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| UpdatedThousands of civilians flee western Mosul as government forces continue to push Islamic State militants back in their last key stronghold in Iraq.
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The Taliban in Afghanistan uses a rare public statement in the name of its leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, to call on Afghans to plant more trees for worldly and other-worldly good.
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| UpdatedCambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal drops its case against a suspect accused of killing thousands of people at torture centres and slave labour camps during the country's tragic agrarian revolution, in which an estimated 2 million people were killed.
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| UpdatedUS-backed Iraqi forces push deeper into western Mosul, advancing in several populated southern districts after punching through the defences of Islamic State's last major urban stronghold in Iraq.
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| UpdatedThe UN World Food Program says more than 20 million people in Yemen, north Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan are at risk of dying from starvation within six months.
Topics: famine, disasters-and-accidents, unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, yemen
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Iraqi forces backed by the US-led international coalition on Thursday fought their way into a sprawling military base outside Mosul and onto the grounds of the city's airport, taking control of the runway amid fierce exchanges of fire with Islamic State group militants.
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About 1,000 people, many waving Palestinian flags, gather at Sydney's Town Hall saying they are embarrassed by the warm reception given to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Down Under.
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| UpdatedIraqi forces capture Mosul airport hours after launching a major offensive against Islamic State militants, who control the western half of the city, state television reports.
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| UpdatedFormer Papua New Guinea defence force commander, General Jerry Singirok, says the country is in danger of becoming a failed state if the problem of gun-related violence is not brought under control.
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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.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, prisons-and-punishment, unrest-conflict-and-war, territorial-disputes, israel
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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.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, iraq