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Iran has threatened to retaliate after the United States Navy attacked an Iranian container ship.

A fragile 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is in place, but it is not clear if the Iran-backed group Hezbollah will abide by it.

With the nation's fuel supplies under threat because of the Iran war, the Federal Government has described a fire at a Victorian oil refinery, as "a setback".

The American President, Donald Trump, says peace talks between the US and Iran could resume in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad in a matter of days.

The Federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has announced the first part of his "Australian Values Migration Plan."

After the failed peace talks between the US and Iran, Donald Trump is now planning to use US navy ships to blockade Iranian ports.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed his military will continue to strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon despite agreeing to enter into peace negotiations with the Lebanese government.

The ceasefire agreement in the Middle East is looking tenuous this evening, after Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed hundreds of civilians.

The United States, Israel and Iran have agreed at the last minute to a two-week ceasefire, but it seems the three nations have differing ideas about the terms of the truce.

Australia's most famous modern day soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has been charged with murder after an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

Iran is vowing to retaliate if Donald Trump follows through on threats to attack Iranian power plants and bridges if the Strait of Hormuz isn't reopened by tomorrow.

In his first address to the nation since the start of the war in Iran, the US President Donald Trump has claimed the military operation has been a major success.

The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, is to address the nation this evening to outline what the government is doing to ease the effects of the fuel crisis and to urge Australians to play their part in protecting supplies.

Iran is warning the United States that if ground troops enter the war in Iran none will return home alive.

After the biggest manhunt in Victorian history, police have shot dead fugitive Dezi Freeman who was wanted for killing two police officers last year.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle has made landfall on WA's north west coast.

Iran has rejected a U.S peace proposal and countered with its own terms to bring the conflict to an end, including that it be allowed to control the Strait of Hormuz.

Australia and the European Union have signed a free trade agreement and a defence and security pact.

The Head of the International Energy Agency is warning that as the Middle East crisis deepens, no country is immune from the worst fuel crisis in decades.

Communities on Queensland's north-west coast are taking shelter as tropical cyclone Narelle moves across the country's north.