Debra Killalea

Yocheved Lifshitz, an 85-year-old grandmother taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, has told reporters in Tel Aviv she went "through hell".

The Israeli military says 222 people are being held captive in Gaza, adding that Israeli ground forces also conducted limited raids into Gaza overnight.

Family pay tribute to Galit Carbone, the only Australian to be killed in the October 7 terrorist attack in Israel. Look back on our coverage of the Israel Gaza war. 

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says Palestinians are victims of Hamas's attack and stresses the importance of providing humanitarian access. Look back on our live coverage.

US President Joe Biden says he is "saddened and outraged" by an explosion at a hospital in the Gaza Strip, as families are reunited at Sydney airport. 

Look back on the latest updates as King Abdullah II of Jordan says neither Jordan nor Egypt are willing to accept any Palestinian refugees.

The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza will be reopened to allow foreign nationals out of the embattled Palestinian city, according to the US Secretary of State. 

Israel tells civilians living in northern Gaza to head south, warning them the military will operate "significantly" in Gaza City in the coming days.

Displaced civilians in Gaza say after mosques and schools were hit by Israeli air strikes, they have nowhere to find safety, while Israel recruits advocates for the country online.

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu will form a unity government with key opposition figure Benny Gantz, as Gaza's only power plant shuts down and aid agencies plead for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor.

The Israeli defence force reports sirens sounding across the country, as Hamas fires a fresh barrage of rockets.

Since Saturday's surprise assault, Israeli aircraft have been pounding Gaza targets while its ground forces have battled to retake control of border villages and towns overrun by Palestinian gunmen.

While its northern rival has a nuclear vessel at its disposal, South Korea is relying on another strategy to scare its neighbours: an elite special forces operation unit trained to work behind enemy lines. Here's how it works.

When Prigozhin staged a mutiny against Putin's military, he effectively signed his own death warrant. But what happens to his wife and children?

Kim Jong Un revealed two powerful assets last week: one was a North Korean-made intercontinental ballistic missile, and the other, a little girl later identified as his elusive daughter.

From Tony Abbott's "shirtfront" vow to wild press conferences with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin always brings drama to global summits. But this year, the risks are too great for him to leave the Kremlin unattended.

Vladimir Putin has been steadily winding back the clock on Russia's democracy. Independent media outlets have been shuttered, Western businesses have left and free speech has effectively been stamped out.

After years of whispers that she's Vladimir Putin's secret girlfriend, Alina Kabaeva has been named in the recent list of sanctions against those supporting his war in Ukraine. But mystery still surrounds her.  

Over decades in public life, Russia's President crafted an image as a tough man. And the women in his life rarely feature in the Putin cult of personality. 

They have ruled North Korea for three generations, but the new Kims have blended more modern approaches to fashion and propaganda, with old family traditions of secret child rearing and bloody purges. 

One sibling is the leader of the most reclusive nation in the world, the other is an ambitious woman determined to make her mark. Their new dynamic suggests things are changing inside North Korea's ruling family. 

In a deeply patriarchal society where women have long been relegated to the role of breeders, the rise of Kim Jong-un's younger sister and wife might signal something is changing inside the secretive state.

Crippling sanctions, an economy in crisis, a global pandemic and a string of natural disasters. As North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un faces crisis after crisis, his increasingly powerful sister has not been seen in public for months.

North Korea is quarantining thousands of people and shipping food to a border city locked down over coronavirus worries, casting doubt on the regime's longstanding claim it has avoided an outbreak.

South Korea today marks the 70th anniversary of North Korea's invasion with plans to honour the servicemen and women who helped defend it, but experts suggest Kim Jong-un has other ideas in mind.