Live: US and Iran race to find missing pilot as Trump threatens 'Hell' if deal not reached
By Maddie Nixon
Donald Trump gives Iran 48 hours to make a deal before "all Hell will reign down on them", as the US and Iran race to find a missing American pilot. Follow live.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-05/iran-middle-east-war-us-israel-live-updates/106531798
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Russia launches Good Friday daytime attacks on Ukraine, killing 14
The Russian military used more than 500 drones and dozens of missiles, according to the Ukrainian air force, destroying residential buildings and damaging a veterinary clinic.
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I find myself weeping again for Lebanon
By Virginia Trioli
Lebanese families have been told to flee homes that they might never be able to return to, and families are setting up tents for an uncertain and dangerous life on the streets of Beirut all because of a conflict not of their making, brought about by another state.
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Lebanese families have been told to flee homes that they might never be able to return to, and families are setting up tents for an uncertain and dangerous life on the streets of Beirut all because of a conflict not of their making, brought about by another state.
After Iran shot down a US jet, Trump's quagmire moment arrives
By John Lyons
This is a moment when the US either goes deeper into this war or makes a clear decision to end it.
Live: Two US planes shot down in Iran, 2 crew members rescued with one still missing
By Maddie Nixon
Two US planes have been shot down in Iran with 2 crew members rescued while another remains missing. Follow live.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-04/iran-middle-east-war-live-updates/106530628
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How the Iran war is pushing US ally the Philippines into economic crisis
By Tim Swanston
Countries heavily reliant on imported oil are particularly vulnerable to the unfolding energy crisis caused by the US-Israel war with Iran. It's no more apparent than in South-East Asian countries like the Philippines.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-04/philippines-south-east-asia-gas-crisis/106530030
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The 20,000 sailors who have become sitting ducks in the Gulf
By Cason Ho, Mazoe Ford, and Som Patidar
Interviews and first-hand accounts from sailors stranded in the Persian Gulf — under threat of drone attacks, missiles, and exploding boats — reveal an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis unfolding.
Strategically critical Pacific island divided over growing US military presence
By Sean Mantesso
The Pacific Island of Guam sits at the centre of a struggle between the world's most powerful military and the right of its people to determine their own future.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-04/us-military-expansion-threat-or-saviour-in-guam/106516124
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Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing elected president
In a live broadcast of the vote count the former commander-in-chief comfortably passed the threshold required to win the presidential vote.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-03/min-aung-hlaing-elected-new-myanmar-president/106530476
Trump's fiercest female defenders are now on the outer
By Brad Ryan
Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem were both fired after controversial tenures carrying out Donald Trump's instructions in two of the trickiest roles in his administration.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-03/trump-fires-pam-bondi-analysis/106530130
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