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Australia is well-placed to make the long-overdue repatriation of Islamic State women and children work

National security is not a zero-sum game. If the past two decades have taught us anything about breaking the cycle…

The Conversation

US Supreme Court to hear cases challenging tech firm immunity

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court, in a decision with potentially far-reaching ramifications, agreed on Monday to hear two…

AFP

Federal government says Australians returning from Syrian detention camps will be monitored by security agencies

A frontbench minister says women and children being brought home from Syrian detention camps will be given counselling and monitored…

ABC News

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Families of Australians held in Syrian detention camps welcome ‘incredibly exciting’ news of planned repatriation

One man whose daughter and grandchildren are in the Roj camp says the government has not notified family members of…

The Guardian - AU

Raising a red flag

Vladimir Putin’s man in Australia says we have been ‘brainwashed’ into supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, and Australians…

Crikey

Australian children rescued from Syrian camps need tailored support to reintegrate into society, expert says

Shane Healey urges government to establish holistic and ‘individualised’ process for kids who spent formative years in violent conditions

The Guardian - AU

Australia to launch rescue mission for women and children trapped in Syrian detention camps

Exclusive: More than 20 Australian women and more than 40 children related to Islamic State combatants held in al-Hawl And…

The Guardian - AU

UN raises Kabul classroom bombing death toll to 35 as women protest 'genocide'

Kabul (AFP) - The death toll of a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom has risen to 35, the UN…

AFP

Kabul classroom bombing death toll rises to 35 as women protest 'genocide'

Kabul (AFP) - The death toll of a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom has risen to 35, the UN…

AFP

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Nice attack trial hears trauma of twin sister who was left behind

In the first week of witness testimony, the Paris special criminal court was shaken by the emotion of a family…

Radio France Internationale

Afghan women protest Hazara 'genocide' after Kabul bombing kills dozens

Dozens of women from Afghanistan's minority Hazara community protested in the capital Saturday after a suicide bombing a day earlier…

France 24

Suicide attack on Kabul classroom kills 20, mostly young women

Kabul (AFP) - A suicide bomber attacked an education centre in the Afghan capital on Friday where hundreds of students…

AFP

Suicide attack on Kabul classroom kills 19, mostly young women

Kabul (AFP) - A suicide bomber attacked an education centre in the Afghan capital on Friday where hundreds of students…

AFP

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Advocacy group seeks new White House post on hostage cases

The Biden administration should create a new position at the White House National Security Council to focus on cases of…

The Independent UK

Renowned war surgeon David Nott: ‘I don’t think Putin will ever stop trying to get Ukraine’

With 30 years of experience volunteering in warzones, he created his own foundation – and has helped Ukrainian doctors save…

The Telegraph

Sheikh Qaradawi, Islamist champion of Arab revolts, dies at 96

Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, a spiritual guide to the Muslim Brotherhood who championed the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings and unsettled rulers…

Reuters

Leaders of a community were on PFI ‘hit list’, says NIA

The Hindu

NIA arrests 19 PFI workers in Kerala

KOCHI: As part of NIA’s nationwide crackdown on PFI, 19 activists, including national leaders, were arrested from various parts of…

The Times of India

Taliban official: explosion kills 3 people in Afghan capital

The Taliban say at least three people have been killed and 13 others wounded in an explosion in the Afghan…

The Independent UK

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Breakthrough between Iran and Saudi Arabia is possible, Iraqi foreign minister says

In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Iraq's Foreign inister Fuad Hussein said…

France 24

Suspected IS-inspired terrorists arrested in Karnataka

SHIVAMOGGA: The Karnataka police arrested three persons from Shivamogga on terror charges, claiming they wanted to advance the activities of…

The Times of India

US-backed Syrian forces free women in 3-week raid of IS camp

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters say they have concluded a 24-day sweep at a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of…

The Independent UK

Declassified report shows US predictions of IS group threat

A newly declassified U.S. intelligence report predicted in 2020 that the Islamic State group was likely to regain much of…

The Independent UK

UN: Israeli hit on Damascus airport stopped aid deliveries

The commission of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria says an Israeli airstrike on the airport of the…

The Independent UK

Tribal spies in Syria help U.S. win drone war against Islamic State

When the U.S. military targeted Islamic State commander Maher al-Agal with a drone strike in northern Syria in July, there…

Reuters