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Foreign service is ‘stretched to the point of ineffectiveness’ as it tries to deal with a fragmenting world order, report says

Rachel Lehmann Ware and her husband, Duncan, made a chaotic escape from Ukraine with their three cats after the Russian invasion last year. Now the Tasmanian teachers have returned to Kyiv, where lessons are often taught in an air raid shelter.

Australian officials continue to assist dozens of citizens caught up in the violence as more civilians flee Sudan.

An Australian man accused of a drunken naked rampage in Indonesia's most conservative province says he felt "almost possessed" during the incident.

After the COVID travel ban, it's likely time to check your passport. Here's what you need to know if you need to get a new one.

What should we expect from our government when we travel overseas, and what can we do ourselves to minimise the risks?

Brisbane 2032 was built on a promise of being an Olympic Games for the entire Pacific region, but Oceania nations know the risks that "legacy 2032" will be a hollowed-out exercise in short-term political spin.

The Sudanese Australian community have been left wondering when the federal government will help their stranded loved ones return home amid the ongoing conflict.

While Sudan's military and paramilitary fight for power, innocent citizens are left to take cover and wait the violence out.

Australians are jetting back out into the world again. The numbers are still below pre-pandemic levels, but almost 1.1 million Australians left the country in December last year – compared to 1.3 million in December 2019. According to information provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, passport applications…

Ma Zhaoxu, the vice minister of foreign affairs, met with DFAT secretary Jan Adams in Canberra to discuss topics the countries rarely see eye-to-eye on.