Donald Trump says he's now considering “winding back” US military efforts in the Middle East, as the war enters its fourth week.

Follow our rolling coverage of the Middle East conflict as the price of oil surges and fears of fuel shortages grow.

Best known as the arse-kicking star of action films, he became an unwitting if good-natured pioneer of the internet meme.

The prime minster was responding after the US president said he was surprised that Australia had “said no” to his request to help with the conflict and called on Canberra to “get involved”.

The newly released video – which Timberlake fought to keep secret – shows the pop star struggling to walk in a straight line and stand on one leg after being pulled over in New York’s Hamptons.

While attacks on energy supplies are in the spotlight, there are fears that damage to other critical infrastructure could trigger a water emergency for millions.

U.S. President Donald Trump says 'I think so' when asked if Israel would end war when US does.

The Iranian regime has threatened to strike tourism sites around the world and says its still manufacturing missiles.

Legendary action star and martial artist Chuck Norris has passed away suddenly at 86-years-old after being hospitalised in Hawaii.

Israel this week launched a secretive cross-border raid to find the body of a missing pilot. It instead found defiant locals determined to resist, our reporters David Crowe and Kate Geraghty discovered in Nabi Chit.

Retaliatory strikes between Iran and Israel on oil and gas facilities have sent fuel prices soaring and world leaders in a rush for a solution.

The latest assaults follow days of Iranian strikes on regional energy infrastructure that have roiled global markets.

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

In the centre of the tiny Lebanese village of Nabi Chit is a crater from an Israeli missile, following a skirmish, a sign of an escalating war.

Japan’s prime minister was bracing for a difficult meeting with the US president when it took an unexpected diversion back to Japan’s role in World War II.

A decisive victory over Iran would be the achievement of a lifetime for the Israeli prime minister. His hardline stance on the conflict has bolstered his position inside Israel where opposition parties are splintered.

The American actor and fellow collector John Wilkerson wanted to “spread the word” about the paintings they love. Increasingly, they feel they’ve accomplished their mission.

Indonesian authorities have arrested six people, four of them from the military’s intelligence unit, in connection to the incident that has sent a chill through Indonesian human rights activists.

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