middle east
middle east
middle east December 12, 2020
The impact of Australian war crimes on Afghans
As Afghan civilians make sense of the Brereton inquiry, one family details how an Australian raid killed three of their relatives – including a 14-year-old boy.
middle east November 28, 2020
Kylie Moore-Gilbert released after 804 days in Iranian prison
Kylie Moore-Gilbert freed from Iranian prison. Key White House appointments announced by Joe Biden. Solomon Islands leader looks to ban Facebook. Benjamin Netanyahu flies to Saudi Arabia for meeting on normalisation.
middle east October 31, 2020
Payne awaits report on Qatar airport incident
Turkey calls for boycott of French goods over Emmanuel Macron’s pledge on secularism. Jobs bill prompts mass protests in Indonesia. Amy Coney Barrett sworn in as US Supreme Court justice.
africa September 19, 2020
Trump denies link between climate change and wildfires
Joe Biden ramps up climate policies as fires ravage US west coast. Australia offers another loan to PNG over Covid-19. Hotel manager depicted in Hotel Rwanda facing terrorism charge. Abraham Accords signed by Israel, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates.
middle east September 12, 2020
Journalists leave China after visits by police
Australian correspondents asked about detained reporter Cheng Lei. Provincial leader seeking independence over Solomon Islands’ move towards China. Sentences reduced for eight convicted over killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
middle east July 18, 2015
Meeting a Daesh jihadist in Syria
Why do young Westerners give up their lives to join Daesh? An American jihadist in Syria describes his “one-way ticket to paradise”.
middle east June 27, 2015
TPP trade deal now racing towards vote
Japan surveys Spratly Islands. Sifting terrorists from anti-IS corps; UN reports possible Gaza war crimes; US muscles up in Eastern Europe; Timor-Leste spy saga.
middle east June 6, 2015
Right’s Rand Paul talks down data laws
Bernardi speaks against Abbott’s ‘power creep’. Terror talk of citizenship oath unsettles migrants. Nuclear Iran deal affects IS fight. Emboldened Eurosceptics evoke ‘Anglosphere’.
middle east May 30, 2015
Trouble looms between US, China in Shangri-La talks
Headaches ahead over B-1 bombers; IS and Ramadi mirror Mad Max; Hong Kong press freedom and judicial threats; ABC Tokyo bureau closure untimely; Hello Kitty’s 40th.
middle east May 23, 2015
Might of the West looks lacking against the Islamic State
Assad regime genocide fears; Rohingya crisis is a test of ASEAN strength.
middle east May 16, 2015
Julie Bishop faces test over execution of foreign aid cuts
Jokowi strengthens Papua relations; Singapore’s new media predicament; tense days in the Middle East.
