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In his first national address since the start of the war, President Donald Trump says the US will hit Iran hard over the next two to three weeks, and tells allies they need to secure the Strait of Hormuz if they want to calm oil markets. Source link

The quake, which hit early today, had a depth of 35 kilometres and its epicentre was 127km west-north-west of Ternate, Indonesia, the US Geological Survey said. Source link

Four astronauts are on board the Orion capsule as humanity seeks to return to the Moon for the first time since 1972. Follow live. Source link

The ABC’s Middle East correspondent, Matthew Doran, is in Jerusalem and providing daily updates on the Middle East war.  Source link

Singapore is exposed to the oil shock from Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and its response will shape the fuel crisis in Australia. Source link

Jessica tried to keep her distance from Harrods billionaire owner Mohamed Al Fayed, who was known to abuse his female staff, until he spotted her going down an escalator. Source link

Donald Trump says he is strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO after allies failed to back US military action against Iran, in an interview with the UK’s Daily Telegraph. Source link

US President Donald Trump says work will continue on underground bunker at the White House after a federal judge ordered him to suspend his ballroom project, which demolished the building’s East Wing. Source link

Police in Iraq say they are searching for an American journalist who has been kidnapped in Baghdad, possibly by an Iranian-backed militia group. Source link

A federal court has ordered the Trump administration to suspend work on a $400 million ballroom on the site of the demolished East Wing of the White House, barring construction from proceeding without congressional approval. Source link