WAR

This Child Is A Confronting Reminder The War In Syria Isn't Over

This Child Is A Confronting Reminder The War In Syria Isn't Over

Emily Brooks 18.08.2016

Warning: The footage is distressing, but important.

UN: Civilians Are Being Killed, Wounded In Record Numbers In Afghanistan

UN: Civilians Are Being Killed, Wounded In Record Numbers In Afghanistan

Jade Walker 25.07.2016

At least 1,601 civilians were killed and 3,565 wounded in the war in the first six months of 2016.

People Share Messages Of Hope And Loss From The World’s Newest Country

People Share Messages Of Hope And Loss From The World’s Newest Country

Huffington Post 07.07.2016

South Sudan marks its fifth year as an independent nation this week. For half that time, the country has been embroiled in civil war.

UK Inquiry Releases Scathing Report On Iraq War

UK Inquiry Releases Scathing Report On Iraq War

Huffington Post 06.07.2016

Sir John Chilcott’s report finds British intelligence was flawed and should have been challenged.

Forget Borders. Forget Race. Consider This...

Forget Borders. Forget Race. Consider This...

Leigh Campbell 20.06.2016

Can I please ask for your time to consider this: You work in the city in a financial firm as a chief accountant. After work, you travel to your home, which is in a suburb about 35 minutes away. You enter your house to find your two daughters in their pajamas and slippers watching TV...

The Argument For Robots That Can Think, Decide -- And Kill

The Argument For Robots That Can Think, Decide -- And Kill

Huffington Post 06.06.2016

Can smarter weapons actually save lives?

Vietnam War Casualties Finally Brought Home After Five Decades

Vietnam War Casualties Finally Brought Home After Five Decades

Luke Cooper 02.06.2016

The remains of 33 Australians have been returned to families, friends and military colleagues.

Siege Of Tobruk Memorial Honours Aussie Diggers' 'Courage And Endurance'

Siege Of Tobruk Memorial Honours Aussie Diggers' 'Courage And Endurance'

Sam McKeith 10.04.2016

A handful of Australian World War II veterans who fought in the siege of Tobruk have been honoured in Canberra on the 75th anniversary of the battle. The so-called "Rat

Why the World Is Falling Apart

Why the World Is Falling Apart

29.03.2016

In this one world, it sometimes seems a race is on between the newly empowered and the recently dispo e ed. The truth is not only that both realities exist simultaneously, but that one i

UN Accuses South Sudan Forces Of Deliberately Raping, Killing Civilians

UN Accuses South Sudan Forces Of Deliberately Raping, Killing Civilians

12.03.2016

GENEVA (Reuters) - South Sudan's government operated a "scorched earth policy" of deliberate rape, pillage and killing of civilians during the civil war in 2015, a report publi

Turnbull Government Donates $25 Million In Aid To Refugees In Syria And Iraq

Turnbull Government Donates $25 Million In Aid To Refugees In Syria And Iraq

Emily Brooks 04.02.2016

The federal government has announced it will provide a further $25 million in funding towards aid in Syria and Iraq as the refugee crisis continue

NSW Police Search For Owner Of Stolen War Medals

NSW Police Search For Owner Of Stolen War Medals

Josh Butler 27.01.2016

NSW Police are appealing for public help to find the owner of over a dozen stolen war medals, found during the search of a property at Narellan on Tuesday. Police shared a photo of 15 medals and in

North Korea On 'Brink Of War' Over 'Psychological Broadcasts' By South

North Korea On 'Brink Of War' Over 'Psychological Broadcasts' By South

10.01.2016

The propaganda broadcasts by South Korea directed over the border at their northern neighbours is driving the penin

Hawke Government Cabinet Papers Grapple With Same Issues As Modern Australia

Hawke Government Cabinet Papers Grapple With Same Issues As Modern Australia

Josh Butler 01.01.2016

The release of cabinet papers from the 1990-91 Bob Hawke government show that, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Hawke's administration devoted time to addre ing asylum seeker

Bob Hawke Says Nuclear Waste Dump 'A Win-Win' For Australia

Bob Hawke Says Nuclear Waste Dump 'A Win-Win' For Australia

Josh Butler 01.01.2016

Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke is still pushing for Australia to become the world's nuclear waste dump, calling the plan "a win-win" that could "transform our own fiscal

21 Can't-Miss Stories On World Affairs From This Year

21 Can't-Miss Stories On World Affairs From This Year

23.12.2015

The Syrian refugee crisis, Greece's debt saga and brutal attacks by militants from the self-declared Islamic State are just a few of the complex topics that have dominated international headline

Russian Warplanes Allegedly Kill Scores of Civilians In Syrian City

Russian Warplanes Allegedly Kill Scores of Civilians In Syrian City

21.12.2015

BEIRUT, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Air strikes believed to have been carried out by Ru ian warplanes killed scores of people in the center of the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwest Syria on Sunday, re