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Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary arrive at the gala banquet at Christiansborg Palace on September 11, 2022, during celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Queen of Denmark's accession to the throne. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT

Prince Frederik: Denmark’s next king unmasked

Despite a 55-year preparation to become king, Crown Prince Frederik spent decades uncomfortable with his role’s huge public attention before meeting his Aussie wife, Mary.

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The Royal Australian Navy Hobart Class guided missile destroyer (DDG) HMAS Sydney became the first Hobart class DDG to strike a land target with a Harpoon surface to surface missile during Exercise Pacific Vanguard 22. *** Local Caption *** Five Royal Australian Navy ships across two task groups have been conducting regional presence deployments throughout the Indo-Pacific region. During their deployments the ships and their embarked ADF units will undertake joint exercises and other engagements with Australia’s regional partners. Regional Presence Deployments demonstrate Australia’s commitment and engagement with the region. These deployments play a vital role in Australia’s long term security and prosperity by protecting Australia’s interests, preserving a rules based order, enhancing cooperation and relationships with regional partners and allies and developing capability and interoperability.

‘Enhance lethality’: $370m huge missile deal

Australia has taken a critical step toward acquiring world-class long-range missiles. See what the $370 million deal means for the country’s allies.

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-- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023 -- An Israeli army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on October 11, 2023.. Israel declared war on Hamas on October 8 following a shock land, air, and sea assault by the Gaza-based militant group. The death toll in Israel has surged above 1,200 following the worst attack in the country's 75-year history, while Gaza officials have reported 1000 people killed so far. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023

What’s next in bloody Israel war

Transcripts of decades-old Israeli Cabinet discussions reveal what was “at the heart of the intelligence failure” of October 7’s horrors.

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(FILES) In this file photo dated on April 14, 2003 US Marine soldiers carry a portrait of toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein at the Saddam International Airport in Baghdad. - Twenty years after the US-led invasion of Iraq toppled Saddam Hussein, the oil-rich country remains deeply scarred by the conflict and, while closer to the United States, far from the liberal democracy Washington had envisioned. (Photo by ROMEO GACAD / AFP)

How Gaza could become ‘the new Iraq’

The world needs to quickly understand the catastrophic mistakes of post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, if another multi-generational disaster is to be avoided in the Israel, Hamas conflict.

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Behind the walls of Port Phillip Prison. Picture: David Caird

Prison guards’ plea for new lethal force laws

Gun shy prison guards are calling for new laws to provide confidence in exercising lethal force, following the death of an inmate.

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Defence personnel from Townsville-based 5th Aviation Regiment prepare to deploy from RAAF Base Townsville on Operation Flood Assist 23-1 to north-west WA. MRH90 Taipan helicopters prepare to deploy. Picture: Evan Morgan

Taipan choppers being pulled apart to be buried as landfill

Defence is reportedly dismantling its grounded fleet of Army MRH-90 Taipan helicopters worth $900 million and burying components on a defence site as landfill.

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In November 2023, Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed the first flight of Australia’s multi-intelligence MQ-4C Triton uncrewed high altitude and long endurance maritime surveillance aircraft in California. Picture: Supplied,

Meet the MQ-4C Triton: Australia’s $100m spy drone

A giant uncrewed spy drone is on target for 24/7 patrols along Australia’s north coast and Indo Pacific sea lanes and trade routes by mid next year.

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TOPSHOT - An Israeli artillery unit fires from a position in Upper Galilee in northern Israel towards southern Lebanon, on December 11, 2023, amid increasing cross-border tensions as fighting continues with Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by jalaa marey / AFP)

Australians warned as war threatens to spill into Lebanon

Terrorists in Lebanon could attack “anytime anywhere” as Hamas expands its jihad recruitment, according to a new warning from Australian diplomats, as Israel draws up plans to invade.

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Defence Supplied Pics. Special Operations Task Group soldiers make their way to a waiting UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter after a Shura in Sha Wali Kot.Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) partnered with Australian Special Forces from the Special Operations Task Group conducted a deliberate operation to clear a Taliban insurgent stronghold in the Shah Wali Kot region of northern Kandahar province.The Shah Wali Kot Offensive comprised synchronised and deliberate clearance operations involving Australian Commandos combined with a number of surgical helicopter-born assaults from Special Air Service (SAS) troops on key targets.Removing Taliban insurgents from Afghan communities allows the Government of Afghanistan to establish a presence and gain the trust of the community to provide them with necessary infrastructure and security that was not provided by the insurgents.

‘Made to feel like a criminal’: ADF watchdog under fire

A “secret inquiry” into the office of the Inspector General of the ADF has heard reports it left troops ‘crushed”. Read testimony from Special Forces soldiers.

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KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - DECEMBER 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains graphic content.) A Palestinian injured in Israeli airstrikes is treated at Nasser Medical Hospital on December 19, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The United Kingdom, France and Germany are the latest countries to call on Israel to reach a

Israel ‘ready’ to pause war; Hamas chief to hold talks

Israel has signalled it wants a second hostage exchange deal as the chief of Hamas heads to Egypt for ceasefire talks. Warning: Graphic

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