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| UpdatedThe people left behind in Singapore and Malaysia upon the fall of Singapore and the British retreat 75 years ago today saw their lives irrevocably change.
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| UpdatedAs the war enters its sixth year, teachers in Syria's refugee camps are trying to make do with the little they have — but the students there face a bleak future in a life disrupted by war.
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Hamas names one of its most hardline figures as its new leader in the Gaza Strip, a move analysts say is a sign of the growing influence of the group's military wing.
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How the fall of Singapore changed three Australian prisoners of war, sharing their stories on its 75th anniversary.
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As Australia prepares to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore, it's hard not to recognise how the pivotal WWII loss marked the rise of the US-Australia strategic relationship.
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As Australia prepares to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore, it's hard not to recognise how the pivotal WWII loss marked the rise of the US-Australia strategic relationship.
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| UpdatedSeventy-five years after the Bangka Island massacre, relatives and officials will come together to remember the 21 nurses slaughtered.
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| UpdatedThe Iraqi air force has carried out a series of air strikes on a residence where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was thought to be meeting other commanders, the Iraqi military says, without clarifying whether or not he had been hit.
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| UpdatedThe UN Security Council condemns North Korea's ballistic missile launch and warns of "further significant measures" if Pyongyang does not stop nuclear and missile testing.
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Seong Hyon Lee of the Sejong Institute in Seoul on the reaction in the region to the North Korean launch.
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Afghan officials and local residents say 22 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed during a joint operation carried out by US and Afghan forces in the southern Helmand province.
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Turkey's president says his troops and allied Syrian opposition fighters have entered the centre of al-Bab that is a stronghold of the Islamic State group.
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| UpdatedJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says North Korea's latest missile launch is "intolerable", urging the country to comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions.
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| UpdatedDonald Trump's tough talk met with provocation as North Korea launches medium range missile into the Sea of Japan - the first such test since the new US President took office - drawing widespread condemnation and threats of new sanctions.
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| UpdatedThe gunman suspected of killing 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day is formally arrested, Turkey's state-run media says.
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Four people — including a 16-year-old girl — are arrested in and around the southern French city of Montpellier on suspicion of planning an "imminent attack" in France.
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