on his threat to Iran, as he claimed America wasn't at fault for a strike on a primary school.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The son of the late Ayatollah Khamenei will become the new head of state, state media reports, a man US President Donald Trump has described as "unacceptable”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Families are jammed into tents across the concrete pavement of an old school in Beirut that is packed with more than 1200 people who fled their homes after a new outbreak of war with Israel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Australian Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin says the White House is continuing to take a significant interest in the spread of antisemitism in Australia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

A Washington scandal involving sex is never very sexy but this one has echoes of Emily Bronte's classic.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The waves of bombings reveal a broad effort to ravage the country's leadership and security services.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman transfixed Britain after the best friends left a barbecue to buy candy and vanished in 2002.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Photos and videos posted on social media showed flattened homes and downed trees.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The findings of a classified report by the National Intelligence Council have raised doubts about Donald Trump's stated objective of electing the next supreme leader of Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The US has extracted Venezuela's leader and launched attacks on Iran's regime this year. Now Donald Trump says Cuba will fall too. The island nation is in crisis. What's next?

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The conflict in the Middle East has entered its second week as Israel and the US continue to attack Iran, Israel launches a new offensive in Lebanon, and Iran retaliates on US-allied neighbours. Follow our rolling coverage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Beijing called it a "complete distortion of the facts" after the ADF claimed a Seahawk had to take "evasive action" when a Chinese aircraft moved too close.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

China called it a "complete distortion of the facts" after the Australian Defence Force claimed a Seahawk had to take "evasive action" over the Yellow Sea, when the Chinese aircraft moved too close.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The United Nations Chief is warning the situation in the Middle East could spiral beyond anyone's control, as the US and Israel continue to bombard Iran's capital city.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

There are claims the Kremlin has been assisting Iran, by sharing intelligence that's allowing its forces to locate American military targets.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

New ways to get home for Australians from the Middle East are opening but it remains a long, expensive journey home for stranded Australians.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The former governor of South Dakota has had an incredible two-year arc in which she went from a contender for vice president to the first Cabinet member to be ousted from Trump's second stint in the White House.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Donald Trump's complaints about Britain and European nations being "uncooperative” with his attack on Iran are ignorant and hollow when viewed against the light of 20th century history.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The pages released this week had been withheld from the trove of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein because they were incorrectly determined to be duplicates of other records.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Israel has launched a new wave of attacks on Tehran, targeting a bunker with 50 fighter jets.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to AP sources.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

A year into Donald Trump's second term as president, a visit to the annual conservative AmericaFest convention reveals a splintering of the MAGA movement.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Donald Trump has shown little appetite for finding an off-ramp to the Iran war, even as concerns among Western allies rise and the conflict spreads further.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Flights to and from Dubai have partially resumed after a day of disruptions as the UAE faced further missile threats. Tehran has also come under intense bombardment with the US and Israel continuing to trade blows with Iran. Follow our rolling coverage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Politicians and pundits in Australia tell Muslims it is inappropriate to publicly mourn Iran's dead supreme leader. There are no such qualms in Jakarta.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Two more repatriation flights have arrived in Australia but with hundreds of empty seats.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Tensions are at boiling point in the Middle East as hundred of thousands of people try to evacuate the region.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

US Central Command has released footage of its forces striking an Iranian drone-carrying vessel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

With British PM Keir Starmer's reputation state-side at a low, the King and Queen will have to work their magic on their latest visit.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Oklahoma senator Markwayne Mullin has been a staunch defender of the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Iranians deserve better than the ayatollahs – and they deserve better than an illegal war waged by a felonious, feckless president with no plan for what follows.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin grilled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem before Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

An Israeli evacuation alert spread panic through Beirut's southern suburbs, forcing people to move north to escape the attacks and search for places to stay, choking highways and overloading shelters.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The US president announced the home security secretary – the first person to be dumped from his cabinet in his second term – would be replaced at the end of the month.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Celebrating is the natural response of those living under authoritarianism to news their tyrant is gone. So much is loaded into the moment. Like releasing a breath that has been held for decades.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The conflict in the Middle East is intensifying, as reports of drone strikes spread across the region, and Iran vows revenge after a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship. Follow our rolling coverage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Afghani men are now permitted to beat their wives as long as it does not cause "broken bones or open wounds”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

For the first time since World War II, the United States has used a torpedo to sink a warship, leaving 80 dead, and 150 others missing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

President Xi Jinping has put his country on track for its lowest growth target in three decades as he gets ready to welcome Donald Trump later this month.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

With some of the harshest cybercrime laws in the world, in the UAE any commentary about regional conflict or security can be a criminal offence.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Attack drones are cheap, but defending against them is expensive – the bill for shooting them down could become unsustainable for the US.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

China has set its lowest growth target in decades at the National People's Congress in Beijing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

A Marine Corps veteran suffered a broken arm as he was dragged out of a hearing by Capitol Police and Senator Tim Sheehy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The spectacular destruction of an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka underlines how the US-Israeli military operation is stretching far beyond Iran's borders.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Roasted peacocks, an Australian butler and the Shah: Inside the 1971 desert feast that sowed the seeds of revolution.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The Israeli military has released footage of its soldiers advancing in southern Lebanon.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Iran's ousted crown prince Reza Pahlavi is pushing to become the new leader of the country.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Members of the congressional House Oversight Committee, including five Republicans, voted to force Donald Trump's attorney-general to provide a deposition.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Pete Hegseth confirmed that the US was behind the strike on an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing at least 80 people.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The video was taken in darkness and cannot be verified as a reliable guide to Iran's military capacity, but it shows how the disposable rocket boosters get the Shaheds into the air at speed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

A US submarine has sunk an Iranian warship with a torpedo off Sri Lanka.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has hinted the Iran war may continue beyond four weeks.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Iranian officials have postponed the funeral of assassinated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over fears it could be a target for attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Two Australian sailors were aboard the US nuclear-powered sub that sank an Iranian frigate, amid reports US-backed Kurdish rebels are ready for a ground assault against Iranian troops.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The Australians on the first repatriation flight from the Middle East included a group from Sydney's Barker College and family of TV personality David Koch.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Hundreds of people have been killed across the Middle East as strikes on Iran continue, and retaliatory strikes impact the entire region. Follow our rolling coverage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The US is claiming success in curbing Iran's ability to launch missiles and drones across the Middle East, as the son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei emerges as his likely successor.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The first flight from Dubai since the Middle East war began is set to touch down in Sydney.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Melbourne academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, says the road to find a replacement for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is more complex than reported.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the recently killed ayatollah, is understood by Iranian opposition media to have succeeded his father in the country's leadership plan.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

For months before Saturday's strike on Iran, politicians and analysts argued about the country's nuclear capability. Trump cut through them.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The Islamic Republic's naval headquarters is in ruins, one of its elite admirals is dead, and its finest warships are ablaze in the Gulf of Oman.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Israeli spies spent years watching Iran's late supreme leader and his entourage on the streets of their own capital city.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Publicly rebuked by the president and deeply unpopular at home, Keir Starmer is sticking to his guns over Iran and wants to avoid "the mistakes of Iraq”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The Islamic Republic is aiming to drive up the cost of the war for the US president – American casualties, energy costs, inflation – to persuade him to declare victory and go home.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Republican senator Thom Tillis has lashed Secretary of Homeland Security at a heated hearing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The president denied Israel forced his hand in starting the war, and said new strikes have taken out multiple rounds of potential candidates to replace former supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The president denied Israel forced his hand in starting the war, and said new strikes have taken out multiple rounds of potential candidates to replace former supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Prosecutors said Colin Gray knew his son, Colt, was obsessed with school shooters and had a bedroom shrine to the gunman in the 2018 massacre at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Khamenei was a polarising political and spiritual leader opposed by many Iranians, yet was also revered by some, who have called for revenge.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Hundreds of people have been killed across the Middle East as strikes on Iran continue, Israel launches an offensive in Lebanon, and Iran returns fire across the region. Follow our rolling coverage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned of the historic challenge of repatriating Australians from the Middle East, with the ADF standing ready to support the operation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has created an unprecedented succession crisis, with an interim council looking for the next supreme leader as the US-Israeli assault on the country continues.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

There are many echoes of Australia's past mistakes in the government's tacit approval of Donald Trump's unilateralism.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US and Israel have used the same perverse justification for the attack on Iran that Putin used to invade Ukraine.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

US President Donald Trump declared the war might go "far longer” than his previous estimate of "four to five weeks” and did not rule out sending ground forces into Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Iran's retaliatory strikes hitting nine countries are set to have impacts that stretch beyond the Middle East.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Videos have today been released of Bill and Hillary's testimonies to US lawmakers, as part of an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US is urging its citizens to immediately leave more than a dozen countries in the Middle East.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

US President Donald Trump has warned Iran 'the big one' is still to come, reiterating the war could last four to five weeks.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The growth comes as critics question the legality and ethics of betting on military conflicts.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin has landed in Beijing to cover China, resuming our 50-year history of reporting from inside the country.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The distinctive buzz of Iranian-designed drones has become a familiar sound in Ukraine, and the same cheap-but-effective weapons are being wielded with terrifying effect across America's regional allies.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The recordings of the depositions, which spanned hours over two days last week, were released by the committee on Monday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The former Democratic president said he first remembered meeting Epstein when he flew aboard the financier's private jet in 2002 for the Clintons' humanitarian work, and they parted ways the year after.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Israel began striking southern Lebanon on Monday in response to rockets being fired into its north. Now it says a Lebanese party chief is an assassination target. Here's what to know.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Just weeks ago, the president had to apologise for belittling US allies over their war effort in Afghanistan. Now his war secretary is sticking the boot in anew over Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Hillary Clinton became furious that a Republican congresswoman had released a photo from her deposition, which is against House rules.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The United States and Israel have pounded Iranian targets in a bid to destroy weapons stores and missile launchers. But Iran's resolve to fight back appears strong.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Defence Minister Richard Marles has confirmed all Australian personnel at the Al Minhad Air Base in Dubai are "safe" after it was hit by an Iranian strike.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Behind the turbulence that characterises US President Donald Trump's actions in Iran lies a shrewd geopolitical strategy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Strikes across Iran's capital Tehran on Monday hit several areas of the city.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Trump was the first spouse of a world leader to preside over a UN Security Council meeting, where she discussed children in conflict – just days after the US joined Israel in attacking Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

U.S. FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP PRESIDING OVER A UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING AS THE UNITED STATES ASSUMES THE BODY'S PRESIDENCY IN MARCH. Source: Reuters

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

US President Donald Trump has spoken at his first White House appearance since the joint US-Israeli attack began, saying the military offensive was the last chance to eliminate the threat posed by Iran's "sick and sinister regime”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

In a 2011 video, Donald Trump predicted Barack Obama would start a war with Iran in order to get re-elected.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US president's embrace of military action in Iran was spurred by an Israeli leader determined to end diplomatic negotiations. Few of his advisers voiced opposition.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Iraq's foreign ministry reported that over 70 ballistic drones and missiles have hit Erbil since the beginning of the conflict on Saturday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Diners in a Dubai restaurant have fled after hearing an iftar cannon for Ramadan going off, mistaking it for a bomb blast.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin has landed in Beijing to cover China, resuming the papers' 50-year history of reporting from inside the country.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin has landed in Beijing to cover China, resuming the papers' 50-year history of reporting from inside the country.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Donald Trump warned Iran "the big one is coming”, and War Secretary Pete Hegseth said America was not caught in a repeat of the Iraq War.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

"I don't think he has a plan and that's the problem,” security expert John Bolton says.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Friendly fire has reportedly brought down a number of American F-15 fighter jets in Kuwait.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

US Central Command says American forces "are taking bold action to eliminate imminent threats posed by the Iranian regime".

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US-Israel war on Iran continues, while attacks have also started on the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon. Hundreds of people have been killed across the region as Iran returns fire. Follow our rolling coverage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The family of Zivan Radmanovic is furious at travelling all the way to Bali for the court verdicts. Without notice, the judges adjourned.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The princesses, the daughters of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, are not expected to attend high-profile events with the royal family for the foreseeable future.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

American strikes on Iran come during a delicate period when officials in China and the US are trying to steady relations before Donald Trump arrives in Beijing on March 31.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

A brazen joint attack by the US and Israel on Iran's leadership has ignited widespread conflict in the Middle East. We've mapped the key strike zones.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

A US F-15 fighter jet appears to have crashed near an American air base.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

New attacks have rocked Israel as retribution for the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Three US service personnel have been killed in the conflict sparked by the US-Israel attack on Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Few will lament the decapitation of the Iranian leadership, but we are staring into an abyss of horror.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

For 48 hours, the US vice president has said next to nothing about Operation Epic Fury in an administration where praising the leader's success is virtually mandatory.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

As for so many families living in the UAE, the weekend's assault on Iran by the US and Israel brought the reality of Middle East conflict closer to home than ever before.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin has landed in Beijing to cover China, resuming the papers' 50-year history of reporting from inside the country.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has left Iran with a power vacuum, exacerbated by the death of so many other leaders.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

When US presidents start wars overseas, it doesn't always win over the voters back home.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

JFK's grandson Jack Schlossberg is running for office in New York's 12th congressional district.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Mohammed bin Salman argued in favour of strikes during phone calls with the US president, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued urging the US to act against Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Satellite images shows damage from strikes to multiple locations across Konarak, in southern Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Footage shows the aftermath of Iranian air attacks on the city of Jerusalem.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The footage, posted to social media and verified by The Washington Post, shows an Iranian drone nose-diving before exploding.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for attacks on multiple oil tankers, including the Skylight off the coast of Oman.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Shortly before the US and Israel were poised to launch an attack on Iran, the US spy agency zeroed in on the location of perhaps the most important target: the country's supreme leader.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Donald Trump aired his plan to sustain the bombing campaign in the hope that Iranians would overthrow the regime, declaring its leaders faced "certain death” if they did not sue for peace.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Despite being found guilty of sex crimes in 2024, the man was free in the community until last month, spending time inside a Dili school.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Iranians are not naive about the geopolitical realities of the region. But they are exhausted, and they are desperate.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Israel has launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran, claiming nearly 50 senior leaders of the regime have been eliminated.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US and Israeli attack on Iran and the regime's retaliation has left many Australians stranded across the Middle East.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US-Israel attacks on Iran continue after the country's senior leaders and more than 100 others were killed. Iran is returning fire. Follow our rolling coverage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

As missiles rained down on their home country, London's Iranians gathered and dared to dream of a brighter future.

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