A smuggled SIM card and hidden modem:How two children evaded forced marriages and got their father convicted

A smuggled SIM card and hidden modem:How two children evaded forced marriages and got their father convicted

A 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl have made a daring escape from their father’s attempts to force them into arranged marriages shortly after arriving in Australia.

  • byAmber Schultz

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This Sydney tradie told his wife they would visit family abroad. Instead,he allegedly abandoned her in Pakistan

This Sydney tradie told his wife they would visit family abroad. Instead,he allegedly abandoned her in Pakistan

An Auburn tiler has been charged with human trafficking after allegedly tricking his wife into travelling overseas and abandoning her without her passport.

  • byAmber Schultz
‘I go through a can of hairspray a week’:The humid reality of expat life in Asia

‘I go through a can of hairspray a week’:The humid reality of expat life in Asia

Whether you make the move for love,work or adventure,creating a new life in another country is equal parts exhilarating and challenging.

  • byDilvin Yasa
‘I just ran toward the guy’:Security guard who saved 11-year-old Australian speaks out

‘I just ran toward the guy’:Security guard who saved 11-year-old Australian speaks out

Abdullah has told how he jumped on the alleged attacker before kicking the knife away,after witnessing the stabbing of young girl in London’s bustling theatre district.

  • byAmber Schultz
Man held in psychiatric hospital after trying to set up Pakistan’s first gay club

Man held in psychiatric hospital after trying to set up Pakistan’s first gay club

The man had filed an application to set up the club in Abbottabad,the conservative northern city where Osama bin Laden was found and killed.

  • byMohammad Zubair Khan
Is the gold mime spying on us? In Pakistan,it’s not a strange question

Is the gold mime spying on us? In Pakistan,it’s not a strange question

In Pakistan,where people live in fear of powerful security services,conspiracy theories have long been embraced. Did you know Osama Bin Laden was Jewish?

  • byChristina Goldbaum
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Money man caught after syndicate flew ‘mules’ into Sydney to build $1m fraud web
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Money man caught after syndicate flew ‘mules’ into Sydney to build $1m fraud web

Fake bank accounts created by the mules were used to siphon money conned from Australians out of the country – until detectives nabbed central player Muhammad Abdullah Cheema.

  • byPerry Duffin
The Lord’s jibe that hurt Usman Khawaja the most

The Lord’s jibe that hurt Usman Khawaja the most

As a rising star,Australia’s first Muslim Test cricketer kept his thoughts in check. Then he found his voice – and used it.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Chinese in Pakistan told to stay alert after six killed in suicide bombing

Chinese in Pakistan told to stay alert after six killed in suicide bombing

It is the third major attack on Chinese interests in the South Asian country in a week.

  • byMushtaq Ali
Police,Border Force investigate boat arrival in WA as Sovereign Borders commander warns Dutton

Police,Border Force investigate boat arrival in WA as Sovereign Borders commander warns Dutton

About 30 Pakistani nationals were spotted by locals near the remote community of Beagle Bay,about 100 kilometres north of Broome,on Friday morning.

  • byHamish Hastie,Angus Thompson andJames Massola
Imran Khan uses AI video to claim election victory from inside jail cell

Imran Khan uses AI video to claim election victory from inside jail cell

Jailed for selling state secrets,graft and unlawful marriage,the former cricketer has claimed victory with an audiovisual message created using artificial intelligence.

  • byAriba Shahid andGibran Naiyyar Peshimam