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20 Feb 2017 - 11:22am

IKEA apologises for male-only catalogue

The Israel branch of Swedish furniture giant IKEA has apologised for publishing a catalogue that doesn’t feature any female models.
20 Feb 2017 - 11:03am

The five countries that account for three quarters of world's heavy weapon exports

Worldwide arms trade has risen to its highest level since the Cold War in the last five years, driven by a demand from the Middle East and Asia, a study has...
20 Feb 2017 - 9:00am

'Israel leader spurned secret peace offer'

Two former Obama administration officials say the Israeli prime minister rejected an initiative a year ago to resolve the conflict with the Palestinians.
20 Feb 2017 - 7:46am

Mattis, unlike Trump, has no media issues

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says he has no issues with the media, unlike his boss Donald Trump who says the media are "the enemy of the American people".
20 Feb 2017 - 10:34am

Iraq launches assault on IS-held west Mosul

Iraqi forces seized 10 villages from the Islamic State group Sunday, launching a daunting operation to retake west Mosul which aid groups warned will put...
20 Feb 2017 - 2:44am

Australia and UAE to deepen defence ties

Deeper defence ties between Australia and the UAE could lead to $A1 billion in military sales to the emirates, Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne says.
19 Feb 2017 - 8:28pm

Iraqi forces advance towards Mosul

US-backed Iraqi forces have begun moving towards Mosul airport following Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's formal announcement of a ground offensive.
19 Feb 2017 - 5:12pm

Iraq forces launch operation to retake west Mosul: PM

The battle for Mosul in Iraq is reaching a critical point, Iraqi forces say.
19 Feb 2017 - 4:56pm

Iraqi forces push to retake western Mosul

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the start of a military operation to drive IS from the western side of Mosul.
19 Feb 2017 - 8:00am

Syrian forces attack rebel area of Homs

Syrian jets have bombarded Syria's rebel-held Homs, killing at least two people and raising the death toll from nearly two weeks of air strikes to 20.
19 Feb 2017 - 9:34am

Terror suspect Abdel-Rahman dies in prison

The Muslim cleric suspected to have orchestrated the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Centre has died in a US prison.
18 Feb 2017 - 9:37am

Turkey car bomb kills child, wounds 17

A car bomb has killed a child an wounded 17 others in the Turkish province of Sanliurfa.
17 Feb 2017 - 9:30pm

IS Baghdad car bomb death toll at 59

The death toll from an Islamic State car bomb that went off in Baghdad has climbed to 59.
17 Feb 2017 - 7:40pm

IS-claimed bomb kills 70, injures 150 at Pakistani shrine

At least 70 people died Thursday when a bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine in Pakistan, police said, in the deadliest attack to hit the militancy-plagued...
17 Feb 2017 - 5:56am

Jihadists execute scores of Syria rebels

A US-based monitoring group says Islamist fighters in Syria have executed scores of insurgents.
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18 Feb 2017 - 9:11pm

Giving kids a fighting chance in rural Australia

The residents of Tingha, a tiny town in regional New South Wales, are hoping a boxing program for disaffected youth will curb rising crime rates.
19 Feb 2017 - 12:58pm

Girls trapped in Las Vegas sex trafficking

A study of sex trafficking in Las Vegas has found that behind the glitz and glamour of sin city that sex-trafficking of underage girls is rife.
20 Feb 2017 - 7:13am

Regional community disappointed by government's rejection as resettlement location

Leaders in the NSW regional town of Armidale say the government has missed an opportunity for the development of their community after its application to be a...
19 Feb 2017 - 7:47am

Wilders says some Moroccans 'scum' at Dutch vote launch

Firebrand Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders launched his election campaign Saturday with a stinging attack on the country's Moroccan population, calling some ...
19 Feb 2017 - 5:22pm

Former Australia lock Vickerman dies at 37

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Former Australia lock Dan Vickerman died at home in Sydney on Saturday night, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said on Sunday. He was 37.
19 Feb 2017 - 8:28am

Evacuee recalls fear before Darwin bombing

Sunday marks the 75th anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Darwin, and evacuee Wendy James remembers fleeing at age six before war came to Australian soil.
18 Feb 2017 - 8:36pm

Paediatrician calls for a re-think on 'No Jab, No Pay' immunisation policy

As the federal government releases figures showing an increase in childhood immunisation rates, a paediatrician believes the 'No Jab, No Pay' policy targets the...
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