Sydney Morning Herald - World (8 hours ago)

The call came as Palestinians in northern Gaza reported one of the worst nights of Israeli bombardment in weeks, while Jewish settlers rampaged around a military base in the West Bank.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (8 hours ago)

The pioneering Primary School in California aimed to give disadvantaged children a boost but will shut down next year after the billionaire couple pulled the plug.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (10 hours ago)

A man armed with a rifle started a fire and then began shooting at first responders in a mountain community in the US state of Idaho, killing two firefighters and wounding a third.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (10 hours ago)

The firefighters were responding to a blaze in a heavily wooded area of Idaho when they were allegedly ambushed and shot dead.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (12 hours ago)

In cosying up to a mercurial American president, Israel's vulnerability and utter dependence on the US has been exposed to the world – and Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (12 hours ago)

The communication between senior Iranian officials suggests the US did not inflict as much damage as anticipated when it struck Iran's nuclear sites earlier this month.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (12 hours ago)

Bringing an end to the 12-day war with Iran, US President Donald Trump is pushing Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (15 hours ago)

The Emirati vice president is best known as the owner of Manchester City soccer club. Behind the scenes, he is called the "handler” guiding his country's secret foreign wars.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (16 hours ago)

The visit of the former foreign minister, who is now the United Nations special envoy for Myanmar, underscores Moscow's growing influence in the country.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (17 hours ago)

At least two people were fatally shot and others injured while responding to a brush fire in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. At least one active shooter continues to fire at law enforcement with high-powered rifles, according to Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (20 hours ago)

Thom Tillis says independent thinkers are becoming an endangered species in Washington, and he will not seek re-election after the US president threatened to back a primary challenger against him.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

A family of five sheltering in a designated "safe zone" in Gaza, is among those killed by air strikes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Donald Trump didn't need to warp intelligence to justify bombing Iran. But he did so because US presidents can't resist extravagant boasting when it comes to the Middle East.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Beijing denied any wrongdoing by Chinese diplomats and urged the parties involved "to not make a fuss over nothing”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The US president also said the judicial process was going to interfere with the Israeli PM's ability to conduct talks with Hamas and Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, fears have been revived that it will move on other neighbours. Here's how they're preparing for the worst.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX had been relatively quiet since his blow-up with the US president this month.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

More than 180,000 protesters took over the streets of Budapest, many saying they marched not just for LGBTQ rights but in opposition to what they see as an increasingly authoritarian government.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The BBC has been issued a "please explain” for livestreaming the chant uncensored, while police said they would examine video footage amid calls for the performers to be arrested.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

A combination of daring, good fortune and the brute wielding of American power combined to deliver a momentous week in global affairs and a number of stunning wins for the president himself.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Reverend James Kelly once ministered to large congregations, but he believes the daily Mass in his living room at his retirement village is as important.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The US Supreme Court has just made it much easier for Donald Trump's controversial executive orders to be implemented, including ending birthright citizenship.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

No expense was spared at the elaborate Venetian wedding of billionaire Jeff Bezos and his new wife Lauren Sanchez.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

US President Donald Trump says he thinks there will be a ceasefire in Gaza within a week.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The US president also said he had shelved plans to lift sanctions, while Iran has held state funerals for the generals and nuclear scientists killed in Israeli air strikes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The minute geopolitics intersects with "daddy” as a term of endearment, we have officially entered end times.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Aussies travelling to Europe have been urged to get vaccinated after an outbreak of Hepatitis A in several popular tourist spots.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Troops used "heavy machine guns, grenade launchers and mortars” to suppress hungry Gazans, it is claimed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

China's prime minister said "profit-driven law enforcement” had to stop. But scooping up writers of erotica continues.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Jon Hallford and his co-defendant sent grieving families fake ashes and spent fraudulent funds on cryptocurrency, luxury items from stores like Gucci and Tiffany & Co, and even laser body sculpting.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The US president said a handful of "radical left judges” could no longer overrule his rightful powers. Dissenting judges decried "a grave an attack on our system of law”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Israeli forces have conducted air strikes in southern Lebanon, months after a ceasefire came into effect.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a divisive figure among Israelis. Although people have strong feelings about the country's leader, many have been galvanised by his decision to take action against Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The move underlines the Trump administration's deep distaste for measures it regards as discriminatory imposts on American tech giants, such as Australia's News Bargaining Code.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Our enemies are truly our enemies – a lesson too often forgotten in the West. Think Hitler, Stalin. Netanyahu and Trump are not wrong about the Iranian regime and its proxies.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The White House has again called on Australia to increase its defence spending, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has again refused to budge.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Beijing and Washington have confirmed they've signed off on a trade agreement struck earlier this month, but released few details.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The global dealmaking efforts show the measures the US president is willing to take to fulfil his aspirations for mass deportations, even if it means flying immigrants into danger.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Days ago the UK prime minister promised NATO he would spend more on defence. Now he is working the phones to stop open defiance over his plan to cut the country's $100 billion annual welfare bill.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The mounting pressure from Washington comes as the Albanese government grapples with the ballooning cost of NDIS and pressure from states to spend more on health.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The discounted tour to China included four-star hotels, nightly banquets, and speeches about being "one big family”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

When the police came for Albert, his wife initially thought he would be safe. By the next morning, the father of one was dead.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Look back on the latest in the Israel and Iran conflict for Friday, June 27.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Kate Geraghty travelled throughout Israel, photographing the loss and destruction in the northern town of Tamra, Beersheba in the south and Tel Aviv and Bat Yam in the centre.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The US Defence Secretary clashed with reporters at a news conference that provided new details on the military operation but shed little light on the damage inflicted.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Pentagon leaders have laid out new details about military tactics and explosives to bolster their argument that US attacks destroyed key Iranian nuclear facilities

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed an intelligence report which suggested American attacks had not destroyed Iran's nuclear program.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has emerged to declare victory over the US in the recent conflict.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Wintour will step down from day-to-day editing of the magazine, but will retain control as Vogue's global editorial director and the chief content officer for publisher Condé Nast.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

News conference provided new details on the impressive military operation against Iran's nuclear sites, but shed little light on the damage inflicted.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The US defence secretary grew frustrated when reporter Jennifer Griffin asked about satellite imagery that showed trucks lined up at one of Iran's nuclear sites in the days before the US bombing operation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The three Australians accused of murdering a countryman and wounding another inside a luxury Bali villa have been paraded before the media.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

In his first appearance since the ceasefire began, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also said his country had "delivered a hand slap to America's face”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran is holding. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump says Iranian and American officials will meet next week.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The White House's official X page has posted a montage of US President Donald Trump's time at the NATO summit set to Usher's 'Hey Daddy'.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Australia will send a Royal Australian Air Force plane to Europe, to provide humanitarian and military assistance into Ukraine.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Having survived Israel's 12-day bombardment, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could now go directly to North Korea in a race to build a bomb.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Kyiv stood when it wasn't meant to. For three years it has held the line, not just for Europe, but for all of us who still believe democracy is worth the fight.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Should the US president get carried away with his bombing success and be tempted to try to change Iran's regime, history has a message for him: step away.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

When he announced his run for mayor, Zohran Mamdani was unknown to most New Yorkers. Now, the 33-year-old democratic socialist has pulled off a stunning political ascent. So, who is he?

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

While the president's tough stance on Iran has won him NATO's admiration, America's European allies are taking nothing for granted.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The Trump administration has moved to dispel scepticism about the efficacy of America's strikes by scheduling a news conference that the US president said would provide "irrefutable” evidence of the mission's success.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Iran's nuclear sites were still smoking when Trump set in motion intense to end of conflict. But analysts fear that may not happen.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The US president took an interest in a Ukrainian reporter's background during a NATO press conference.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

US President Donald Trump said "I think he likes me" when asked by a reporter what he made of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte earlier referring to him as "daddy".

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Social media personality Liver King has been arrested and charged after allegedly making threats against podcaster Joe Rogan online.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte refers to Trump as a "daddy” who "has to sometimes use strong language” to stop a conflict between two warring entities.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Donald Trump has maintained Iran's nuclear program has been destroyed, contrary to an intelligence report from the Pentagon.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

In his post-NATO summit press conference, the US president highlighted the airstrikes on Iran and defence spending.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The US president said he would insist Iran commit to "no nuclear” in any negotiation, as he dismissed a leaked Pentagon analysis on the bunker-busting attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The ceasefire between Israel and Iran is now "in effect”, the US President claimed, after both sides were accused of violating the agreement – and drawing the ire of its architect.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

When the crews released their payload, weighing 60,000 pounds, their B-2 most likely surged briefly upward. Despite their preparation, it would have been a new feeling.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

US President Donald Trump has met with world leaders at a NATO conference in The Hague.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

In this Israeli city there is support for the fragile ceasefire. But many want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to go further to consolidate Israel's position in the Middle East.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Australia and Europe have resumed talks on a free trade deal amid US President Donald Trump's global tariff war.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Israel and Iran say they'll keep the peace if the other does, after US President Donald Trump let loose with an unprecedented outburst.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Regime change could be on the cards across Israel, Iran and Palestinian communities, as people challenge the leaders who drew them into this bloody conflict.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

If Iran had attacked any other Persian Gulf nation this week, it might have run into more complicated territory.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Donald Trump's spinners like to say he is the most transparent president in US history. His explicit tirade at key ally Israel reveals how his eye is on another prize.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The state is turning a swampy airfield into a new detention centre - and says it will save money on security because alligators and pythons will do the job.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

When push came to shove, as the missiles flew and bombs rained down, all China and Russia offered Iran was rhetorical support – and cautiously at that.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Two brown bears escaped from their enclosure in a UK wildlife park and broke into a food pantry on Monday, consuming a week's worth of honey in a matter of minutes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The US president received the red-carpet treatment on arrival – including an upgrade to stay at a Dutch palace – even as he wavers on whether America would come to their aid in a time of war.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Here's how the conflict has played out, moment by moment.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Israel and Iran appear to have settled into a ceasefire after each accused the other of breaking the deal.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Donald Trump has arrived in Europe for a NATO summit.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The US president reserved his harshest words for America's special ally, Israel, and said the two countries had been fighting for so long they "don't know what the f--- they're doing”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

US President Donald Trump unleashed a tirade against Israel and Iran before jetting off to the NATO summit, telling reporters both countries "don't know what the f— they're doing”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Stay updated with our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

US President Donald Trump has unleashed a tirade against Israel and Iran before jetting off to the NATO summit.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The Vera Rubin Observatory has cemented its status as a rising star, revealing unprecedented detail captured by the biggest digital camera ever built.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

When the Ukrainian president travelled to the UK on Monday to shore up support, he ditched his trademark military fatigues. It was a subtle but calculated diplomatic posture.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Trump has long framed himself as the anti-war, anti-national security state president. But this has never been true.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Jazmyn Gourdeas was meant to be celebrating her birthday with her husband on June 16. Instead, she spent the day sitting with his body in a Bali morgue.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

NATO's latest summit is set to begin against a backdrop of global uncertainty.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Reporter Matthew Knott and photographer Kate Geraghty shuttled back and forth between their Tel Aviv hotel rooms and a bomb shelter. It felt like anything but the ceasefire US President Donald Trump had declared was in place.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The destruction of the gates of Evin prison, where I was incarcerated, risks becoming a metaphor for the fate of the Iranian people more broadly, once the missiles stop falling.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Matthew Knott reports from Tel Aviv, where Australians gathered at a hotel before transferring to Ben Gurion Airport to begin their journey home.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

US President Donald Trump says the ceasefire between Iran and Israel is now in effect. Here's what you need to know.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Kylie Moore-Gilbert was held captive in Iran for more than two years, including at Evin Prison. She says Israel's strike on the facility overnight is a symbolic blow to a weakened regime.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US president has made it clear to Europe that it cannot expect an unlimited American guarantee over its security. But Spain is refusing to play ball.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Reeling from US airstrikes, Iran's National Security Council gathered for an emergency meeting to determine how it would retaliate. From inside a bunker, Iran's supreme leader sent them an order. Strike back. But do it carefully.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Iran's missile strike on Qatar forced carriers to navigate around a wide swath of territory, tear up flight schedules and turn around aircraft mid-flight.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

When Trump visited Qatar in May, the talk was about a fancy jet from the Qataris. But he also dropped into Al Udeid Air Base. Here's why.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US president is always so boastful, so outlandish in his claims of unprecedented success, that one can't help but be sceptical – even when it seems he might have just done something right.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Long lines in Doha following the closure of airspace after Iran fired missiles at US military assets in Qatar. SOURCE: Damian McKee

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Tehran telegraphed its missile attack on America's Al Udeid air base in Qatar well in advance, suggesting a symbolic show of force while offering a way to de-escalate. The US president even thanked them.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

US President Donald Trump has announced that Iran and Israel have agreed to a total ceasefire over the next 12 hours.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

If Iran hampers the movement of maritime trade through the Strait Of Hormuz, it will be very damaging for Australia. But keeping a key ally happy complicates matters.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US is weighing up a response to Iran's attack on a military base.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Witnesses hear explosions and sees possible missiles in sky in Qatar after the airspace is closed

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Satellite photos show trucks lined up last week on a road to Iran's nuclear mountain. What they were doing there is one of the key questions experts are now keen to answer.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The world waits on the fallout after the US attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities. Follow all the latest developments.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

America's intervention has had no impact so far on efforts to de-escalate the warfare with Israel launching fresh airstrikes into Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Iran's parliament has endorsed the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the bombing of its nuclear facilities, as US leaders say the strikes are an opportunity for Tehran to return to the negotiating table.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

After Hamas' October 2023 attack, the deadliest military lapse in Israel's history, the Israeli prime minister's political career teetered on a precipice. Now he's on the brink of political redemption.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Pictures show the extent of damage after the strikes took Iran and the world by surprise.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

In the Middle East, notions of victory are never simplistic. Mission creep, which has haunted America since the quagmire of Vietnam, is a clear and present danger.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Israel will be looking for support to topple Iran's supreme leader, and Trump may be tempted to help. But such involvement carries risks for Americans - and for the president himself.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Martine Croxall was reading a report during a live broadcast when she used the term "pregnant people”. She immediately added "women”, with a slight roll of her eyes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Iran has an array of weapons that could strike American military bases. But Israel has forced it to change its tactics.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had very little to say for quite a while when US President Donald Trump bombed Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US president was meant to be the guest of honour in the Netherlands this week. But his decision to bomb Iran has instead made him a wildcard everyone is scrambling to contain.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The bunker bombing of Iran was, as a matter of international law, no different from Russian President Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Singapore Airlines cancelled some flights to Dubai, warning more may be affected "as the situation remains fluid”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The day the fighting neared their village, the residents of Pu Lu Palaw made for the river. Thai soldiers helped them cross. But peace was only fleeting.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Martine Croxall was reading a report in which she referred to "pregnant people” - then immediately paused and added "women”. CREDIT: BBC/X

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie has addressed the US military strikes on Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the government supports the United States' strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

US airstrikes on Iran's Fordow nuclear facility have left at least six large craters, indicating the use of bunker-busting bombs, a CNN analysis of satellite imagery found. CNN military analyst Col. Cedric Leighton (Ret.) analyses the satellite images that show the damage before and after US strikes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

When Donald Trump announced he might take two weeks to decide on Iran, the ruse was already well under way. Within two days, under the cover of darkness, he struck.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Thousands of Australians are trying to get out of Iran after the US strikes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The world is waiting for Iran's response after the US attacked three nuclear facilities in the country.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US joined Israel's war on Iran, dropping bombs on nuclear sites in Iran. Follow along for all the latest developments. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US strikes that targeted Iran's nuclear sites involved a decoy mission and the largest-ever deployment of B-2 stealth bombers, the Pentagon says.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

With Donald Trump in the White House, Iran's strategic nuclear ambiguity quickly became a millstone around Tehran's neck. Now its rulers need a new plan.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The most consequential decision of the US leader's term has reshaped his presidency and has landed a blow on those who accused him of being afraid of the big calls.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

I grew up in America under the shadow of the Iraq War. Now, it feels as though history will repeat itself in Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The United States has attacked three sites in Iran, inserting itself into Israel's war aimed at destroying the country's nuclear program.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The Israel-Iran conflict has entered its 10th day in a volatile new phase.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

US defence chiefs will have war-gamed Iran's possible retaliation, and tens of thousands of troops in the region are now on high alert.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Speaking after the US hit three sites in Iran, US President Donald Trump has warned Tehran against retaliation, saying they now have a choice between "peace or tragedy”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The batlike B-2 is perhaps the most potent symbol of US military power – and it's the only plane that could strike Iran's deepest nuclear site.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

This is the moment when we find out just how crazy a king Trump is.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Risks from one of the three Iranian nuclear sites "obliterated” by the US are concerning atomic scientists.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Trump said the United States' attack on Iran was to put an end to four decades years of Iran attacking America.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Australians still in Iran and Israel have been warned to leave as the government gears up to provide repatriation flights out of the Middle East.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US has carried out strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, Donald Trump has confirmed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Israel has said it does not target Iranian civilians, but hundreds have died in the violence.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

US President Donald Trump posted on social media platform Truth Social to say that nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan had been struck.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) planes are now in the Middle East after landing in Dubai ahead of repatriation flights for Australians stuck in Israel.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Unless you're on a one-man mission like "procreator-in-chief” Elon Musk, efforts to deliver a wider boom either fail or cost a fortune.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Hot air balloon in Brazil catches fire and falls from the sky, killing eight and injuring 13

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Hot air balloon in Brazil catches fire and falls from the sky, killing eight and injuring 13

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The B-2 deployment, picked up by flight tracking services on Saturday, indicates that the US administration is getting the Air Force bombers in position if needed for a strike on Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Undersea fibre-optic cables are lifelines for everything from financial markets to military command. But they're under siege, and in the Baltic Sea, NATO is racing to adapt.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The federal government has promised an inquiry into Home Affairs' handling of adoptions. Meanwhile, those involved are left grappling with painful and difficult questions.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Israel and Iran have traded missile strikes as attempts to end the fighting via diplomacy have so far made little progress.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Hours of talks aimed at de-escalating fighting between Israel and Iran failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough as the war entered its second week.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The vote puts Britain on course to follow Australia, Canada and other countries, as well as some US states, in permitting assisted dying.

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