Thailand’s fishing industry fights for survival as Iran war hits fuel costs
Half of the fleet is already docked as the fishing association warns the whole sector may ‘collapse like dominoes’
· Aidan Jones
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Economic, fuel-price shocks to be felt long after war in Middle East ends, government warns
A temporary halving of fuel taxes by the federal government has helped bring down soaring retail fuel prices, which have dropped about 30c per litre for unleaded petrol in recent days. Source: AAP / Joel Carrett
· Sbsaustralia
Tehran accuses IAEA head of inaction after nuclear site attacks
Iran’s atomic agency said it will take legal action over the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief’s "inaction" following US-Israeli strikes on its nuclear facilities, state media reported.
· Middleeasteye
Iran says 30 universities hit in US-Israeli strikes
At least 30 universities in Iran have been affected by US-Israeli attacks since the start of the war on 28 February, the country’s science minister Hossein Simaei Saraf said.
· Middleeasteye
Major oil group drops truth bomb on Gavin Newsom about gas prices
An influential oil industry trade association has lit a flame underneath Gov. Gavin Newsom for blaming soaring gas prices solely on the Trump Administration’s war in Iran.
· Ross O'Keefe
Tehran's Toll Booth For Hormuz Strait Divides Countries Into 3 Categories
The last several days have seen a limited number of foreign vessels successfully and safely cross the Strait of Hormuz for the first time, amid the ongoing de facto military blockage by Iran.
· Tyler Durden
More than 93 servos fined in state-wide price-gouging blitz
Welcome to our rolling coverage of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and reaction in Australia on Sunday, April 5.
· Yashee Sharma
Israel claims over 200 strikes on Iran and Hezbollah targets
The Israeli military says it has carried out more than 200 air strikes over the weekend targeting sites in Iran and Lebanon.
· Middleeasteye
Iran claims to have downed multiple US aircraft during mission to rescue soldier
The Iranian capital of Tehran has suffered heavy US and Israeli airstrikes since late February, but the country's leaders remain defiant, characterising a recent ultimatum from the US president as "a helpless, nervous, unbalanced and stupid action". Source: AFP / Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto
· Sbsaustralia
Clock ticks on Trump's 48-hour deadline as US and Iran race to find missing pilot
Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
· Yashee Sharma
Caught in the crossfire: The American highschoolers who stayed behind to help amid the Iran war
18-year-old Nadav woke to the sound of a siren echoing across Jerusalem. The American high school student had been napping when Iran launched a barrage of missiles.
· LEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Dancing through the crackdown: The satirical song soundtracking post-Khamenei Iran
Just days after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Naz - a London-based artist and TikToker of Iranian descent - appeared in a music video celebrating the dictator’s death. The song quickly became an early cultural response to what was widely seen as a pivotal moment in Iran and the broade…
· OMID HABIBINIA/THE MEDIA LINE
War With Iran, Embassy Spin and Angus Taylor’s Watergate | Scam of the Week
by Michael West | Apr 5, 2026 | Scam of the Week
· Michael West
Houthis claim joint operation with Iran targeting Israel sites
Yemen’s Houthi movement has claimed it carried out a joint military operation with Iranian forces and Hezbollah targeting sites in Israel, including Ben Gurion Airport.
· Middleeasteye
Diplomático iraní abandona Argentina tras ser expulsado por Milei
MONTEVIDEO (AP) — El consejero y encargado de negocios interino de Irán en Argentina, Mohsen Soltani Tehrani, abandonó Buenos Aires el sábado, antes que venza el plazo de 48 horas que le había sido otorgado por el gobierno del presidente Javier Milei, alineado a Estados Unidos e Israel en política exterior.
· Ramiro Barreiro
Italian fugitive arrested at coastal resort
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addresses the Senate regarding the conflict in Iran and the Gulf region, in Rome, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Indonesia receives bodies of peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon
Indonesia has received the bodies of three United Nations peacekeepers who were killed in southern Lebanon during Israel’s invasion of the country, amid the ongoing United States-Israel war on Iran.
· Edna Mohamed
US Arrests & Boots Soleimani's Fashion Designer Niece From The Country
The Trump administration is rounding up family members of notable Iranian government figures, accusing them of spreading 'pro-Tehran propaganda'. And apparently this is even if the Iranian officials in question are deceased.
· Tyler Durden
The prophetic John Mearsheimer accurately described America’s war against Iran on February 17th — before the U.S. invasion on February 28th.
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US and Iran race to find missing pilot as Trump threatens 'Hell' if deal not reached
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
· Maddie Nixon
Cruise line abruptly adds extra charges for passengers as travelers worry others may follow
Since the start of the Iran conflict, oil prices have skyrocketed, and many cruise passengers are worrying they’ll be slapped with extra surcharges related to the fuel issues in the next months as a result.
· Fox News
'Don't bomb': Israelis call for ending Iran war
TEL AVIV, Israel — Carrying anti-war banners and chanting slogans against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hundreds of Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest the war with Iran.
· Agence France-Presse
From diplomacy to bombs: Western nihilism fueled Iran’s expansion - opinion
The war that erupted on February 28, 2026, when the United States and Israel launched strikes against the Islamic Republic’s military and nuclear infrastructure, marks the collapse of a secular illusion: the belief that a revolutionary Islamic state behaves like a Westphalian bureaucracy, driven by state interest an…
· JOHANNA MAMANE
The war with Iran is a major setback to China’s Belt and Road Initiative - opinion
The main assumption behind China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is that economic connectivity can be insulated from geopolitics. The war with Iran is not just a regional conflict; it strikes at the structural heart of the BRI vision by showing that the BRI corridors are deeply impacted by regional security shocks.
· BOAZ GOLANY
Kids with guns and preparing for a ground invasion. What people in Iran see
Rights groups say video appeared online showing children wearing camouflage uniforms and carrying assault rifles. (Supplied)
· Allyson Horn
Universities hit as US, Israel ramp up attacks on Iran’s infrastructure
Tehran, Iran – Inside the sprawling Shahid Beheshti University in northern Tehran, a research centre lies in ruins after warplanes bombed it.
· Maziar Motamedi
Iran Scrambling To Restore Bombed Missile Bunkers Within Hours After Being Struck
Iran's resilience after more than a month of very heavy US-Israeli bombing has become obvious. The country's somewhat ancient air force and navy have been largely obliterated, and yet all the while the Iranian military has kept up intense ballistic missile and drone strikes on Israel and Gulf states. Tehran's missil…
· Tyler Durden
Black market in the red: How the Iran war is rippling through Melbourne’s underworld
Black market cigarette prices have soared up to 50 per cent as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a series of major seizures and worsening violence in the nationwide tobacco war squeezes local supplies and leads to price gouging.
· Chris Vedelago
Polymarket removes wagers on U.S. service member rescue mission in Iran
Polymarket removed a forum related to the rescue mission of U.S. military servicemembers amid political pressure, the latest sign of mounting scrutiny around prediction markets.
· Alex Harring
Iran’s regime executes two more of its people, as bloody reign of terror continues
Iran’s reign of terror lives on.
· Gabrielle Fahmy
EEUU revoca permisos de residencia permanente y visas a iraníes vinculados al gobierno de Teherán
El secretario de Estado de estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, habla con la prensa después de una reunión de ministros del G7 con países socios en el aeropuerto Bourget en Le Bourget, en las afueras de París, el viernes 27 de marzo de 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Foto vía AP)
· Matthew Lee
Trump gives Iran 48 hours to make a deal before 'all hell reigns', hunt goes on for US pilot
US President Donald Trump repeated his threats to intensify attacks on Iran if it failed to reach a deal or open the key Strait of Hormuz waterway on Saturday.
· REUTERS
Italy’s Meloni meets Qatar emir to discuss energy issues amid Iran war
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has met Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha to discuss the energy crisis due to the ongoing United States and Israeli war on Iran.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Top diplomat Marco Rubio strips Qassem Soleimani’s niece of US residency
The United States has revoked the permanent residency of two women related to Qassem Soleimani, the late major general who led Iran’s Quds Force, the foreign branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), from 1998 until his assassination in 2020.
· Al Jazeera Staff
What we know so far about the US fighter jet shot down over Iran
A US F-15E fighter jet that was flying over the southwest of the country on Friday has been shot down, US media has reported.
· Grace Eliza Goodwin
US arrests niece and grandniece of slain Iran general Qassem Soleimani
Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter, who were allegedly living a ‘lavish lifestyle’ in Los Angeles, have had their green cards revoked
· Associated Press
US arrests niece and grandniece of slain Iran general Qassem Soleimani
Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter, who were allegedly living a ‘lavish lifestyle’ in Los Angeles, have had their green cards revoked
· Associated Press
US government revokes legal status of Iranian nationals tied to Tehran authorities
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has revoked the green cards or US visas of at least four Iranian nationals connected to the current or former Iranian government, including two who have been detained by immigration authorities and are to be deported.
· Associated Press
US agents arrest niece, grand niece of Iran's Qassem Soleimani after Rubio revoked green cards
US federal agents have arrested the niece and grand-niece of late Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked their lawful permanent resident status, the State Department said on Saturday.
· REUTERS, CORINNE BAUM
US revokes green cards and visas of several Iranian nationals
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as he speaks to the press following a G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting with Partner Countries at the Bourget airport in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Friday, March 27, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)
· Matthew Lee
UN watchdog voices 'deep concern' as Iran reports new attacks on nuclear plant
The area around Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant has been attacked for the fourth time during the current war, Iranian officials say, as the US and Israel continue to target energy and other industrial sites.
· Ghoncheh Habibiazad
White House seeks $1.5T for defense amid Iran war
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Friday asked lawmakers to approve a massive $1.5-trillion defense budget for 2027, as the United States faces rising costs from its war with Iran and mounting global security commitments.
· Agence France-Presse
China shows leadership with Iran; US no interest
WASHINGTON, D.C. — China is stepping up its diplomacy on the Iran war, putting forward a five-point proposal with Pakistan, rallying support from Gulf countries, and opposing a United Nations proposal to use any force necessary to open the Strait of Hormuz.
· Associated Press
Strait of Hormuz now Iran’s weapon of mass disruption
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· Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Red Mendoza
Judge halts Trump effort requiring colleges to show data on race admissions
President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
· Michael Casey
Major US Shale Producer To Boost Output, And It Suggests One Thing
Last month, roughly three weeks into the U.S.-Iran conflict, UBS chief economist Arend Kapteyn told clients that one reason this Middle East energy shock is "not like the 2011-2014 shale boom" is the lack of a comparable response from the U.S. shale patch. In other words, the oil shock was viewed as temporary by maj…
· Tyler Durden
Sirens activated across Israel after attacks from Iran and Lebanon detected
The Israeli Home Front Command announced that sirens sounded in various areas after a drone infiltration was detected near the boundary with Lebanon.
· Middleeasteye
Iran has 48 hours to make a deal, says Trump, or US will unleash ‘hell’
‘Remember when I gave Iran 10 days’ for a deal or to open the Hormuz Strait, the president wrote on Saturday, adding: ‘Time is running out’
· Agence France-Presse
Iran has 48 hours to make a deal, says Trump, or US will unleash ‘hell’
‘Remember when I gave Iran 10 days’ for a deal or to open the Hormuz Strait, the president wrote on Saturday, adding: ‘Time is running out’
· Agence France-Presse
Iran announces new air defence used to down US fighter jet
Iran has unveiled a new air defence system which it said was used in the downing of a US fighter jet on Friday.
· Middleeasteye