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Australia must stand firm in its support for a rules-based order and reject any US requests for military aid | Donald Rothwell

ByDonald Rothwell

Labor governments have a proud history of supporting the UN charter. The Albanese government must continue itAmerica’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities has no legitimacy under international law and carries significant implications for Australia. T…

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Australia must stand firm in its support for a rules-based order and reject any US requests for military aid | Donald Rothwell

ByDonald Rothwell

Labor governments have a proud history of supporting the UN charter. The Albanese government must continue itAmerica’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities has no legitimacy under international law and carries significant implications for Australia. T…

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Why Trump bombed Iran – podcast

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The United States has joined Israel in its attacks on Iranian nuclear sites. Michael Safi hears from reporter Hugo Lowell and world affairs correspondent Andrew Roth on what happens now Continue reading…

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Why Trump bombed Iran – podcast

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The United States has joined Israel in its attacks on Iranian nuclear sites. Michael Safi hears from reporter Hugo Lowell and world affairs correspondent Andrew Roth on what happens now Continue reading…

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US bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities is Trump’s biggest gamble yet as president

ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Much could go wrong for the US and the Middle East as Trump and Netanyahu pursue the disempowerment of IranDonald Trump, a self-confessed risk-taker, has taken the greatest gamble – not just with his political reputation and the future of the Middle Ea…

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Islamic State suicide bombing in Damascus church leaves many dead and dozens injured

ByWilliam Christou

Evening attack is first major atrocity by Islamist terror group in Syria since President al-Assad was deposedA suicide bombing by Islamic State (IS) targeting a church in Damascus has killed 20 people and wounded 52, Syrian authorities have said.The at…

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Islamic State suicide bombing in Damascus church leaves many dead and dozens injured

ByWilliam Christou

Evening attack is first major atrocity by Islamist terror group in Syria since President al-Assad was deposedA suicide bombing by Islamic State (IS) targeting a church in Damascus has killed 20 people and wounded 52, Syrian authorities have said.The at…

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JD Vance claims US is at war with Iran’s nuclear program, not Iran

ByEdward Helmore

Vice-president declines to double down on Trump’s stance that Iran’s nuclear sites were totally destroyedJD Vance has said the US is “not at war” with Iran – but is with its nuclear weapons program, holding out a position that the White House hopes to …

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How the carefully planned US bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities unfolded

ByJulian Borger in Jaffa

Decoy B-2 flights and diplomatic misdirections meant Tehran was caught off guard by the overnight raidsMiddle East crisis – latest updatesLate on Friday night, eight US B-2 bombers took off from Whiteman air force base in Missouri and turned westwards …

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‘We weren’t expecting it yet’: US attack met with panic in Iran

ByWilliam Christou, Shah Meer Baloch and Deepa Parent

People in Tehran say they feel angry and scared as bombing prompts renewed wave of displacement from capitalMiddle East crisis – latest updatesAsal* had been expecting the US to bomb Iran, just not so soon. The 22-year-old Tehran University student had…