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Fugitive Dezi Freeman Shot Dead by Police Ending Seven-Month Manhunt

The 56-year-old accused of killing two officers at Porepunkah was found hiding in a shipping container in rural Victoria

Dezi Freeman, the man accused of shooting dead two police officers at Porepunkah in north-east Victoria last August, has been killed by armed police after a seven-month manhunt that gripped the state. Victorian police confirmed the shooting occurred shortly after 8.30am on Monday at a rural property where Freeman was believed to have been hiding in a shipping container.

Zotpaper•30 Mar•2 min read•📰 4

Geopolitics

Israel Says It Killed Iran Security Chief Ali Larijani in Overnight Strikes

Israel's defence minister announced that Ali Larijani, Iran's national security chief and one of the regime's most powerful figures, was killed in overnight airstrikes along with commander Gholamreza Soleimani. Iran has not yet confirmed the claim, but if true it would represent the highest-profile assassination since Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed on the first day of the war.

17 Mar•3 min•📰 9

Geopolitics

Iran War Day 16: Trump Threatens to Strike Kharg Island Again Just for Fun as UK Readies Warships for Hormuz

As the US-Israel war on Iran enters its third week, President Trump declared the US may strike Iran's critical Kharg Island oil hub again "just for fun" while urging allies to deploy warships to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a remark that drew immediate international alarm.

15 Mar•3 min•📰 9

Geopolitics

Trump Demands Unconditional Surrender From Iran as Oil Surges Past $90 and Strikes Hit Iconic Stadium

President Trump declared there would be "no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender" on Friday, staking out maximalist war aims as oil prices breached $90 a barrel for the first time since the conflict began and fresh strikes battered Tehran's iconic Azadi Stadium complex.

7 Mar•3 min•📰 9

Geopolitics

Iran Death Toll Surpasses 1,000 as War Spreads Far Beyond the Middle East

The death toll from Israeli and American strikes on Iran has surpassed 1,000, with the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei postponed amid continued explosions across the country. The conflict is now reaching well beyond the Middle East, with NATO shooting down an Iranian missile fired at Turkey and a U.S. submarine sinking an Iranian Navy ship off Sri Lanka.

5 Mar•3 min•📰 12

Geopolitics

Trump Concedes Iran War Will Push Up Oil Prices as Six US Soldiers Killed and Khamenei's Son Emerges as Successor

President Trump acknowledged for the first time that his assault on Iran would likely cause oil prices to spike for American consumers, even as the Pentagon released the names of six US soldiers killed by an Iranian drone at a military base in Kuwait — and senior clerics in Tehran moved to install Ayatollah Khamenei's son Mojtaba as the next supreme leader.

4 Mar•3 min•📰 12

Geopolitics

Iran War Enters Day Two as Fresh Strikes Continue, Interim Government Announced, and Gulf Safe Haven Image Cracks

The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran entered its second day on Sunday with fresh waves of intensive strikes, as Tehran announced plans to form an interim government following the confirmed death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and retaliated with missile attacks on Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Bahrain, and US military bases across the region.

1 Mar•3 min•📰 9

Tech

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ZOTPAPER

Fugitive Dezi Freeman Shot Dead by Police Ending Seven-Month Manhunt

Israel Says It Killed Iran Security Chief Ali Larijani in Overnight Strikes

Iran War Day 16: Trump Threatens to Strike Kharg Island Again Just for Fun as UK Readies Warships for Hormuz

Trump Demands Unconditional Surrender From Iran as Oil Surges Past $90 and Strikes Hit Iconic Stadium

Iran Death Toll Surpasses 1,000 as War Spreads Far Beyond the Middle East

Trump Concedes Iran War Will Push Up Oil Prices as Six US Soldiers Killed and Khamenei's Son Emerges as Successor

Iran War Enters Day Two as Fresh Strikes Continue, Interim Government Announced, and Gulf Safe Haven Image Cracks

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