Israel 'ready for any scenario' as wider...

Renters deal with unprecedented price increases - making life increasingly difficult in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. 

French man Dominique Pelicot has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars after he was found guilty of drugging and raping his wife Gisele. 

Penny Wong uses a visit to Kyiv to reopen Australia's Ukraine Embassy as Russia makes an arrest over the assassination of a top general in Moscow. 

Iran has vowed “revenge” on Israel and negotiations to end the war in Gaza have been thrown into doubt after the killing of a Hamas leader in Iran. Meanwhile, Australians have been urged to leave Lebanon as fighting between Israel and Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah escal ... Show More

Hamas says Israel killed its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in an airstrike on Iran’s capital, putting the Middle East even further on edge. Bloomberg's Nathan Hager and Joumanna Bercetche break down the details.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, warned that the country’s army would “return to intense fighting” in Gaza unless Hamas released hostages by midday on Saturday. 

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, said that the war in Gaza would go on after Israeli forces killed Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s leader. 

<p>The Middle East finds itself teetering on the brink of a full-scale regional conflict as the world marks one year since the October 7th Hamas attacks. Israel has intensified its military operations against Iran-backed forces across multiple fronts, leaving destruction in its w ... Show More