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FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Egypt hold Belgium as Cape Verde stun Spain with draw
A 40-year-old goalkeeper starred for debutants Cape Verde against a flat Spain, as build-up intensifies towards Iran’s opening game against New Zealand.
- Emma Kemp
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‘Fire is on hold’: Iran, Israel halt strikes, but threaten to respond to any new attacks
Iran and Israel agreed to ease strikes against each other after a flare-up in violence threatened to derail peace negotiations and led US President Donald Trump to appeal for de-escalation.
- Eltaf Najafizada
Circular Quay revamp is another failure of privatisation
The torrents of cash, the ongoing inconveniences and the endless finger-pointing continues.
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- Middle East at war
Deal or no deal? Trump searches for Iran off-ramp to end ‘hurting stalemate’
Operation Epic Fury has been militarily successful but securing a settlement, a peace deal or even just a framework agreement has been less of a triumph.
- Michael Koziol
Trump ‘holds off’ on planned Iran strikes as Gulf states take lead on deal
A full-scale military attack on Iran was still possible at a moment’s notice, the US president warned, if an agreement was not reached.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Oil
Supply shock: The Iran war will change the oil market forever
The latest International Energy Agency assessment of the oil market points to a continuing shortfall of oil supply, and higher prices, even if the war were to end next month.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Iran hit the US a lot harder than we thought. Here are the images that prove it
Experts say the damage at more than 200 sites suggests the US military had underestimated Iran’s targeting abilities, not adapted sufficiently to modern drone warfare and left some bases under-protected.
- Evan Hill, Jarrett Ley, Alex Horton, Tara Copp and Dan Lamothe
- Opinion
- OPEC
Trump is trying to break the OPEC oil cartel. The UAE has done exactly what he wanted
The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries advances Donald Trump’s goal of weakening the powerful oil bloc.
- Clinton Fernandes
- Opinion
- OPEC
Carlos the Jackal, JR from Dallas and a kidnapping: a short history of OPEC
In the past 66 years, OPEC has generated more colourful stories than just the price of oil.
- Janine Perrett
The bottomless pit has a bottom. LIV exit part of Saudi shift ahead of 2034 World Cup
The trillion-dollar investment fund of Saudi Arabia recently announced a strategic reboot, and LIV Golf isn’t the only sport affected.
- Iain Payten