Hundreds of people have been killed across the Middle East as strikes on Iran continue, and retaliatory strikes impact the entire region. Follow our rolling coverage.

Two Australian sailors were aboard the US nuclear-powered sub that sank an Iranian frigate, amid reports US-backed Kurdish rebels are ready for a ground assault against Iranian troops.

Afghani men are now permitted to beat their wives as long as it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds”.

For the first time since World War II, the United States has used a torpedo to sink a warship, leaving 80 dead, and 150 others missing.

President Xi Jinping has put his country on track for its lowest growth target in three decades as he gets ready to welcome Donald Trump later this month.

With some of the harshest cybercrime laws in the world, in the UAE any commentary about regional conflict or security can be a criminal offence.

Attack drones are cheap, but defending against them is expensive – the bill for shooting them down could become unsustainable for the US.

China has set its lowest growth target in decades at the National People’s Congress in Beijing.

A Marine Corps veteran suffered a broken arm as he was dragged out of a hearing by Capitol Police and Senator Tim Sheehy.

The spectacular destruction of an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka underlines how the US-Israeli military operation is stretching far beyond Iran’s borders.

Roasted peacocks, an Australian butler and the Shah: Inside the 1971 desert feast that sowed the seeds of revolution.

The Israeli military has released footage of its soldiers advancing in southern Lebanon.

Iran's ousted crown prince Reza Pahlavi is pushing to become the new leader of the country.

Members of the congressional House Oversight Committee, including five Republicans, voted to force Donald Trump’s attorney-general to provide a deposition.

Pete Hegseth confirmed that the US was behind the strike on an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing at least 80 people.

The video was taken in darkness and cannot be verified as a reliable guide to Iran’s military capacity, but it shows how the disposable rocket boosters get the Shaheds into the air at speed.

The Australians on the first repatriation flight from the Middle East included a group from Sydney’s Barker College and family of TV personality David Koch.

A US submarine has sunk an Iranian warship with a torpedo off Sri Lanka.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has hinted the Iran war may continue beyond four weeks.

Iranian officials have postponed the funeral of assassinated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over fears it could be a target for attack.