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Israel took nine visiting UN ambassadors on a tour of the City of David archaeological park in Jerusalem on Sunday in a bid to highlight the Jewish heritage of the holy city following a spate of UN resolutions denying that historic link.

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says Johnny Depp may have committed perjury after the actor illegally smuggled his dogs into the country and claimed that he believed his former business managers had filed the proper paperwork.

The Taliban has published a video purportedly featuring an American and an Australian prisoner kidnapped last August urging U.S. President Donald Trump to negotiate a hostage exchange to secure their release.

A memorial hailing the sacrifices made by Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) troops at Gallipoli in Turkey during the First World War has been erased by the Turkish government.

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During a live interview with director Cassie Jaye, a pair of Australian television hosts criticized her film for allegedly promoting misogyny, despite admitting they never actually watched it.

One of the London Bridge terror survivors has spoken out about the attack, with her boyfriend describing how the jihadi who cut her throat screamed “This is for Allah!” as he struck.

Meet Dr Olivia Doll, the world’s smartest dog. Dr Doll is the formal professional name of Ollie, a Staffordshire terrier, who sits on the board of seven international medical journals and was recently asked to review a paper on the management of tumors.

The Saudi Arabian football (soccer) team has refused to line up and respect a silence held to remember the victims of the London Bridge attack, claiming “it is not in keeping with our culture”.

Ibrahim Omerdic has been convicted for marrying a child bride to a much older man under laws prohibiting forced marriage in Melbourne, Australia.

An Australian Islamic group wants government-sponsored “safe spaces” provided for young Muslims to discuss “inflammatory” issues away from broader public scrutiny.

29-year-old Somali refugee Yacub Khayre took a hostage, killed a man, and wounded three police officers in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday. He explicitly dedicated the attack to the Islamic State and al-Qaeda. The Islamic State swiftly claimed him as a “soldier” of the caliphate.

An Australian Consumer Watchdog carried out a sting operation on tech company Apple recently relating to the company’s “error 53” iPhone bug, to demonstrate that the company was not acting in accordance with Australian consumer protection laws.

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) – A court in Bulgaria has sentenced a 21-year-old man to four years in prison for planning to commit an act of terrorism. Sofia’s Special Criminal Court on Monday found John “Ivan” Zahariev, a dual Australian-Bulgarian citizen,

The sports world in Australia is still roiling after famed Aussie tennis player Margaret Court criticized same-sex marriage. Now, gay tennis player Martina Navratilova is demanding that the City of Melbourne rename its sports arena named after Court.

The Australian government is planning to revoke the passports of child sex offenders as part of a new law aimed at cracking down on pedophiles that engage in child sex tourism.

Anti-Trumper Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) took another shot at President Trump Tuesday in a speech in Australia, telling a Sydney audience that Trump has “unsettled” allies and Americans alike.

Long time Trump opponent Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said in an interview aired Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin represents more of a threat to the world than Islamic State — although he conceded that he has seen ‘no evidence’ Russia changed the outcome of the 2016 election.

CANBERRA (AFP) – Australia Sunday gave 7,500 boat people until October to file a claim proving they are genuine refugees or be kicked out, declaring the “game is up” for illegal arrivals ripping off taxpayers. Before the conservatives took power

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AUSTRALIA (AFP) – The devastated grandmother of a young boy filmed being coached to kill Australians has lashed out at his notorious Islamic State fighter father for using him as a “media tool”.

The Uber ride-sharing company has suspended a driver in Australia who claimed ties to the Islamic State, and told a passenger he was planning to detonate bombs at a shopping mall and Parliament House.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Uber says the ride-hailing company has suspended a driver in Australia while police investigate allegations he told a passenger he led an organization related to the Islamic State movement and planned to blow up Parliament House.

Police in Australia said Sunday they were investigating a report that the 8-year-old son of a notorious Islamic State fighter was filmed wearing a suicide vest and threatening to kill its nationals.

The Australian government has taken the lead from President Donald Trump in the race to improve immigrant vetting, to exclude Islamic ideology, and to reform wage-slashing guestworker programs similar to the U.S. H-1B visa.

SYDNEY (AP) – Australia will scrap a temporary visa for skilled overseas workers, the prime minister said Tuesday, arguing that Australians must be given priority over foreigners for local jobs.

The BBC has lauded an Australian photographer’s response to what he calls a “tragic” rise in “anti-immigrant sentiment” in his homeland by taking the all-encompassing piece of Islamic female clothing known as the burqa and using it as an art prop.

An Australian robot known as the “stabbing machine” is helping forensic experts to study the different factors and variables of violent knife crime.

Christians in Sydney, Australia, are being advised to hide their crosses after an Arabic-speaking gang shouting “F*** Jesus!” attacked a couple on a train while transport officers looked on from a “safe space” and did nothing.

The Great Barrier Reef is dead. It has ceased to be, expired and gone to meet its maker, kicked the bucket, shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and gone to join the bleedin’ choir invisible. It is an Ex Great Barrier Reef.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a prominent women’s rights campaigner who left Islam and lives under a fatwa, remains defiant after been forced to cancel an Australian tour amid “security concerns”.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government said Thursday it had found no evidence that any of its donations to the Christian charity World Vision had been siphoned to Islamic militant group Hamas. But Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and

SYDNEY (AFP) – As Britain’s divorce from the European Union begins Wednesday, Australia’s meat industry is licking its lips at the prospect of a boost in exports as London scrambles to sign free-trade deals across the globe.

On Tuesday, U.S. officials revealed that North Korea tested another advanced ballistic missile engine last Friday. It was the third such test in the past month.

Dozens of asylum seekers who applied for resettlement in Australia have been rejected after failing security checks or being deemed economic migrants rather than genuine refugees, according to Sky News.