Tracey Shelton

When Saudi IT consultant Fatimah Almathami arrived to study in Brisbane, people often asked her if Saudi Arabia was safe for women. Ironically, what Ms Almathami missed the most about her home country was how safe she felt going out late at night for…

Volunteer rescue worker Bayram Çini still has nightmares about those he couldn't save. It's been two months since Mr Çini — along with 50 of his fellow mountaineering enthusiasts from the Turkish city of Aksehir — volunteered to search for survivors…

The war in Ukraine has shattered a nation, but the scars of conflict extend beyond human suffering to an often forgotten casualty: Ukraine's natural environment. While the conflict has reportedly killed more than 50,000 people and displaced millions,…

Tracey Shelton/Global Post The calm at a rebel outpost on Sunday in a violent sector of Aleppo ended suddenly as a tank blast ripped through the small group of fighters, killing three of them as a fourth emerged shaken but only lightly wounded.…

Mountaineer and environmentalist Bayram Çini has been hiking around Lake Akşehir, one of Türkiye's largest lakes, since 1995. It was once a sprawling deep blue expanse, and home to more than 60 types of birds and countless fish species, some of which…

With the Ukrainian summer approaching fast, the clock is ticking on Kyiv's long-awaited "spring offensive" against Russian occupying forces. The Russians are prepared for it. Western governments have supplied much of the weapons and training Ukraine…

In May 2023, a team of international researchers reported that more than half of the world's large lakes and reservoirs had shrunk since the early 1990s. This is due to climate change, unregulated water use, and dam construction. The ABC's Tracey…

Jameela and Wajahad both fled the Taliban but, while Jameela can enjoy this Melbourne park with her family, Wajahad can only look on from behind a small locked window.

August 15, 2020: Afghanistan allows mothers' names on birth certificates in 'significant' milestone for women's rights.

Since Russia launched its "special military operation" into neighbouring Ukraine, media, political organisations and researchers in Ukrainian allied countries have accused Moscow of launching a propaganda blitzkrieg meant to justify the invasion.…

Few people have a CV as impressive as Amin Niazai. Key points: New census data reveals that migrants have an average higher level of education than people born in Australia The 35-year-old Afghan-born Melburnian is a forest ecology and climate change…

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A rescue worker, grinning from ear to ear, pulls a reluctant cat from the arms of his trapped owner, university student Kerem Cetin, in a video from Türkiye's Hatay province. Cats, dogs, birds, aquarium fish, other small pets and farm animals have…

Rescuers have raced against time to pull survivors from the rubble before they succumbed to cold weather two days after an earthquake tore through southern Türkiye and war-ravaged northern Syria. Despite support arriving from across the world rescue…

Para ulama dan pejabat pemerintahan di Jawa Barat menyambut langkah yang diambil kepolisian terhadap seorang warga Australia yang tertangkap di kamera CCTV meludahi seorang imam masjid di Bandung. Brenton McArthur dinyatakan melanggar pasal 335 KUHP,…