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The Adiyogi Shiva statue is 112 feet (34 metres) tall, an allusion to the 112 chakras of the body.

‘Arc de Trump’? The 20 most over-the-top buildings ever constructed

The US president’s proposed monument would join a long and rapidly growing list of structures we could probably do without.

  • Chris Moss

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Palestinian patients board a vehicle in Khan Younis on their way to the Rafah crossing, as they leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment abroad.

Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopens for limited traffic in key step for ceasefire

The number of travellers is expected to increase over time if the system is successful. Israel has said it and Egypt will vet people for exit and entry.

  • Samy Magdy and Josef Federman
Palestinians search for bodies and survivors from the rubble of a police station after it was hit by an Israeli strike.

‘Where is the ceasefire?’: Israeli strikes kill at least 30 Palestinians ahead of Gaza crossing reopening

Conflict mediator Qatar calls the latest strikes a “dangerous escalation”, with the death toll reportedly several times higher than the daily average since the ceasefire began.

  • Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Sam Metz
Ran Gvili in an undated photo.

Israel recovers last hostage body, paving way for Gaza’s lifeline to reopen

The remains of police officer Ran Gvili – held in Gaza for more than 840 days – have been identified and will be returned for burial, the Israeli military said.

  • Alexander Cornwell
Indoor palm trees at the newer terminal 2, Cairo International Airport.

There’s little to excite you at this busy airport, with one exception

The shopping and dining options are typical chain-store fare, but then you come across the exhibit of a 2600-year-old mummy.

  • Andrew Bain
The El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt.

A devastating Aussie connection in the middle of the Egyptian desert

Of the thousands of Anzacs buried at the El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt, one grave fills me with a sense of grief, even now, 84 years on.

  • Andrew Bain
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The Brownlow medallist who lived in a hostel with refugees and wrote a novel

The brutal reality of Kelvin Templeton’s football era are depicted with unsparing detail in his first novel which travels back to the year he lived in a migrant hostel.

  • Jake Niall
Fountain Suite.

This hotel feels like being transported into an Egyptian palace

The atmospheric Al Moudira Hotel, Luxor West Bank, never lets you forget you’re in a special part of the world.

  • Michael Gebicki
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport on Monday.

In triumph, Netanyahu sets out the terms for peace – at the point of a spear

There was so much attention on Donald Trump that it was easy to overlook the steel in the message from Benjamin Netanyahu.

  • David Crowe
Jared Kushner has no official White House role and yet is at the centre of the Gaza negotiations.

How Jared Kushner, a self-described ‘deal guy’, helped broker a Gaza breakthrough

Trump’s son-in-law brought his New York developer instincts to the Middle East negotiations.

  • Katie Rogers and Tyler Pager