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We can't evacuate everyone, Australians in Lebanon told

We can't evacuate everyone, Australians in Lebanon told

Australians in Lebanon have been warned of dire consequences if they don't leave as the foreign minister says it's impossible to evacuate everyone.

Decisive US action could end war next year: Zelenskiy

Decisive US action could end war next year: Zelenskiy

Decisive US action could end war next year: Zelenskiy

Decisive US action could end war next year: Zelenskiy

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told a US TV network: "We are closer to the end of the war."

Australia defends Afghan women after brutal crackdown

Australia defends Afghan women after brutal crackdown

Australia defends Afghan women after brutal crackdown

Australia defends Afghan women after brutal crackdown

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has expressed Australia's solidarity with Afghan women after the brutal Taliban regime banned them from speaking in public.

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Deaths mount in Israeli wave of strikes on Hezbollah

Deaths mount in Israeli wave of strikes on Hezbollah

Israel's most widespread wave of air strikes against Iran-backed Hezbollah has killed at least 100 people in Lebanon according to local authorities.

Envoy backs extra Gaza aid and calls for more visa help

Envoy backs extra Gaza aid and calls for more visa help

Australia can continue to support Gazans living in catastrophic conditions by helping refugees arriving onshore, Palestine's envoy says as he welcomes more aid.

Russia strikes Kharkiv apartments, 21 wounded

Russia strikes Kharkiv apartments, 21 wounded

At least 21 people, including children, were wounded when Russia launched new strikes targeting residential buildings in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

Netanyahu examining siege plan for Hamas in north Gaza

Netanyahu examining siege plan for Hamas in north Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to close northern Gaza and put Hamas under siege, Israeli media is reporting.

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Ukraine urges allies to provide weapons to end the war

Ukraine urges allies to provide weapons to end the war

Ukraine urges allies to provide weapons to end the war

Ukraine urges allies to provide weapons to end the war

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says his meetings next week in the US are ''crucial' to ensuring that Ukraine has the defence capabilities it needs.

Hezbollah and Israel exchange heavy fire after strike

Hezbollah and Israel exchange heavy fire after strike

Hezbollah and Israel exchange heavy fire after strike

Hezbollah and Israel exchange heavy fire after strike

Heavy exchanges of fire across Lebanon's southern border follow an Israeli strike against Hezbollah commanders in the capital Beirut.

Israel shuts down Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah

Israel shuts down Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah

Israel shuts down Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah

Israel shuts down Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah

Heavily armed Israeli soldiers have raided Al Jazeera's bureau in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, ordering the satellite news network to shut for 45 days

Freed NZ pilot reunited with family in Indonesia

Freed NZ pilot reunited with family in Indonesia

Freed NZ pilot reunited with family in Indonesia

Freed NZ pilot reunited with family in Indonesia

After being held hostage for more than a year in the Papua region of Indonesia, a New Zealand pilot has spoken of his relief after being freed by rebels .

UN 'gravely alarmed' by RSF's assault on al-Fashir

UN 'gravely alarmed' by RSF's assault on al-Fashir

UN 'gravely alarmed' by RSF's assault on al-Fashir

UN 'gravely alarmed' by RSF's assault on al-Fashir

UN chief Antonio Guterres is calling on the leader of Sudan's paramilitary group to "act responsibly" and halt its attack on al-Fashir.

Israeli strike kills 22 in school shelter: Palestinians

Israeli strike kills 22 in school shelter: Palestinians

Israeli strike kills 22 in school shelter: Palestinians

Israeli strike kills 22 in school shelter: Palestinians

An air strike on a school in Gaza has killed 22 people who were sheltering there, Palestinians say, while Israel says the target was a command centre.

Toll from strike that killed Hezbollah commanders at 31

Toll from strike that killed Hezbollah commanders at 31

Toll from strike that killed Hezbollah commanders at 31

Toll from strike that killed Hezbollah commanders at 31

The death toll from an air strike that killed senior Hezbollah military commanders Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wahbi in Beirut has risen to 31.

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Quad nations to expand maritime security co-operation

The leaders of the Quad are meeting in President Joe Biden's hometown, where they're set to announce plans for new security initiatives in the Indian Ocean.

NZ pilot freed from captivity in Indonesia's Papua

Rebels in Papua have released New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens more than one-and-a-half years after kidnapping him.

Russian attack on Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih 'kills three'

At least three people, including a 12-year-old boy, have been killed in renewed Russian missile attacks on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, authorities say.

'Enormous confidence' in visa vetting as five cancelled

Australians in Lebanon are being urged to come home amid concerns of an escalating conflict as the acting prime minister defends visa vetting for Palestinians.

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Lebanon peacekeepers urge de-escalation after strikes

Israeli strikes on hundreds of Hezbollah rocket launchers were the most intense in nearly a year of conflict at the border, sources in Lebanon say.

Air strikes as Israeli tanks push deeper into Gaza

Unrelenting fighting continues between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza even as a parallel conflict intensifies on the Israel-Lebanon border.

Israel has gone 'far too far' in defence: New Zealand

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has struck a new position on the Hamas conflict, saying Kiwis have had enough of Israel's civilian deaths.

Ukraine cuts Russia potential to attack east: Zelenskiy

Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region has forced the Russian army to divert 40,000 troops to the area, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says.

Russia hits Ukraine energy and civilian infrastructure

Ukrainian energy facilities and civilian infrastructure have been targeted by Russia as a UN monitor says power grid attacks probably violate humanitarian law.

Israel bombs southern Lebanon after device detonations

Jets and artillery hit multiple targets in southern Lebanon, Israel's military says after booby-trapped pagers and radios exploded in the hands of militants.

UN vote says Israel must end occupation within a year

Most countries at the United Nations General Assembly have supported a non-binding Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its occupation within a year.

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