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Mar 3, 2026 - World

Iran continues to target American bases and Hezbollah fires at Israel as conflict spreads across Middle EastUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesIranian drones hit the US embassy in Riyadh as Tehran continued to launch waves of retaliatory strikes at the Gulf and Israel, while Israeli soldiers began operating in southern Lebanon on the fourth day of an increasingly regional war in the Middle East.The drone attack on the US embassy in Riyadh caused a minor fire, prompting the diplomatic mission to tell Americans to distance themselves from the compound. The attack followed an earlier Iranian drone strike on the US embassy in Kuwait, as Iran continued to target US bases, facilities and personnel in Arab Gulf states. Continue reading...

Mar 3, 2026 - World

This blog is now closedTabled document reveals Liberal party’s secret election review of its ‘worst campaign’: from ‘grim’ Dutton to ‘weird’ nuclear policyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment takes conflict ‘a day at a time’Moving across to ABC News Breakfast, Richard Marles say the government is taking the conflict in the Middle East – and its economic consequences – a day at a time.It sounds trite, but you literally kind of have to take this at a day at a time. It is very difficult to speculate about how long this will go. You are right that there could easily be an economic dimension to this, and it is a function of how long it goes. And we’re, again, we’re very mindful of that and looking at what the potential economic impacts will be.I’m not about to suggest what the police should do, that’s that’s a matter for them. But let me say this, our our thoughts are not with the supreme leader. Our thoughts are with the thousands of Iranians who have died at the hands of the supreme leader just in the last few weeks, without looking at the countless numbers of Iranians who have lost their lives over the nearly 40 years that the supreme leader has been at the helm of the Iranian state. Continue reading...

Mar 3, 2026 - World

Rape allegations meant magistrate should have determined Brian Earl Johnston’s bail, Queensland coroner’s court toldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKelly Wilkinson was flagged as a high-risk aggrieved person by both Queensland police and a domestic violence service but was murdered by her estranged husband days after he was improperly granted bail, an inquest has heard.Wilkinson had made rape allegations against Brian Earl Johnston which should have been treated as “show cause” offences and have been heard by a magistrate, the inquest heard. Continue reading...

Mar 3, 2026 - World

Granting a foreign head of state such as the Israeli president access to domestic intelligence agency ‘unprecedented’, senator David Pocock claimsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, had a secret meeting with Australia’s director general of security, Mike Burgess, during his visit to Australia last month, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation has confirmed.Under questioning in the Senate from the ACT independent senator David Pocock on Tuesday, the foreign minister, Penny Wong, said questions about Asio “were often very sensitive”, but refused to confirm the meeting. Continue reading...

Mar 3, 2026 - World

With oil prices soaring and stocks tanking, the fast-evolving Iran war has cast a pall over the economic forecasts that British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is set to unveil later Tuesday