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US President Donald Trump has said the war in Iran could be over “very soon”, but has still not offered a definitive end date for the conflict. Source link

From closing schools to daily limits, the surging cost of oil prompts countries across Asia to take action to ensure fuel supply and keep prices in check.  Source link

Ukraine is called upon to provide drone defence expertise to the US and Gulf states as the region struggles to counter swarms of Iranian attack drones. Source link

As missiles and drones began lighting up the sky over Dubai, many of the city’s social media personalities started posting about it. Then the government stepped in. Source link

The ABC’s global affairs editor, Laura Tingle, is in Dubai and will provide daily updates on the Middle East war.  Source link

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s big ambitions on the world stage and at home have alarmed his critics.  Source link

A homemade bomb thrown near an anti-Islam protest in New York at the weekend is being investigated as an Islamic State-inspired act of “terrorism,” police say. Source link

Swiss prosecutors have added the mayor to those under criminal investigation for a fatal New Years Eve ski resort fire that killed 41 people. Source link

Fears had been growing that the players, who were labelled “traitors” on Iranian state TV, would be targeted by the Iranian regime if they returned home. Source link

A former top US diplomat says her country’s efforts to topple Iran’s leadership risks destabilising the region and strengthening the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Source link