Albanese condemns mourning of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Australia
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· Emma Graham Harrison, Seham Tantesh
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Average US retail gasoline prices crossed $3 a gallon for the first time since November on Monday as the conflict in the Middle East worsened, setting up a key test of public approval of President Trump’s decision to attack Iran, analysts said.
· Reuters
US lawmaker accuses Trump of trying to bury Epstein with Iran
A Republican lawmaker has accused US President Donald Trump of attempting to distract the public from the Epstein scandal by embroiling the country in a conflict with Iran.
· RT
US lawmaker accuses Trump of trying to bury Epstein with Iran
A Republican lawmaker has accused US President Donald Trump of attempting to distract the public from the Epstein scandal by embroiling the country in a conflict with Iran.
· RT
Anti-war candidates pose early test for US Democrats after attacks on Iran
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· Joseph Stepansky
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More explosions have been heard across the Gulf States, and at least three people have been killed in the United Arab Emirates as Iran carries out attacks in retaliation for strikes by the United States and Israel that killed its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials.
· Gayan Abeykoon
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· Gayan Abeykoon
War spirals in ME as explosions heard across region - DailyNews
US President Donald Trump said the Iran war could last four weeks or less as US–Israeli forces continued their strikes on Iran while Tehran hits Gulf states, Israel and US targets.
· Gayan Abeykoon
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· Jon Gambrell
America delivers a decisive strike - DailyNews
Iran’s Fars news agency has published a statement from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announcing the start of “the most devastating offensive operation in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran”. Urging Iranians to overthrow their clerical rulers, the US launched major combat operations along with…
· Gayan Abeykoon
World oil prices rise sharply - DailyNews
Oil prices have risen sharply, and stocks have slid as United States and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israeli and US military installations in the Middle East have disrupted the global energy supply chain.
· Gayan Abeykoon
UK Prime Minister Starmer hits back at Trump over Iran strikes: ‘This government does not believe in regime change from the skies’
LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended his actions in the Middle East on Monday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s criticism of Britain for not joining strikes against Iran by saying his decisions were guided by law and the “national interest.”
· Reuters
Hundreds of thousands of travellers stranded following US - Israel attacks on Iran - DailyNews
Hundreds of thousands of stranded travellers scrambled to make new connections and get through to airlines on jammed phone lines on Sunday after the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel shut down much of the Middle East to air travel.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Australia politics live: Albanese says US won’t need Australian military help against Iran; Mark Carney to arrive in Australia
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· Tom Mcilroy, Sarah Basford Canales
Starmer to give US permission to use UK bases for Iran missions - DailyNews
Keir Starmer is reversing his decision to bar the U.S. from using U.K. bases, saying in a social media post late Sunday that he will allow U.S. “defensive” missions aimed at destroying Iranian missile capabilities.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Why Calif. gas prices are set to rocket — and it’s not to do with Iran
California drivers are facing yet another new reason why gas prices are on the rise this spring — and it has nothing to do with the US-Israeli airstrikes in Iran or oil production cuts.
· Zain Khan
What China stands to lose – and gain – from the Iran war
By Ladislav Zemánek, non-resident research fellow at China-CEE Institute and expert of the Valdai Discussion Club
· RT
Iran war widens as Israel strikes Lebanon in response to Hezbollah attacks - DailyNews
Israel carried out airstrikes on the Hezbollah-controlled Southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday (2), after the Iran-backed group launched missiles and drones towards Israel to avenge the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Iran’s Foreign Minister suggests new supreme leader may be chosen within days - DailyNews
Iran could potentially elect a new supreme leader within one or two days, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, as the country begins a 40-day mourning period following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli strikes.
· Gayan Abeykoon
No indication Iran nuclear installations hit: IAEA - DailyNews
Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi said the key nuclear site Natanz had been attacked, without specifying further.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Lebanese PM bans Hezbollah’s military activities after attack on Israel - DailyNews
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has issued a statement saying Hezbollah’s military and security activities are banned, hours after Israel responded to the Iran-linked group’s rocket and drone attacks by launching air raids on southern Beirut.
· Gayan Abeykoon
US sanctions Rwanda's defense force over M23 rebel group support
M23 rebels negotiate with Rwanda Army to release captured Romanian mercenaries to Rwanda Government, who were fighting alongside Democratic Republic of Congo army (FRDC), at Gisenyi border point in Congo, Jan. 29, 2025, after the M23 rebels advanced into eastern Congo’s capital Goma. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, file)
· Jean Yves Kamale
Iranians are doing the ‘Trump dance’ to thank him for taking out Ayatollah Khamenei
Scores of Iranians across the world have been busting President Trump’s signature dance moves in viral social media videos after US-led strikes wiped out Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
· Emily Crane
Trump lists four goals in Iran, warns 'big wave' still to come
Donald Trump gave a "brief update" on the war at a military medal ceremony, but did not take questions. (Reuters: Jonathan Ernst)
· Brad Ryan
Trump says US strikes on Iran are about to kick into even higher gear: ‘The big one is coming’
President Trump said Monday that America’s strikes on Iran have only just begun — and are going to escalate, warning that “the big one is coming.”
· Ronny Reyes
How escalating Iran conflict is driving up oil and gas prices – a visual guide
A near-halt to shipping in strait of Hormuz and attacks on Middle East refineries are threatening supplies and stoking inflation
· Rob Davies, Lucy Swan, Harvey Symons, Heidi Wilson, Seanclarke
Así están las cosas en el conflicto de EEUU e Israel contra Irán
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· Cara Anna
Europe divided and on edge as US-Israeli attacks on Iran ripple across the continent
Cyprus hit, oil prices jump and EU leaders clash over legality, regime change and Washington’s role in the widening conflict
· Finbarr Bermingham
Ben Jennings on Donald Trump’s continuing attacks on Iran – cartoon
Ben Jennings on Donald Trump’s continuing attacks on Iran – cartoon
What are Iran's ballistic missiles and 'kamikaze' drones capable of?
Iran is unleashing a wave of retaliatory strikes across the Middle East, targeting several countries with ties to the United States.
· Annika Burgess
US 'stonewalling' requests by Gulf states to replenish interceptors, sources say
The US is “stonewalling” requests by some Gulf states to replenish their air defence interceptors as pressure mounts on them to join the US and Israel in their war on Iran, one western official and one former US official familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye.
· Middleeasteye
Trump says Iran war projected to last 4 to 5 weeks, could go ‘far longer’
Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has said the plan for the Iran war initially “projected four to five weeks”, adding the US military has the “capability to go far longer than that”.
· Joseph Stepansky
Iranian drones buzz across the Persian Gulf after their pivotal use by Russia in Ukraine
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· The Associated Press
Pentagon chief says Iran war will not be endless
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Trump warns worst 'is 'yet to come' in Iran conflict
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‘This is not Iraq’: Hegseth vows swift war, slams ‘pearl-clutching’ US allies
Washington: US War Secretary Pete Hegseth has assured nervous Americans that this is not the start of another “endless war” in the Middle East, pledging a swift campaign aimed at destroying Iran’s weaponry, not regime change or nation-building.
· Michael Koziol
Pete Hegseth roasted for claiming ‘We didn’t start’ war on Iran
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· Julia Conley
After failing to win the peace prize, Trump turns his focus to Nobel prize for war | John Crace
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· Johncrace
At least 23 protesters killed in Pakistan after killing of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
At least 23 people were killed in Pakistan on Sunday as protests erupted across the country in reaction to the US-Israeli killing of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
· Middleeasteye
Pete Hegseth sets the tone for Trump’s politically incorrect war on Iran
In a combative press conference, the Pentagon chief dodged questions about the goals of the US military’s Iran operation
· Roth Andrew
Cronología de los ataques de EEUU e Israel contra Irán
El presidente Donald Trump llega para una ceremonia de la Medalla de Honor en el Salón Este de la Casa Blanca, el lunes 2 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Alex Brandon)
· Meg Kinnard
Strikes on Iran throw spanner in the works for inflation as oil price surges
Many countries rely heavily on oil from the Middle East. (Reuters: Raheb Homavand)
· Ian Verrender
Three scenarios for what's next with Iran's leadership
The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leaves an enormous power vacuum in Iran, and no-one really knows who'll fill it.
· Margaret Burin
Qatar says it shot down two Iranian bombers
Qatar’s Ministry of Defense has just claimed in a statement to have shot down two Iranian Su-24 bombers, in the latest sign that the American war on Iran has broadened to the wider Middle East.
· Samuel Chamberlain
Melania Trump will preside over UN Security Council meeting
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· Edith M Lederer
ASX set to slide lower as Wall Street seesaws; Oil holds gains
Oil prices are leaping Monday with worries that the Iran war will clog the global flow of crude and make inflation even worse. US stocks, meanwhile, are swinging between sharp losses and a tiny gain.
· Stan Choe
PH maintains crisis alert levels in 8 Mideast countries amid escalating conflict
MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it was maintaining existing crisis alert levels in at least eight countries in the Middle East affected by the armed conflict involving Iran, and Israel and the United States.
· Bernadette E. Tamayo
'Change has a price': Iranian eyewitnesses speak from the shadows of war
Many Iranians now have questions about the country’s future.
· Sbsaustralia