Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Iran attack as Tehran vows revenge

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Iran attack as Tehran vows revenge

The militant group said two IS members had detonated their explosive belts in the crowd which had gathered at a memorial for a top commander.

  • byParisa Hafezi,Elwely Elwelly andClauda Tanios

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Safety and a bright future for Walaa’s family after fleeing war-torn Syria
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Safety and a bright future for Walaa’s family after fleeing war-torn Syria

When two-year-old Saad climbs the playground near his Melbourne home,it’s a literal world away from the conflict and danger his parents fled.

  • byCarolyn Webb
A war raged outside and IS militants lurked in the darkness. Then our fellow Aussies turned on us
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A war raged outside and IS militants lurked in the darkness. Then our fellow Aussies turned on us

Heavy artillery was firing when two nervous American soldiers came to the tent with bad news. It’s a war zone story I’ve always itched to tell,and still infuriates me six years on.

  • byMichael Bachelard
The horror of Islamic State,then the gift of a child:My Christmas to remember
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The horror of Islamic State,then the gift of a child:My Christmas to remember

The federal opposition defence spokesman and former SASR captain recalls the Christmas of 2014. For good and bad,it was one he’ll never forget.

  • byAndrew Hastie
Man kills tourist near Eiffel Tower,laments Gaza war after arrest

Man kills tourist near Eiffel Tower,laments Gaza war after arrest

The suspect had in 2016 been sentenced to four years in prison for planning another attack,and had been on the French security services’ watch list.

Nazi salute to be banned as federal government changes mind

Nazi salute to be banned as federal government changes mind

Australians will be banned from making the Nazi salute in public after the federal government came under pressure from the opposition and Jewish groups.

  • byMatthew Knott
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Albanese cool on French call for international coalition to fight Hamas

Albanese cool on French call for international coalition to fight Hamas

A call for a global coalition to fight Hamas terrorists in Gaza has triggered Australian concerns about the risk of a “spillover” into wider conflict in the Middle East.

  • byDavid Crowe andRob Harris
What’s next in Gaza? Let’s recall what happened to Islamic State

What’s next in Gaza? Let’s recall what happened to Islamic State

Of history’s various urban wars,the closest precedent is the Battle of Mosul in 2016-17,when an eight-nation force including Australia drove the Islamic State out of that Iraqi city.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Man suspected of killing Swedes shot by police at Brussels cafe
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Man suspected of killing Swedes shot by police at Brussels cafe

A man in a video on social media claimed that he was the assailant and that he was from the Islamic State.

  • byPhilip Blenkinsop
What would all-out war in the Middle East look like?

What would all-out war in the Middle East look like?

Tension across the Middle East is spreading as the Hamas-Israeli conflict enters what one expert calls “extremely dangerous waters”.

  • byRob Harris
‘We want our day in court’:Bourke Street victims allege police negligence

‘We want our day in court’:Bourke Street victims allege police negligence

Almost five years after the first deadly ISIS-inspired terrorist attack on Melbourne soil,victims argue Victoria Police has failed to learn from the incident.

  • byBianca Hall