Donald Trump has criticised Australia and other Pacific allies for not helping the US in the Iran war.

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

Ben Roberts-Smith has been taken into custody over the alleged murders of unarmed Afghan civilians and prisoners.

Under Donald Trump, the United States is not the same nation with which we allied in World War II. No longer the country we’ve long (maybe too long) looked to for security.

Ben Roberts-Smith has been arrested in relation to multiple counts of murdering unarmed Afghan civilians and prisoners.

The US president is buoyed by recent military successes, but he is not following his usual playbook for a major attack. He is also conscious of American public opinion.

Taking in never-before-seen views of the far side of the moon, the Artemis II broke a distance mark set by Apollo 13 in 1970.

“Here we go, ready or not,” she said as the show opened. “Let’s do the news.” Later, her emotions got the better of her when she greeted fans.

During a White House press conference Trump said 'very little is off limits' when threatening the destruction of Iranian infrastructure.

The crew aboard the Artemis II have broken the record for furthest a human being has ever travelled from Earth.

The US president brushed aside concerns about attacking civilian infrastructure and said the Iranian people wanted American bombing to continue.

American TV anchor Savannah Guthrie has returned to her anchor job as her elderly mother remains missing.

Donald Trump warns he will decimate Iran unless the country meets his deadline.

The more the US is entangled in Iran, the better for Xi Jinping. While Trump is neglecting the main theatre of global power – the Indo-Pacific – China is focused. While Trump is destroying, China is building.

The United States and Iran had received a draft proposal calling for a 45-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

The court’s action followed a request from the Trump administration, which had asked the justices to help dismiss the January 6 conviction from Steve Bannon’s record.

Trump has warned Iran to make a deal or else, amid reports negotiators from both nations are attempting to hammer out the terms of a possible 45-day ceasefire.

The British royal everyone is talking about following the family’s Easter celebrations proves the King can no longer afford to keep Catherine and Prince William on the bench.

If the US president’s next step is to order the destruction of civilian infrastructure, he may only make the Tehran regime stronger and leave the Iranian people with no hope for change.

On the ground in Iran, a downed officer’s mission boiled down to two words: evasion and survival. The military described him as “status unknown”. This is the incredible story of his rescue.