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Qantas beware: Virgin now offers a best-in-world business class

Virgin Australia’s new partnership means that Qantas now has serious local competition for long-haul flights to Europe.

  • Trudi Jenkins

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President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the White House on Tuesday.

Trump says Israel has agreed to Gaza ceasefire as White House cuts supplies to Ukraine

The president says Israel has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire ahead of his meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, while the White House confirms it has halted the transfer of some munitions to Ukraine.

  • Derek Wallbank
In 2020, Virgin Australia flight attendant Cassy Appleton fought off tears. Today, the airline is back on the ASX.

Cassy’s teary farewell to passengers went viral. Now her airline is back in the game

Brought back from the abyss, one airline has defied political gloom and uncertainty to surge on the sharemarket.

  • Chris Zappone
Carriers have spent the past 12 days avoiding airspace near Iran. Overnight, Qatar’s airspace temporarily shut as Iran struck a United States military base.

‘Most complex’: Inside the 24 hours that brought Qatar’s airspace to a close

It took a day to re-route more than 20,000 passengers aboard 90 flights sent away from Doha in midair.

  • Chris Zappone
US President Donald Trump arrives at the NATO summit on Tuesday.

How Trump pivoted from bombing Iran to announcing a ceasefire in just 48 hours

Iran’s nuclear sites were still smoking when Trump set in motion intense to end of conflict. But analysts fear that may not happen.

  • Adam Taylor, Emily Davies and John Hudson
Trump speaks with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al Thani (left) and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani (right) as he leaves Al Udeid Air Base in May.

Why Qatar stepped up to play peacemaker, even as Iran aimed its missiles over Doha

If Iran had attacked any other Persian Gulf nation this week, it might have run into more complicated territory.

  • Adam Rasgon
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The sneak attack in the middle of the night triggered a 12-day war

Here’s how the conflict has played out, moment by moment.

  • Angus Delaney, Jamie Brown, Matthew Absalom-Wong and Tom McKendrick
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Al Udeid Air Base outside of Doha, Qatar, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Trump ceasefire plan falters as Israel accuses Iran of launching more missiles

Israel’s defence minister said Tehran had violated the ceasefire just hours after it began but Iranian state media said reports of fresh missile strikes were false.

  • Michael Koziol
Missiles can be seen in the sky above Qatar.

What we know about the ceasefire and Iran’s attack against the US

US President Donald Trump says the ceasefire between Iran and Israel is now in effect. Here’s what you need to know.

  • Angus Delaney

Qatar hosts the US air base attacked overnight. Where is it and what else is there to know about this Gulf state?

When Trump visited Qatar in May, the talk was about a fancy jet from the Qataris. But he also dropped into Al Udeid Air Base. Here’s why.

  • Angus Holland and Jackson Graham

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