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

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.

Meanwhile, a shooting at a university campus in Virginia is being treated as an act of terrorism, with the assailant having been previously jailed for supporting Islamic State.

One person has been killed and two others injured in a shooting at a university campus in Virginia.

Law enforcement said a person breached the synagogue doors with his vehicle and drove down the hall, before being shot dead by police.

An FBI alert claiming Iran intended to attack California is'being investigated' according to Donald Trump. The alert was based on a single unverified tip.

Israeli warplanes have destroyed a city building in Beirut one hour after warning residents to avoid the site.

Suspected gunman killed after ramming a vehicle into a US synagogue containing school.

What began as targeted strikes has spiralled into the most internationally entangled conflict in decades, stretching military stockpiles and threatening a ’70s-style energy shock.

The move to redevelop the site into a joint training facility highlights the Indonesian president’s eagerness to cement regional relationships amid the rise of China and an unpredictable US under Trump.

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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