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After week of war, Trump demands Iran's 'unconditional surrender'
The US president earlier demanded the right to help name Iran's new leader.
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Acid rain falls on Vanuatu islands as volcano belches ash
about 1 hour agoThere is frustration over government inaction on Ambae island as acid rain from the Manaro Voui volcano is impacting locals.
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Close call between Australian, Chinese military helicopters
39 minutes agoAustralia says one of its military helicopters was flying over international waters in the Yellow Sea when it was intercepted by a Chinese helicopter.
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Israeli airforce pounds Beirut, Lebanon death toll rises
6:45 am todayIsrael pounded Beirut's southern suburbs with airstrikes, stepping up a war with Hezbollah that has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes.
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The Oscars are coming up and it's anyone's game
5:04 am todayWith the Academy Awards right around the corner, it's difficult to find another year when the race was this wide open, this late in the game.
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Amanda Seyfried's 'prosthetic butthole' isn't a joke
5:04 am todayCostuming nudity is important for actors.
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Pentagon's new AI chief has shared white supremacist, misogynist content
14 minutes agoGavin Kliger has been appointed to the role, which the Pentagon describes as placing him "at the centre of the Department's most ambitious AI efforts".
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Israel warns residents of cluster bomb threat from Iran
4:56 am todayIsraeli police said at least one such munition had already hit the country in Tehran's barrages.
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FBI memos related to Trump sex abuse allegation posted online
12:41 am todayThree FBI memos describing interviews related to unverified sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump have been made public.
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'Broad-scale' strikes hit Beirut
6 Mar 2026Meanwhile, Iran is making plans to introduce a new supreme leader. Audio
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Drowning by dingoes: How Canadian backpacker died
6 Mar 2026The 19-year-old was found on a K'gari beach near a campsite where she lived and worked for about a week before her death.
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With Iran war, US goes it alone like never before
6 Mar 2026Analysis - The United States and Israel made no pretense of going through the United Nations before launching the war, writes AFP's Shaun Tandon.
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Kurdish forces ready to enter Iran 'at any given moment'
6 Mar 2026Kurdish opposition fighters are preparing an imminent ground operation to enter Iran, threatening to open a new front in the escalating war.
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In Trump's precarious world, NZ will need all the middle‑sized friends it can get
6 Mar 2026Analysis: The hard part remains: how can middle and smaller powers effectively work together when still mostly reliant on great powers for security, trade and technology?
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Three Australian personnel on US submarine that sank Iranian vessel
6 Mar 2026"I can confirm also, though, that no Australian personnel have participated in any offensive action against Iran."
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US likely behind deadly attack on Iran girls' school - sources
6 Mar 2026US military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children.
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'Waste of time': Trump on sending US troops to Iran
6 Mar 2026Trump also indicated he is keen to see Iran's leadership structure removed and that "we want to go in and clean out everything" quickly.
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Trump says 'question of time' before US turns to Cuba after Iran
6 Mar 2026President Donald Trump has suggested that he would turn to an unspecified project for Cuba, the Caribbean island already facing a US energy blockade, after the war against Iran.
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Trump demands role in choosing next Iran leader
6 Mar 2026US President Donald Trump says "Khamenei's son is unacceptable to me" as Iran's next supreme leader.
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Trump replaces Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem
6 Mar 2026Kristi Noem had been overseeing the US President's immigration crackdown.
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Mideast war risks pulling more in as conflict boils over
6 Mar 2026"The conflict has evolved into a high-intensity, multi-domain campaign with no immediate end in sight," the US-based Soufan Centre said.
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Sir Peter Jackson to receive an honorary award at Cannes
6 Mar 2026The Oscar winning filmmaker, best known for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, says the Palm D'Or is "one of the greatest privileges of my career".
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Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! falls apart
6 Mar 2026There is so much to love about this Jessie Buckley-led, retro-inspired Frankenstein movie - but not enough to hold it together.
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Israel decided to kill Khamenei in November, defence minister says
6 Mar 2026The plan was eventually shared with the Washington and brought forward around January when protests broke out in Iran.
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US House votes down bid to rein in Trump's Iran war powers
6 Mar 2026The vote comes as the president faces fierce criticism over launching the conflict without seeking approval from Congress.
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Iran, Israel, and 'the great Satan'
6 Mar 2026A week after the US and Israel struck Iran, The Detail looks at what really led to the war, how Tehran hit back, and the political storm brewing at home
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Ukraine and Russia free 200 prisoners of war each
6 Mar 2026Prisoner of war swaps are one of the few areas of cooperation between the warring countries.
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Oil prices surge as Middle East war stirs supply concerns
Hundreds of vessels are unable to travel through the vital Strait of Hormuz.
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