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The World Today is a comprehensive current affairs program which backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians.
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The US President Donald Trump says negotiations with Iran could resume as early as this week as the fuel crunch continues to hurt key industries in Australia.
The stand-off in the Strait of Hormuz deepens with a United States blockade of Iranian ports now underway.
Donald Trump orders a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as Iran says the two sides were "inches away" from reaching a peace agreement in Pakistan.
The Israelis to hold talks with Lebanon, the US to holds talk with Iran - in all this talking, what does it all mean for peace in the Middle East? A former adviser to six US Secretaries of State and middle east negotiator weighs in.
The death toll in Lebanon rises after Israeli strikes, threatening to undermine a fragile ceasefire in the war in Iran.
The US and Iran strike a ceasefire deal, hours after the US President threatened that "a whole civilisation will die tonight" if the ultimatum expired.
Australia's most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, arrested on war crime allegations.
Iran bites back after US President Donald Trump's expletive-laden social media post amping up the pressure over the Strait of Hormuz.
The war isn't over yet - the US President touts 'swift, overwhelming' victories but maintains the war will continue.
New tax relief and financial support for small businesses suffering in the fuel crisis.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to blow up Iran's energy infrastructure if negotiations to end the war are not successful.
Alleged cop murderer Dezi Freeman is dead after seven months on the run.
Donald Trump has extended his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz to April 6, saying he will hold off on bombing Iran's energy plants and that talks are going "very well".
The US President backs down from his ultimatum, postponing military strikes on Iranian power plants.
Are you taking the bus or train instead, maybe working from home? Fuel worries are already changing our daily habits.
One of the most powerful storms to hit Queensland in more than 100 years, Tropical Cyclone Narelle has crossed the Queensland coast as a Category 4 system lashing communities across Cape York Peninsula with deadly winds of up to 270 kilometres an hour.
The federal government announces a coordinator of a fuel supply task force, to ensure critical users get the fuel they need.
Radio shock-jock Kyle Sandilands says he's been sacked by ARN Media, almost a month on from his on-air blow up with co-host Jackie 'O' Henderson.
As Australians brace for a potential rate hike today, war in the Middle East is increasing pressure on the cost of living.
As fallout from the Iran war hits Australians at the bowser, what can be done to ease the cost and supply pressures?
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