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Trump said Australia was “not great” along with other allies that had not helped.

‘We weren’t consulted’: Albanese pushes back on Trump’s criticism of Australia

The PM’s comments came as Donald Trump said he was giving Iran another 10 days to make a satisfactory deal.

  • Michael Koziol

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The security of the old world order is being blasted away with every airstrike to enforce the will of US President Donald Trump.

As oil prices spike, is this the week Trump declares victory in Iran?

While Americans are more sceptical than ever about their country’s largest military undertaking in two decades, the US president may have done what he needed to exit the war.

  • Michael Koziol
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.
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Internally Displaced Person - Beirut

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.

A Qatar Airways plane.

Stuck in the Middle East war zone? These are your options for getting back to Australia

Many flights out of the Middle East remain on hold, giving travellers limited options. But there are important points for affected Australians and their families to know.

  • Chris Zappone
Vice President JD Vance is a sceptic about foreign entanglements, but supported last year’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

JD Vance’s silence on the Iran strikes is starting to get very loud

For 48 hours, the US vice president has said next to nothing about Operation Epic Fury in an administration where praising the leader’s success is virtually mandatory.

  • Michael Koziol
The footage, posted to social media and verified by The Washington Post, shows an Iranian drone nose-diving before exploding.
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Iranian drone explodes at a US base in Kuwait

The footage, posted to social media and verified by The Washington Post, shows an Iranian drone nose-diving before exploding.

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for attacks on multiple oil tankers, including the Skylight off the coast of Oman.
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Tanker hit off coast of Oman

Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for attacks on multiple oil tankers, including the Skylight off the coast of Oman.

US President Donald Trump launched the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace in Washington.

Trump tells Board of Peace he’ll decide on bombing Iran within 10 days

Amid growing expectations of war with Iran, the Board of Peace announced five nations led by Indonesia had agreed to commit troops to an International Stabilisation Force in Gaza.

  • Michael Koziol
Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German ambassador to the US, proclaimed a “sigh of relief” across Europe after Rubio’s speech.

Rubio gives Europe a Valentine’s bouquet, but the roses still have thorns

“The United States and Europe, we belong together,” the Secretary of State said, in a speech that struck a different tone to Vice President JD Vance’s one year earlier, but delivered essentially the same message.

  • Michael Koziol
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and the UAE’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2021.

Trump trapped as tensions between two powerful allies burst into the open

Growing animosity between a crown prince and a powerful sheikh reached a dramatic climax this week, in a development that could move markets and disrupt the world.

  • Vivian Nereim