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February 23, 2025 | Cleo Paskal |

China roils the Pacific waters courtesy Australia and New Zealand

China’s role in the region is a constant pressure in one direction. New Zealand and Australian policies towards the region have been naive at best, and the situation was worsened by U.S. State Department following Canberra and Wellington’s lead.

January 29, 2025 | |

‘Potential Mass Casualty Event’: Australian Police Foil Possible Antisemitic Attack

‘Blast Zone Could Have Been 40 Meters’: Australian police announced on January 29 that 10 days earlier, they had discovered a recreational vehicle laden with explosives in a...

January 21, 2025 | |

‘How Can You Do That to Children?’: Jewish Community Daycare Center Torched in Latest Antisemitic Outrage in Australia 

Childcare Center Burned in Arson Attack: A Jewish community-run daycare center in Sydney was set alight by arsonists and sprayed with antisemitic graffiti in the early hours...

December 11, 2024 | David May |

The Australian Government Allowed Hate Speech Against Jews and Israel; Then a Synagogue Was Burned

Vandals defaced a synagogue in the Australian city of Melbourne in late November, with the phrases “Free Gaza” and “Jews kill babies.” A week later, in early December, two masked...

September 16, 2024 | |

Iranians Commemorate Mahsa Amini on Second Anniversary of Her Murder

The second anniversary of the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was marked in Iran and around the world on September 16 amid a media blackout ordered by Iran’s rulers. The young...

November 27, 2023 | Annie Fixler, Gabrielle Christello

Government-Industry Collaboration Minimized Damages Following Hack of Australian Ports

DP World Australia, an international firm specializing in cargo logistics and port operations, detected a hack in mid-November, forcing the company to limit operations at four of the nation’s largest...

January 6, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran wrestling chief, US green card holder, calls for a violent ‘Death to America’

Dabir's statement comes a year after a former Iranian wrestling champion was executed for protesting corruption in the country

September 18, 2021 | Cleo Paskal |

Time for talks, cocktail parties is over, Quad needs action

‘I’ve heard a suggestion that India could invite and train with US Army forces in its mountains. Additionally, having Indian forces train with Australia in the Pacific would be useful. The harder you train together, the better we will fight, together.’

February 26, 2018 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

The Mystery Martyr

Death came suddenly for Samer Ibrahim Atoui, a 48-year-old native of the southern Lebanese village of Khiyam. On October 2, 2017, a Syrian opposition social media account posted photographs showi...

November 10, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

How Will Jihadist Strategy Evolve as the Islamic State Declines?

Co-written by Colin Clarke Jihadist strategy has always been dynamic and opportunistic. Milita...

June 2, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Will Europe be Pushed to Fully Ban Hezbollah?

The arrest of an alleged Hezbollah operative ...

September 6, 2010 | Australian

Aussies Pull the Plug in Iran

IRAN is slowly suffocating from sanctions that are beginning to bite where the maverick state has been strongest: its energy sector. The tougher set of sanctions imposed mid-year by the UN,...

March 2, 2005 | |

FDD Senior Fellow Dr. Walid Phares to Meet with U.N. Security Council Members on Lebanon’s Challenge

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