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The November 13 attacks in Paris left 130 people dead and were largely prepared in Belgium where authorities have since made more than a dozen arrests.
A powerful Islamist insurgent group said it pulled out of a Syrian opposition meeting in Riyadh on Thursday because rebel proposals had been ignored, in a move...
Mali is hunting for the jihadists that left 19 people dead, mainly foreigners, in an attack on a Bamako hotel.
The Kremlin said for the first time that a bomb did bring down a Russian passenger plane that crashed over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on Oct. 31, killing all...
The bodies of at least 34 migrants, including three children, have been found on the Turkish coast after their boats apparently capsized.

Syria Crisis

The crisis in Syria escalates after an alleged chemical weapons attack.

There's been a dramatic spike in asylum seeker claims across the developed world. But despite numbers being at their highest in more than a decade, Australia's number...
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says more than 215,000 people have been killed in Syria in four years.
The UN Security Council on Monday condemned attacks by extremist groups in Lebanon, backing the government's military response but warning Beirut against being...
One hundred and twenty Palestinian children in Yarmuk were Sunday allowed out of the besieged refugee camp in southern Damascus to sit public exams, the UN agency...
Syria will hold a presidential election on June 3, with Bashar al-Assad expected to return to office. Leaders of the US, the UK and the UN have condemned the...
The foreign minister Julie Bishop has announced $20 million to help Syrian refugee children who have fled to Lebanon and Jordan.
British street artist Banksy has reworked his iconic ‘Girl With Red Balloon’ image to highlight the ongoing conflict in Syria.

Advance Global Australian Awards

Full coverage of the 2014 Advance Global Australian Forum and Awards at the Sydney Opera House.

A wrap-up of the 2014 Advance Global Australian Forum and Awards at the Sydney Opera House.
Christopher Boshuizen receives the Advance Global Australian of the Year Award 2014.
Baz Luhrmann receives the Advance Global Australian Icon Award 2014 at the Sydney Opera House.

Global Alumni Award: Sekai Holland

Sekai Holland receives the Global Alumni Award at the 2014 Advance Global Australian Awards.
SBS Insight's Jenny Brockie sits down with human rights activist and former Zimbabwean cabinet minister Sekai Holland.
Sir Jonathan Mills receives the Creative Industries Award at the 2014 Advance Global Australian Awards.
Why every leader should care about disruptive innovation. This is part of the 2014 Advance Global Australian Forum and Awards at the Sydney Opera House.
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