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Emily Damari, right, and her mother Mandy near kibbutz Reim, southern Israel after Emily was released from captivity by Hamas militants in Gaza.

Palestinian prisoners freed after Hamas releases hostages as Gaza ceasefire takes hold

Israel has freed 90 Palestinian prisoners in return after militant group Hamas released three Israeli hostages as part of a ceasefire deal designed to end the war in Gaza.

  • Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman and Sam Mednick

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Oscar Jenkins, a former Melbourne Grammar student, was captured by Russian forces fighting for Ukraine’s foreign legion in the Donbas region.

Australia demands answers from Russian ambassador over Australian prisoner of war

Australia is urgently seeking updates on the welfare of Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins, after footage of him being slapped by Russian interrogators circulated online.

  • Rob Harris and Natassia Chrysanthos
Sergeant Samuel Pearse, who died fighting in Russia with the British while wearing his Australian uniform.

Why an Anzac VC winner’s remains are in a plastic bag in a remote Russian morgue

More than 105 years after his death aged 22, a campaign is growing for Victoria Cross recipient Samuel Pearse to be given a dignified burial with military honours.

  • Rob Harris
Private George “Dick” Whittington is guided from the Battle of Buna byb”Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel” Raphael Oimbari. Christmas Day, 1942.

The battle over two of the most compelling images of war

A new book tells the remarkable story behind two photographers who fought censors to record the truth of war.

  • Tony Wright
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and North Korean Foreign Ministert Choe Son Hui at Yaroslavsky railway terminal in Moscow, Russia.

North Korea will back Russia until victory in Ukraine, foreign minister says

The meeting between Choe Son Hui and her Russian counterpart in Moscow comes amid reports North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to Russia.

  • Dmitry Antonov
The rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Deir Billa, Lebanon.

Netanyahu agrees to limit strike on Iran: report

The Israeli prime minister has told the US he will strike military targets, not Iran’s oil infrastructure or nuclear installations, according to The Washington Post.

  • Artorn Pookasook and Maya Gebeily
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A building after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Barja village, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday.

Hezbollah fighting Israeli troops near Lebanon’s Ramiya village; third UN peacekeeper wounded

Israel targeted new locations in northern Lebanon on Saturday as a third United Nations peacekeeper was wounded in the escalating conflict.

  • Amina Ismail and Ahmed Tolba
Flames and smoke rise from an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, October 6, 2024.

Israel says it has a right to defend itself. But does it have a right to invade Lebanon?

The invasion of Lebanon by Israel’s forces has sparked heated debate about its legality under international law.

  • Lara Jakes
An injured Palestinian child is carried into Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital following an Israeli airstrike.

Gaza refugee camp under Israeli attack, say aid workers

Thousands of people are trapped in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp as Israel continues its multi-front assault in the Middle East.

A woman holds an Israeli flag with red paint on it to resemble blood as protesters block a main road during a rally calling for a hostages deal on September 13, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

I’m terrified and torn on this dark anniversary, and by what’s yet to come

As a Jewish Australian, I am torn between my condemnation of Israel’s almost certain war crimes in Gaza and the terrifying rise in antisemitism, and my relief that Israel might be on track to destroy Hezbollah.

  • David Leser

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