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The blast happened at the Shahid Rajaei port just outside a major facility for container shipments for the Islamic Republic that handles some 80 million tons of goods annually.

With Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu threatening to bomb Iran if it does not restrain its nuclear ambition, the discussions in Oman come at a crucial time. 

Pakistan is one of only two countries where polio remains endemic and it is aiming to eradicate it by 2027, but with cases soaring last year, experts and officials worry it will miss its goal.  

Americas Editor John Lyons analyses Donald Trump's warning to Iran that it will face "dire" consequences for any further attacks by the Houthi group in Yemen.  

Donald Trump has warned Tehran will "suffer the consequences" of any further attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels. 

The United States and Houthi Rebels are vowing escalation after US President Donald Trump ordered air strikes on Yemen. The US says it will keep hitting the rebels until they cease piracy attacks in the Red Sea.

ABC Americas editor John Lyons says US President Donald Trump appears to be reaching out to Tehran.

The unfolding strikes represent the biggest US military operation in the Middle East since US President Donald Trump took office in January. 

Australia implemented Magnitsky-style laws in 2021 but critics say little has been done to sanction human rights abusers from the Asia-Pacific.

Set amid the Woman, Life, Freedom uprisings in Iran — following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini — The Seed of the Sacred Fig shows a family unravelling just like their country. 

Sanctions are increasingly used as a democratic tool against our enemies, but a Senate inquiry has found more could be done to make them effective.

Craig and Lindsay Foreman were travelling through Iran on a world-wide trip when they were arrested.

Yemen's Houthi rebels are proving they are a threat that won't go away easily, continuously warning to escalate attacks against Israel and Red Sea shipping if the Gaza ceasefire collapses.  

Their killings, a rare attack targeting the judiciary, come as Iran faces economic turmoil.

It appears as if both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are staking their foreign policy legacies on the Israel Hamas ceasefire agreement. And analysts believe both men were crucial to getting both sides to finally reach a deal.

Takeshi Ebisawa has pleaded guilty in New York to conspiring with a network of associates to "brazenly" traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar, the US justice department says.

A succession of foreshocks and aftershocks are reshaping the geopolitical landscape. How will the global politics of 2025 be defined?

The Israel Defense Forces says it sent more than 100 troops into Syria under the cover of darkness, as the "flagship" Iranian-backed facility began to pose an "imminent threat" to Israel.

Throughout the year, global conflicts illustrated the growing impact of drones in warfare, with jam-proof fibre optics, AI capabilities, and robot dogs among the new developments in 2024. 

The Iran hostage crisis dealt a severe and humiliating blow to America's reputation around the world, and led to the political downfall of president Jimmy Carter.