Tracey Shelton

Amid a frenzied mix of anger, disbelief and exultation, shouts of "Don't kill him! Don't kill him!" echoed through the crowd of rebel fighters as Libyan leader colonel Moamar Gaddafi was pulled from his hiding place inside a stormwater drain. The…

With the downfall of the Islamic State group in Syria, the world is facing the challenge of what to do with the thousands of locals and foreigners who fled the crumbling caliphate — among them at least 70 Australian children. Reluctant to allow…

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.WatchDuration: 58 seconds58s Gaby Jammal, now 57, joined a militia in Beirut at the age of 12. He came of age fighting in Lebanon's 15-year civil war, saw…

Despite a lack of power, limited supplies and the occasional sound of distant gunfire, the siblings giggled happily as they joked and played with their parents inside a dim stone cottage in Idlib, Syria. "Of course I get scared when there is bombing,…

People inspecting damage from airstrikes on a market in Atareb.Subscribe now Over the past decade, the lives of millions of people in Syria have been turned upside down. From bombings to beheadings, Syria has been utterly destroyed by hatred and…

The plight of 32 detainees at Melbourne's infamous Park Hotel has been overshadowed this week by the detention of Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic. The group of refugees and asylum seekers — many feeling forgotten and abandoned after up to nine…

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…

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…

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…

The word terrorism may conjure images of a train ripped apart by an explosion as innocent families lie bleeding, the destruction of a suicide bomb in a busy mall, or frightened passengers in a plane hijacking. But how many of us picture a scene…

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…

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…

Several containers of natural uranium reported missing by the UN's nuclear watchdog in war-torn Libya are found, according to a general with one of the country's two rival governments. Key points: The IAEA reported the 10 drums of uranium ore…

Across Türkiye and Syria, devastated families have been forced to bury their loved ones in mass graves, sometimes forgoing burial rites, as the death toll from two powerful earthquakes and hundreds of aftershocks continues to rise. With more than…

Iranian footballer Amir Reza Nasr Azadani has been sentenced to death after he was arrested last month for joining nationwide protests against the country's clerical establishment, human rights groups have said. Mr Azadani is among at least 27 other…

Iran's morality police and Russians involved in the attempted assassination of former opposition leader Alexei Navalny are among those facing new sanctions imposed by the Australian government. The sanctions list includes a number of Russian…

The death of a young woman detained by morality police in Iran has sparked protests across the globe. Read more Mahsa Amini, 22, was arrested in Tehran for wearing "unsuitable attire" and died in custody three days later. Iran is one of only two…

A decade lostWar brings out the worst of humanity — but what I also saw on the front lines was a glimmer of hope. But I chose to be there. I’ll never know what it’s like to have no choice.It was dark, cold and terrifying, the night Yasmeen was…

Hundreds of Melburnians have gathered in solidarity with protesters in Iran, who have taken to the streets across the country, furious over the death of a woman while she was in the custody of Iran's morality police. Mahsa Amini, 22, was arrested in…

Internet access is being restricted in Iran as violent protests sparked by the death of a woman in police custody spread across the country, according to residents and global internet watchdog NetBlocks. Last week's death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini,…