Topic: Oceania
Australia hailed the death of US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi in an air raid in Yemen as a significant development in the fight against terrorism.Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on Saturday said Awlaqi was known as the spiritual leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian ...
Australia's security chief has warned of the risk of "radicalised" home-grown extremists committing terror acts, adding that "lone wolf" attacks such as occurred in Norway could not be ruled out.David Irvine, Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), said that a ...
Australia has disrupted four major terror plots since the 9/11 attacks on the United States, Attorney-General Robert McClelland said as he warned of a continued threat posed by home-grown extremists.Australia has been spared an attack in the decade since the surprise assaults ...
Australia lashed out Wednesday at WikiLeaks, calling it "incredibly irresponsible" for publishing a secret US cable detailing Australians with suspected links to Yemeni terrorism.The whistle-blowing site's latest batch of confidential and secret documents includes one from the US embassy in Canberra that ...
The government said on Saturday it was "saddened" about the death of a New Zealand special forces soldier who died during an attack on the British Council in Kabul.Nine people were killed when suicide bombers attacked the centre in Kabul on Friday, ...
(Reuters) - Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik, the suspected right-wing Christian gunman who killed at least 93 people in an attack on a camp of Norway's ruling Labor party and in a bomb in Oslo, was jeered on the way to a closed ...
Australia on Thursday expressed concern after an image of Sydney's iconic Opera House appeared on an Al-Qaeda-linked site which authorities described as encouraging "lone wolf" attacks.The landmark building is featured in the latest edition of "Inspire", an English-language site dealing with bomb-making ...
Australia has upgraded its security warning for Egypt, where thousands of protesters have clashed with troops, urging travellers to think twice before visiting the country.Australia was amending its travel advisory for Egypt because of the "difficult security situation" that has resulted in ...
Three men were found guilty Thursday of plotting to attack a Sydney army base with high-powered weapons and kill as many people as possible to further the cause of Islam.The Supreme Court in Melbourne heard that the men, who have been linked ...
The relationship between Australia and Indonesia was harmed when Australia granted 43 Papuans temporary protection visas, which entitled them to stay in Australia for three years. The Indonesian government recalled its ambassador and asked Australia to send the asylum seekers home, giving ...
