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Like many countries, Australia is grappling with heightened threats from "home-grown" extremists with several alleged terror plots foiled this year inspired by the Islamic State group. As part of a billion-dollar fight against citizens becoming radicalised or returning from fighting in Syria or.... |
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia on Monday appointed a counter-terrorism chief to coordinate security agencies, while pointing to the United States and Britain to justify a proposal to strip citizenship from dual nationals linked to militants. Like many countries, Australia is grappling with heightened.... |
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Extra assistance supplements initial commitments. MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, May 23, 2015) – The Australian Government has committed an extra $35 million of aid to help with the cyclone recovery effort in Vanuatu. Infrastructure in the country was badly damaged by Cyclone Pam, which.... |
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Australia must “stay the course” and continue supporting the Iraqi army, after US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter lamented local forces lack the “will to fight” Islamic State.
Dr Carter, interviewed overnight, said although Iraqi soldiers “vastly outnumbered”.... |
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Rome. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov attended Sunday in Rome a public prayer offered by Orthodox priests in the Saint Paul Basilica on the occasion of May 24, Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Day, a special envoy of FOCUS News Agency and Radio FOCUS reported. |
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Christians demonstrated across Pakistan to protest the bombings at a church in Peshawar that killed at least 81 people over the weekend and to demand better security for the nation’s minorities. On Sunday, two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the All Saints Church in the northwestern city of.... |
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Australia is not the only western nation considering revoking the citizenship of dual nationals and other Australians who join terrorist groups or advocate violent extremism. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told ABC radio on Monday the United States and Canada were also considering making the same move, while the UK already had taken action. |
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The federal government has confirmed that former diplomat Greg Moriarty will be the nation's first counter-terrorism co-ordinator. As well, Justice Minister Michael Keenan will become minister assisting the prime minister on counter terrorism. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told ABC radio on Monday.... |
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has dismissed claims that Australia has washed its hands of the migrant crisis unfolding in South East Asia, saying Australia was 'doing more than its fair share'. An estimated 7000 people – believed to be primarily Rohingya refugees - are stranded at sea in waters.... |
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has played down setbacks in the war against Islamic State extremists in Iraq, saying it's still early days. US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has blamed Iraqi forces for the fall of Ramadi, accusing them of lacking the will to fight. |
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has defended Australia's humanitarian record in the face of criticism about its role in a regional refugee crisis. "Australia is doing more than its fair share in trying to find a regional settlement for this issue," she told ABC radio on Monday. |
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