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Police attempt to disperse protesters near Newtownabbey, in Belfast.

Ugly scenes on Belfast streets tap into simmering rage of a fed-up public

While the news coverage of these protests highlights young men wearing balaclavas, there are many more in the city who support the cause without going so far as to throw things at police.

  • David Crowe

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‘Blood-curdling scream’: How a horrific knife attack brought terror to Belfast streets

Moments after the blade glinted in the street lights, three brave residents rushed at the attacker as horrified residents and passers-by looked on.

  • Cameron Henderson
Tony Kellisar was transferred to immigration detention in 2019 after serving a 20-year sentence for the death of his wife, Svetlana Podgoyetsky, in 1997.

Wife-killer on hunger strike after deportation from Perth to ‘hellhole’ Nauru

Tony Kellisar was jailed for 22 years after he strangled his wife in 1997. He was then in limbo in immigration detention before being released in 2023, but his freedom was short-lived.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
The families leave Sydney Airport.

Australian-based ISIS victims don’t want the ‘brides’ settled here. For them, it’s personal

Four thousand Yazidi people fled Syria after an ISIS genocide and settled in Australia. Their stories should be heard.

  • Jacqueline Maley
The funeral of eight family members killed in an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon earlier this month.

While bombs drop on Lebanon, I grieve: We are safe, but my loved ones are not

Israel intensified its assault on southern Lebanon on Thursday night, ordering the population to leave.

  • Lyda Dankha

The April 25 edition

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The South Sudanese community in Australia is forging its own identity in a new land.

‘We don’t allow people like you in here’: The traumatised community working to rebuild their lives

Australia’s South Sudanese have been demonised and misunderstood – but strong family ties and successful public figures are helping to change the story.

  • Melissa Cunningham
Peter Magyar celebrates after ousting Viktor Orbán as Hungary’s prime minister, winning two-thirds of the seats.

‘Like a mosh pit’: Celebrating a new political future, Budapest-style

Our Europe correspondent joins the euphoric crowds in Budapest’s Batthyany Square as they celebrate the ousting of Hungary’s hardline leader Viktor Orbán after 16 years.

  • David Crowe
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

Hanson scoffs at Taylor’s anti-immigrant pitch

Labor’s Tony Burke also accused the Liberal leader of appealing to Hanson’s voters, while insulting Australia’s many migrant parents.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and James Massola
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor.

Angus Taylor claims too many self-serving migrants are draining the nation

The opposition leader will use his first major policy speech to warn that too many self-serving migrants have taken advantage of Australia and eroded the national culture.

  • James Massola and Natassia Chrysanthos