5 h. ago Which airline was just named the world’s best? Take the Brisbane Times Quiz

Get up to date with the week’s local, national and international stories with this multiple-choice challenge.

Politics

6 h. ago Armoured cars, ferries: How Australians are fleeing the Middle East

About 1500 Australians have asked the government for help to flee Iran and almost as many to flee Israel amid the escalating conflict.

Politics

7 h. ago ASX slips as investors track war in Middle East; Banks rise, miners fall

Caution reigned on the Australian sharemarket as the US weighs direct conflict with Iran, and the Federal Reserve warned of meaningful inflation ahead.

Events

9 h. ago It’s been a week since Israel first struck Iran. Here’s what we know

The rapidly escalating conflict may see a new player officially take the field: US President Donald Trump. But what happens then, and how did we get here?

Politics

12 h. ago ASX treads water as investors track war in Middle East; Fed stays on hold

The Australian sharemarket stays in cautious as the US weighs direct conflict with Iran, and the Federal Reserve warned of meaningful inflation ahead.

Events

14 h. ago Australians shuttled out of Israel overland as thousands register for evacuation

About 1500 Australians have asked the government for help to flee Iran amid an escalating conflict with Israel.

Politics

14 h. ago Feeling ‘abandoned’, families of Australians stuck in Israel plead for help

About 1500 Australians have asked the government for help to flee Iran and almost as many to flee Israel amid the escalating conflict.

Politics

20 h. ago Albanese is pulling away from the US – and Australians seem to love it

When the prime minister talks about “an Australian way” of doing things and highlights his deeper engagement with Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, he is signalling a slow movement out of the American orbit.

Politics

29 h. ago AFL teams and expert tips for round 15: Dons, Dockers both make two changes

The Bombers and Dockers have both rested a first-choice ruckman for Thursday night’s match in Perth.

Sport

30 h. ago Paul Keating accuses Marles of ‘careless betrayal’ over China

The Labor elder accused the defence minister and the government of “intellectually ceding Australia to the United States” as a platform for conflict with China.

Politics

30 h. ago ‘They tap into desire, conflict and choice’: Why we can’t resist a love triangle

Celine Song’s newest film, Materialists, brings us yet another love triangle – something many people can relate to, but rarely know how to traverse.

Politics

31 h. ago ASX slides amid concerns over Middle East escalation while miners decline

The Australian sharemarket closed lower on Wednesday as investors track developments in the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Politics

31 h. ago As Trump mulls next steps, rifts in his MAGA universe explode into public view

Many of Trump’s MAGA supporters oppose another US mission in the Middle East, but hawkish Republicans are putting pressure on Trump to step in.

Politics

34 h. ago It’s been six days since Israel first struck Iran. Here’s what we know

The rapidly escalating conflict may see a new player officially take the field: US President Donald Trump. But what happens then, and how did we get here?

Politics

35 h. ago Trump goes to ground after National Security Council meeting on Iran

The US President has also spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but Trump unusually refrained from posting about it on social media.

Politics

36 h. ago Fight to the death: The world has to prepare for a Middle East energy storm

Markets are acting like the Middle East conflict will blow over as seen so often in the past. But this time it’s different. Does Trump understand what he did?

Events

44 h. ago Surge in satellite launches and space tourism thins ozone layer

Rocket launches have connected the world, revolutionised earth and space sciences, and filled pop star Katy Perry with love. Now they risk wrecking the ozone layer.

Technology

50 h. ago World waits on Trump’s next move as Middle East tensions ramp up

Global anxiety is centred on whether the US president can broker an end to the conflict or if he will instead help Israel destroy Iran’s key nuclear facility.

Politics

54 h. ago ‘We had to beat the drones’: The race for Australians caught in Israel

More than 1200 Australians are trying to get out of Israel and Iran as the conflict between the two nations escalates.

Events

57 h. ago Trump must decide whether to join the kind of war he’s always sworn he’d avoid

Donald Trump is weighing a critical decision in the five-day-old war in the Middle East – and whether this is Israel’s fight or America’s.

Politics