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Logistical nightmare unfolds for thousands of Australian travellers
The disruption left many Australians stuck in airports abroad, while travel plans for those departing Australia have been upended as the conflict rages.
- Chris Zappone
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- Middle East at war
Within 12 hours of the first strikes, Khamenei was dead. Here’s how the attack on Iran unfolded
Conflict has spread across the Middle East after the first missiles hit Iran on Saturday.
- Nick O'Malley
The 20 countries to put on your travel list for 2026
Find new charm in the familiar, or forge a fresh trail. Here are the under-the-radar nations and re-emerging classics set to define travel in 2026.
- Ute Junker
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Some of the world’s greatest destinations are currently devoid of tourists
For those who have always wanted to go to Egypt, Morocco or several Middle Eastern countries, this might be the time to book that trip.
- Lee Tulloch
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
The strikingly simple dish that’s worth $15 billion
If ever there was a dish to prove that simplicity is perfection, this is it.
- Ben Groundwater
The Dubai of its day, this ancient mini-Rome flies under the tourist radar
One of the world’s most impressive archaeological sites, Jerash is a mini-Rome that preserves a classical city layout.
- Brian Johnston
How Iran could hit back after US strike
US defence chiefs will have war-gamed Iran’s possible retaliation, and tens of thousands of troops in the region are now on high alert.
- Joe Barnes and Cameron Henderson
Egyptian answer to Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ doesn’t involve emptying it
Egypt’s three-phase reconstruction proposal comes after international uproar over Donald Trump’s call for the removal of Gaza’s Palestinian population.
- Samy Magdy
How Jordan’s king managed an awkward moment with Trump
The Middle Eastern leader did everything in his power to avoid being put on the spot during his meeting with the US president.
- Michael Birnbaum and Dan Diamond