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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to discuss global security and how the two nations will prepare for foreign fighters attempting to return if Mosul is successfully liberated.
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An Israeli court sentences a soldier to 18 months in prison for killing a Palestinian attacker who was lying injured on the ground, capping one of the most divisive trials in Israel's history.
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Adam Baron from the European Council on Foreign Relations about the current state of Yemen.
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| UpdatedNot since 2011, when Somalia was in the midst of a severe drought, has a country been in famine — but the situation confronting South Sudan today is far worse.
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| UpdatedAfter decades of persecution, Copts hoped the Arab Spring might signal a turnaround in their fortunes. For many, though, life remains precarious, and there are calls for Australia to accept and help them.
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| UpdatedThe battle to reclaim Mosul from Islamic State militants is unlikely to be over until at least the middle of the year, counter-insurgency expert David Kilcullen says, adding it will be even harder to prevent civilian deaths.
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WARNING: This video contains footage that some viewers may find distressing. A young girl, Dunya Uday, dies of a head injury in a refugee camp, 20 kilometres outside Mosul, February 17, 2017.
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| UpdatedAmid the chaos and carnage of the battle for Mosul, Middle East correspondent Matt Brown came across a scene so sad he will never forget it: a little girl, dead from a head wound caused by shrapnel from a mortar that exploded near her home.
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ABC Middle East correspondent Matt Brown updates on the latest in the offensive to reclaim West Mosul.
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| UpdatedVideo purportedly showing the moment a woman grabbed Kim Jong-nam from behind and allegedly wiped a fast-acting poison on his face at Kuala Lumpur International Airport is released by a Japanese network.
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A car bomb at a marketplace in Mogadishu leaves at least 34 people dead and another 52 injured, a police officer says.
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Four Corners reporter Matt Brown heads into the battle for Mosul with the Iraqi army.
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Military helicopters shoot at IS fighters on the streets of Iraq's besieged city of Mosul.
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ABC Middle-East correspondent Matt Brown watches on as Iraqi soldiers target IS snipers hiding in the trees.
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| UpdatedThe battle for Mosul is street-by-street, with Islamic State suicide bombers and snipers a constant threat as the fighting rages. Correspondent Matt Brown and cameraman Aaron Hollett journeyed to the front line to experience the fighting firsthand.
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| UpdatedUS-backed Iraqi forces launch an offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul city, which has been in the hands of extremists since 2014.
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| UpdatedMembers of the Australian Defence Force re-enact the moment Japanese bombers attacked Darwin 75 years ago.
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| UpdatedSurvivors and veterans of the Japanese bombing of Darwin in 1942 have gathered to commemorate the exact moment World War II reached Australian soil.
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The lives of ordinary Turks have been shattered by last year's failed coup, with tens of thousands of arrests and allegations of brutal torture striking fear into hearts and splitting up families.
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| UpdatedBeverley O'Connor speaks with security analyst Dr Ashraf Ali about the security crackdown in Pakistan, following an attack on a shrine that left at least 72 people dead.
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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd calls for a major shift in foreign policy, arguing that Australia should "draw a line in the sand" and formally recognise a Palestinian state.
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| UpdatedThe recent test-firing of a missile towards Japan is a reminder that North Korea is "convinced that war is imminent", warns one of the world's leading experts on the reclusive regime.
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