A third man, who was charged with assisting premeditated murder, was sentenced to 12 years’ jail.

The conflict in the Middle East is now in its second week, with strikes across the region as the US and Israel continue to attack Iran. Follow our rolling coverage.

Mojtaba Khamanei, the second son of the late ayatollah who was killed in US-Israeli strikes, has been chosen to take over from his father.

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran was responsible for a strike that killed 175 people, most of them children.

An oil refinery in Iran's capital was hit as US and Israeli strikes against the country continue.

US President Donald Trump discusses the February 28 strike on an Iranian girls' school with reporters aboard Air Force One. (Footage: White House)

The strike shows Israeli forces will intensify their campaign in any part of Lebanon to hunt down Hezbollah militants and their allies from Iran, even if that risks civilian casualties.

A foreign enterprise had again sent operatives to Bali, Australia’s most popular overseas holiday destination, to carry out its dirty work.

Government footage shows Saudi air defences intercepting and destroying a number of drones

An Israeli strike hit a Ramada Hotel in Beirut, killing at least five people.

The late Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei’s son has taken over as the head of Iran in a sign that the hardliners are still in charge of the country and are not willing to surrender in a hurry.

Families are jammed into tents across the concrete pavement of an old school in Beirut that is packed with more than 1200 people who fled their homes after a new outbreak of war with Israel.

The son of the late Ayatollah Khamenei will become the new head of state, state media reports, a man US President Donald Trump has described as “unacceptable”.

The couple will visit Sydney and Melbourne next month for a string of private, business and philanthropic engagements.

The US Central Command has confirmed a seventh American soldier has died from wounds sustained in the early stages of the war with Iran.

Senior Iranian clerics have chosen a new leader, but have not named him.

Protesters call for visiting Iranian women footballers in Australia to be given asylum.

Iran retaliates over Israeli attacks on its industrial infrastructure, including a fuel facility.

Lebanon is caught in the crossfire between Hezbollah and Israel and more than 454,000 people have been forced from their homes.

The conflict in the Middle East has entered its second week as Israel and the US continue to attack Iran, Israel launches a new offensive in Lebanon, and Iran retaliates on US-allied neighbours. Follow our rolling coverage.