The ASX fell 0.7% as Middle East tensions rattled investors, overshadowing major developments at Nvidia and Microsoft
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A deliberate expansion of Iran’s campaign of retaliation beyond the Middle East could be taking place, said an expert.
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Iran said it will strike US bases beyond the Middle East, including in Europe, if they are used for attacks on the country.
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner said Wednesday he and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff would travel to Moscow tomorrow after US-Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi ended without a clear breakthrough.
Experts ask whether longer-range missiles are intended to hit targets beyond the Middle East.
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FTSE 100 and other markets climb after president downplays prospect of further strikes in Middle East
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Imola has been stood down as a back-up plan for the Formula One season finale as the sport pushes ahead with its scheduled Middle East races
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The president says the US is keeping ‘status quo’ with Iran but remains “locked and loaded” should the situation in the Middle East change.
President Donald Trump said Sunday that renewed US military attacks on Iran are “highly unlikely” if Tehran makes progress toward an agreement on its nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz, offering his clearest indication yet that intensified diplomacy could avert another major round of fighting.
Allyson Horn is the ABC's China correspondent, based in Beijing. She was formerly the Middle East correspondent from 2022 to 2025, based in Jerusalem.
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The U.S. and Iran are on a collision course as tensions in the Middle East simmer.
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On the latest episode of Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty, Nesrine Malik talks about where never-ending culture wars and real wars in the Middle East have left people of colour
The Middle East war continues to weigh on Qantas, despite strong demand for air travel.
Australia to face Qatar in Doha before match in Amman with some players reluctant to travel to the region where the Asian Cup was postponed
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The airline said it could keep cutting capacity and increasing prices as a long conflict in the Middle East keeps the price of oil at record levels.
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Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey discusses the central bank’s decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points and explains how the war in the Middle East is affecting the global inflation outlook.
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The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have been at the centre of the world leaders' reactions.