Donald Trump predicted the war in the Middle East could be over soon, even as Iran's hardliners staged a show of loyalty to new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in a sign that it was not prepared to back down any time soon.

A fourth teen has been charged with murder over the death of a good Samaritan in Melbourne, as police boost patrols in the area. 

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba was chosen by Iran's Assembly of Experts to succeed his late father as supreme leader, in a sign that hardliners were still firmly in charge.

Jacqueline Jackson embraces Jesse Jackson Jr as he speaks to people sitting in attendance during the homegoing services of Jesse Jackson.

US military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children.