World
Claire’s 70th birthday present? Driving utes into a war zone
Claire and her two sons cruised from London through Germany and Poland. The mood changed considerably as they showed their paperwork while crossing Ukraine’s border.
- by Rob Harris
Analysis
Assange saga
The dark footnote in the history of tiny island where Assange was freed
- by Lisa Visentin
Opinion & Perspectives
I’m relieved for Julian Assange. I’m also deeply concerned
My own prison ordeal gave me a taste of what Assange may be feeling. He’s out – but the chilling effect on press freedom remains.
Peter Greste
Author, journalist and academic
What most Israelis hope will happen to Netanyahu when the war is over
More would vote for a man who’s not even in parliament if an election were held today, according to a poll published on Friday.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Can a national hero like Kylian Mbappe stop the rise of the far-right in France?
Before President Emmanuel Macron’s stunning decision to dissolve parliament and call a snap poll, France’s reckoning with the hard right was scheduled for 2027.
Rob Harris
Europe correspondent
North America
The WikiLeaks Baghdad airstrike video that made Assange a household name
The 38-minute classified aerial video of a 2007 attack in a Baghdad suburb that killed at least 11 was released by WikiLeaks in 2010, causing a media maelstrom.
- by Maham Javaid
World of photos, June 27, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
An eight-day trip to space has gone wrong. Two astronauts are stuck indefinitely
- by Christian Davenport
Europe
Reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia on specious espionage charges
- by Jim Heintz and Kirill Zarubin
Crimean beachgoers struck by deadly shrapnel shower from missile
- by Guy Faulconbridge and Filipp Lebedev
Asia
Analysis
Assange saga
The dark footnote in the history of tiny island where Assange was freed
After 14 years, the many twists and turns of Julian Assange’s legal woes were finally decided on Saipan – a little-known Pacific island.
- by Lisa Visentin
Chinese dissident recalls secretive jet-ski escape across the Yellow Sea
Kwon Pyong escaped China on a jet-ski last summer. He strapped five fuel barrels to his craft, and brought five water bottles and five sandwiches for the dash across the sea.
- by John Yoon
Analysis
China relations
Pandas can’t paper over Australia’s differences with China
- by Lisa Visentin
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Ruling forces ultra-Orthodox into Israeli military after decades exempt
The long-standing exemptions had begun to grate on Israel’s Jewish majority, especially after the deaths of hundreds of soldiers in Gaza.
- by Tia Goldenberg
Heat deaths in Mecca shine light on underworld pilgrim industry
- by Emad Mekay and Vivian Nereim
