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Kabul airport: chaos and panic as Afghans and foreigners attempt to flee the capital
With the Taliban now in control, large numbers of people have massed at Hamid Karzai airport as foreign embass…
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian immigration and asylum, Australian politics, Foreign policy, Higher education
Australian-educated Afghans plea with ministers for visas to Australia
A group of 40 graduates of Australian universities, who consider Australia ‘their second home’, fear being mur…
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian immigration and asylum, Law (Australia), Migration, Refugees, South and Central Asia
Afghan refugee may lose permanent residency in Australia – for supplying identity document
Exclusive: Hazara man faces potential deportation after home affairs told him a document it asked him to obtai…
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian immigration and asylum, Papua New Guinea, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban
Home affairs minister ordered into mediation with Afghan refugee detained in Australia
Man being held in Melbourne hotel fears for his wife and four children as Taliban advance Get our free news ap…
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian media, Australian military, Ben Roberts-Smith, Defamation law, South and Central Asia, Sydney, Taliban
‘Even if die I will tell the truth’: witness speaks out at Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial
Even by the standards of this extraordinary cases, this was a remarkable weekAfter two full days giving eviden…
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The lion in the London black cab: the remarkable story of Singh, and the boy who loved him
Gifted as a cub by a Maharajah to a young British boy, Singh lived at a house in Surrey before outgrowing his …
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian military, Military, South and Central Asia, UK news, US military, US news, World news
How the ‘good war’ went bad: elite soldiers from Australia, UK and US face a reckoning
As coalition troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years, former soldiers, key officers and the…
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‘They tortured me,’ Australian Yang Hengjun says as he awaits verdict after trial in China
Australian writer says he fears hidden cameras captured forced confessions during interrogationsYang Hengjun, …
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian military, Australian politics, South and Central Asia
Taliban threaten Afghan security guards who work for Australian embassy in Kabul
Guards say their work for Australia has made them and their families targets for retributionThe Taliban have p…
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Myanmar military a ‘terrorist group’ that should face international court, advisory council says
Experts’ group calls for ‘three cuts’ strategy against junta over deadly crackdowns as Canberra accused of dra…
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Yang Hengjun: Australian writer held in China for almost two years officially charged with espionage
Move paves way for Yang, who was arrested in January 2019, to face trial in ChinaAn Australian writer who has …
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Yang Hengjun: I am innocent and will fight to the end, Australian detained in China tells family
The writer and democracy activist has denied Chinese reports he confessed to espionageAn Australian writer who…
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Behrouz Boochani granted refugee status in New Zealand
Exclusive: Journalist who became the voice of the victims of Australia’s punitive detention system granted a v…
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China targeting non-English-speaking journalists in new push for influence – study
Exclusive: International Federation of Journalists finds tours, control of infrastructure and provision of pro…
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Papua New Guinea chiefs call for halt to plan for country’s largest ever mine
Locals say the Sepik river region must be protected from ‘exploitation and destruction from outsiders’Chiefs f…