The decision to assassinate Iran’s supreme leader while Iran was in active negotiations has reinforced the view among Moscow hardliners that diplomacy is fragile and maybe even pointless.

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Two men – without visas or passports – were allegedly discovered by Indonesian immigration authorities on board a small plane in the province of South Papua.

The US is turning 250 and how will America celebrate? A presidential picnic? A parade, maybe? No, with a UFC fight at the White House, of course.

Iran’s aggressive fightback has left the White House scrambling to define what American success would look like.

Joe Rogan has turned on Donald Trump over his actions in Iran.

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

Fuel storage tanks are ablaze at a port in Oman after an Iranian drone strike.

The move came as US trade representative Jamieson Greer told an audience at the Australian embassy in Washington: “If your point is ‘take down all the tariffs’, we’re not going to get along.”

Donald Trump denies knowing about a US military report that found the US fired a missile at a school in Iran, killing 175 people.

The British prime minister is under pressure again as new documents reveal he appointed Peter Mandelson as US ambassador despite official warnings that his long friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein presented “reputational risk”.

Tornadoes in the US states of Illinois and Indiana have killed at least two people.

Thirty-two countries have released the largest volume of emergency oil reserves to counter the impact of the Iran war on global energy markets.

The February 28 strike on the school, which killed at least 175 people, was the result of a targeting mistake by the US military, a preliminary investigation has found.

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With Republican poll numbers in the doldrums, two senior staffers say it’s time to stop talking about one of the Trump’s big campaign pledges.

Crime and justice reporter Amber Schultz reports from Malaysia, where she has been tracking the Iranian women's soccer team on their journey back to Iran.

Speculation is growing that the US could seize a sun-baked island off Iran’s coast, cutting off its capacity to export oil.

Beijing's Robot Mall offers visitors a chance to interact with the latest humanoid robots.

Australia has saved six of Iran’s female football squad, but their teammates – and all of Iran’s women – will not be safe until this regime has gone.