Follow our live coverage as the conflict in the Middle East reaches the two-week mark.

The US President Donald Trump has warned of military strikes on oil terminals in Kharg Island, threatening the economic lifeline of the Iranian regime, as more US troops head to the war zone.

Trump is sending an extra 5000 marines and sailors to join troops in the Middle East, saying the war will end ‘when he feels it in his bones’.

Donald Trump claims US forces "totally obliterated" military targets on Iran's oil export hub, Kharg Island.

The mood in Moscow is triumphant as elevated oil prices force the US to ease restrictions of Russian oil entering the market and help Putin keep up his attacks on Ukraine.

Unmanned aircraft are dominating battlefields around the globe, and with the Pentagon ready to invest in the technology, US President Donald Trump’s eldest sons have taken a shine to drones.

Trump also announced that the US Navy would "soon" begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, but offered no specific timeline.

“The sooner David Ellison takes over that network the better,” the US Defence Secretary said as he excoriated CNN over its coverage of the war against Iran.

As China hurries to beat the US in a technological arms race, it is throwing billions at developing machines for everything from warfare to making coffee. But is it too much, too soon?

Broadcast on their Al-Manar channel, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem says Israeli threats to assassinate him are 'worthless'.

Iran’s new leader vowed to keep blocking the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil supplies ordinarily moves.

Historic palaces, mosques and ancient sites dating back over 60,000 years have all been damaged in Iran and Lebanon as the war rages.

Iran's new supreme leader pledges to fight on and step up attacks on oil tankers.

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has released his first statement. Read the live blog for our continuing coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.

As the death toll rises each day, residents of Lebanon brace for Israeli bombings as the war in the region continues.

The twists and turns in the tale of the Iranian women’s team in Australia this week came with a deluge of social media misinformation amplified by the usual suspects.

Golestan Palace, a UNESCO world heritage site in the Iranian capital, was reportedly damaged by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in its vicinity.

China's Embassy in the US shared an AI-generated video poking fun at US President Donald Trump's Shield of the Americas Summit.

Streets are empty, the shops are closed and dogs roam the pavements. An explosion erupts, and doctors brace for incoming patients, write David Crowe and Kate Geraghty from Lebanon.

Members of the Iranian diaspora community in Malaysia attempt to speak with the women, but say the Islamic Republic “agents” refused to let them speak.