Protesters in Tel Aviv calling for the return of hostages held in the Gaza Strip react after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was reached.

What to know about the Gaza ceasefire deal

The agreement contains a three-stage process to free hostages and negotiate a more permanent end to the war,but a last-minute crisis threatens to derail it.

  • Lia Timson andMichael Koziol

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What to expect around the world in 2025

One name keeps popping up as our correspondents note the major issues they will be watching on their patch. It promises to be a wild ride.

  • Lisa Visentin,Zach Hope,Farrah Tomazin,Rob Harris andLia Timson
Making news in 2024:Donald Trump,Vladimir Putin,Benjamin Netanyahu,Kamala Harris,Catherine,Princess of Wales,King Charles III,Syria and Gisèle Pelicot.

The rise and fall of strongmen,and justice for a woman unbowed

It was a year of wars,election surprises,royal health scares and the reign of new queens. Within this maelstrom,one woman’s quiet courage shone through.

  • Lisa Visentin,Zach Hope,Farrah Tomazin,Rob Harris,Matthew Knott,Matt Wade andLia Timson
Ornella Byak,entrepreneur,charity CEO,volunteer extraordinaire,outside the Rag&Famish Hotel,opposite her alma mater,Monty.

How Ornella’s ‘very expensive education’ in Sydney pushed her to build a school across the Timor Sea

At the age of 14,Ornella Byak had an encounter that shaped the course of her life.

  • Lia Timson
Le Parisien Café Patisserie,among the trees in Tramore Place,Killarney Heights.

Morceau of France with the harbour and bush thrown in to taste

I love that I can hear different languages on the streets and in shops and can get my fix of delicious French pastries and baguettes without having to fork out for a plane ticket.

  • Lia Timson
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2011.

Who was Jeffrey Epstein?

Intrigue surrounds Jeffrey Epstein years after his death in prison. Why? And what do Donald Trump,Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew have to do with it?

  • Lia Timson
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Let’s try to right the World in 2024.

What to expect around the world in 2024

Amid hope for less war and a better year,our correspondents take a look at the major issues they will be watching in their patch.

  • Eryk Bagshaw,Chris Barrett,Lucy Cormack,Rob Harris,Farrah Tomazin,Lia Timson andMatt Wade
Year in Review 2023

Wars,Trump’s courtroom dramas and our new King:The world in 2023

From the Israel-Hamas conflict,China’s growing influence in the world,to the COP28 climate summit and beyond - our correspondents look back at the events that have shaped the world in the past year.

  • Eryk Bagshaw,Chris Barrett,Lucy Cormack,Rob Harris,Farrah Tomazin,Lia Timson andJames Lemon
New Zealand outgoing minister for Pacific peoples,Aupito William Sio,arrives in traditional Samoan finery including a feathery headdress called a tuiga to deliver his final speech at parliament in Wellington on August 22.

Voices around the world:Indigenous representation in other countries

As campaigns on both sides make their final pitch to Australians about the proposed advisory body,we consider some minority representative bodies around the world.

  • Lucy Cormack andLia Timson
Trucks from the fire brigade of the Yvelines area,France.

‘A very clear call’:Cool-headed seven-year-old saves his mum’s life

An emergency services department in France has posted audio of the boy’s phone call in a bid to encourage more preparedness in the public.

  • Lia Timson