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AFP argues corrupt agents will escape scrutiny if war crimes leak disclosed
The nation’s premier crime-fighting agency refused for a fifth time to release details of its investigation into a leak that threatened to derail a war crimes inquiry into Ben Roberts Smith.
- Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
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What happened to my brother, Julian Assange, once felt extraordinary. Today it feels like the norm
The same forces that came after my brother are now moving in broad daylight. These are not isolated incidents. They are warnings meant to suppress speech, punish resistance, and make people afraid to resist.
- Gabriel Shipton
‘Credible intelligence’ of severe damage to Iran’s nuclear sites: CIA
The Trump administration has moved to dispel scepticism about the efficacy of America’s strikes by scheduling a news conference that the US president said would provide “irrefutable” evidence of the mission’s success.
- Michael Koziol
It has held dictators to account for 75 years, but Trump has left it in survival mode
It was founded to ensure people living in restrictive regimes in post-Soviet states had access to uncensored news. But the future of Radio Free Europe is more uncertain than ever.
- Rob Harris
- Opinion
- Opinion
They made a movie about my prison nightmare. I watched it through my fingers
As Richard Roxburgh stars as me in a feature film, I confront a disturbing reality: more journalists are behind bars today than when I was incarcerated in Egypt more than a decade ago.
- Peter Greste
Dead air: Trump pulls plug on broadcaster with 420 million listeners
The president’s move dims ‘a beacon that burned bright during some of the darkest hours since 1942’, one correspondent wrote.
- David Enrich
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
The macho men who bootlick Trump show us what weakness looks like
Some of the richest men in the world are genuflecting to the re-elected US president. It’s a pathetic parade of toadyism.
- Jacqueline Maley
- Opinion
- USA
Shock and awe: It’s impossible to do justice to an entire continent, but I’ll do my best
From deadly wildfires to air disasters and glittering inauguration balls, it’s been a whirlwind start to my stint as North America correspondent.
- Michael Koziol
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- Trump's White House
Trump bans major US news agency for refusing to rename Gulf of Mexico
The US president has been accused of violating the First Amendment after indefinitely barring The Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Opinion
‘Like an episode of Utopia’: Why uncovering the truth has become harder than ever
The process that is supposed to bring information to the public is being eroded by nonsensical nitpicking. In the process, we’re losing vital information.
- Sam White
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