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Iraq militant group says it is resuming attacks on US forces as base in Syria is targeted
First attack on US forces since early February comes day after Iraq’s prime minister returns from...
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US to withdraw from Niger after security pact fails in strategic victory for Russia
Biden administration to rethink counter-terrorism strategy after breakdown of pact allowing US forces on soil to...
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Fate of Middle East hangs in the balance as Israel mulls its next steps
Joe Biden is believed to have urged restraint, and Tehran deems the matter ‘concluded’ but ultimately...
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US and UK forces help shoot down Iranian drones over Jordan, Syria and Iraq
US defence official says action is part of ‘ironclad commitment to Israel’s security’, with UK’s Royal...
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Iran launches hundreds of drones and cruise missiles at Israel in unprecedented attack
Islamic Republic’s first ever direct attack on Jewish state involved more than 300 drones and missiles,...
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Fishermen saved by ‘Help’ message on same tiny island where ‘SOS’ saved three others
Three rescued in the Pacific after making message in the sand with palm fronds, just as...
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Niger junta repudiates deal allowing US military bases on its soil
Spokesman for coup government stops short of calling for American personnel to leave but says their...
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US airlifts embassy staff out of Haiti as gangs besiege political area
Officials say marines deployed for night-time evacuation amid intense fighting in Port-au-Prince, while German and EU...
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Middle East crisis live: Israel cannot use aid to Gaza as ‘bargaining chip’, Biden warns as he unveils plan for aid pier
In State of the Union address, US president tells Israeli leadership protecting civilians in Gaza ‘has...
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Asio conduct in Daniel Duggan case transcended ‘the bounds of propriety’ in one aspect, watchdog finds
Duggan’s family and spy agency both confirm one negative finding but Asio says despite this IGIS...
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Asio cleared of unlawfully luring Daniel Duggan back to Australia, agency chief Mike Burgess says
Exclusive: Duggan’s legal team continues to fight US request for extradition on charges of arms trafficking...
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Jack Teixeira expected to plead guilty in leaked Pentagon documents case
Air national guard member was arrested in April over charges of leaking highly classified military documents...
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US Senate moves forward $95bn Ukraine and Israel aid package
Wartime funding bill likely to pass in Senate after procedural hurdle cleared but prospects uncertain in...
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US defense secretary Lloyd Austin transfers duties to deputy after being hospitalised
Biden’s top military adviser is receiving treatment for an ‘emergent bladder issue’, with deputy Kathleen Hicks...
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Middle East crisis live: Houthis vow response after US and UK hit dozens of targets across Yemen in new wave of strikes
Iran-backed group says airstrikes ‘will not deter us’ after targets hit following continued Houthi attacks on...
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US and UK hit 30 Houthi targets to further weaken Iran-backed groups
Joint operation to further disable militias follows attacks on US and international interests amid war in...
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US supreme court allows West Point to continue considering race in admissions
Decision rebuffs request by conservative group to alter admissions process for US military academy West Point,...
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Middle East crisis live: US strikes more than 80 Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria
US military says retaliatory airstrikes targeted Iran’s Quds Force and affiliated militiaAt least 13 Iranian-backed fighters...
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US launches airstrikes in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for deadly drone attack
President says ‘If you harm an American, we will respond’ as US forces strike in what...
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US orders reprisal strikes against Iranian-backed militia
Strikes expected to take place in Syria and possibly Iraq, after three US soldiers were killed...
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US military stockpiling supplies in Australia in readiness for any confrontation with China
American war planners used joint Talisman Sabre exercises to position equipment in northern VictoriaFollow our Australia...
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Iran not seeking war with US but ‘not afraid of it’, says military chief
Head of Islamic Revolutionary Guards defiant as US prepares ‘very consequential response’ to drone attack on...
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Pentagon mulls response to Jordan drone strike amid fears for Gaza ceasefire efforts
Lloyd Austin says president ‘will not tolerate attacks on US forces’, but Qatar warns that reprisal...
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Jordan drone strike: who are Islamic Resistance in Iraq and what is Tower 22?
The group that claimed responsibility for deadly attack on US military base in north-east JordanMiddle East...