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TOPSHOT - Russia's President Vladimir Putin walks past a guard of honour before a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP)

Putin’s chilling message to 160,000 men

Russia has been called out for an eyebrow-raising statement after Vladimir Putin signed off on a haunting decree.

This image released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense shows ChinaÃ¢â¬â¢s Shandong aircraft carrier sailing near Taiwan on Monday, March 31, 2025. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP)

‘Parasite’: Beijing fury as warships mass

China has been heavily criticised for “escalatory behaviour” after deploying dozens of military vehicles to practice “precision strikes” near Taiwan.

**FILE** An Undated photo released by the Department of Defence of Private Jacob (Jake) Bruce Kovco. Shelley Kovco's parents David and Lorraine Small are seeking damages, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, for financial hardship and emotional suffering after the bungled repatriation of Pte Kovco's body from Iraq. (AAP Image/Julian Smith, File) NO ARCHIVING (AAP Image/Department of Defence, File) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

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‘Killed him’: Aussie soldier’s shock new claim

The handling of this Aussie soldier’s shock death has been a disaster from the start. And now authorities are refusing to investigate the latest bombshell allegation.

Military personnel work at the site of a rescue operation for missing US soldiers at Pabrade training ground, in Lithuania, on March 28, 2025. Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene said that

Missing US soldiers found dead in swamp

The bodies of three US soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have been found in a swamp. The search for a fourth soldier continues.

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‘Target’: China blows up over Aussie move

‘Target’: China blows up over Aussie move

China has promised Australia will become the “PLA’s target” after a move in the South China Sea that angered Beijing.

SAN DIEGO, CA - MARCH 13: U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia shake hands on Australia â United Kingdom â United States (AUKUS) Partnership as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom participates at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California, United States on March, 13, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

‘Historic’: AUKUS ready for new military partners

Australia, the US and the UK have made a long-awaited announcement about expanding the defence technology pact. This is what it means.

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This photograph taken on April 4, 2024 shows a residential building damaged as a result of a missile attack in Kharkiv, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Russian air strikes overnight in Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv killed four people and injured 11, officials said on April 4, 2024. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK / AFP)

‘Pre-war era’: Terrifying Europe warning

A “devastating” but very “real” warning has been sounded by a European Prime Minister that the clock is ticking to WW3.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed Russia is planning to draft an additional 300,000 soldiers in June in another massive push to usurp the nation.

Putin’s ‘hidden’ plot to escalate war

As the Ukraine war rages into its third year, Russian President Vladimir Putin is pulling out all the stops to combat billions of Western dollars being funnelled to the warzone.

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Dr Amandeep Singh Pannu, Research Fellow in the Charles Sturt University Rural Health and Research Institute in front of a tube furnace. Supplied

Aussie’s genius idea for recycling hair

It sounds like something from science fiction, but an Aussie researcher has found a way to turn human hair into a native element.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos 22,March, 2024: Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, at the submarine build facility at ASC in Adelaide. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Kelly Barnes

‘Fair dinkum’: Marles’ big budget admission

One of the biggest costs to taxpayers is getting put under the microscope ahead of next month’s federal budget.

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail prior to a flight during Operation Kudu in Germany. *** Local Caption *** The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has deployed a Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to Germany to help protect a vital gateway of international humanitarian and military assistance to Ukraine. Deployed under Operation KUDU, the E-7A Wedgetail will integrate with the efforts of our partners, including the United States, and support the multi-layered protections in place for assistance into Ukraine. The aircraft will provide early warning in the event of any threats outside of Ukraine against the gateway for humanitarian and military assistance. The deployment includes up to 100 crew and support personnel. ADF personnel or assets will not enter Ukraine throughout the six-month deployment and the aircraft is not involved in the current conflict in Ukraine. The E-7A will operate outside of Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian airspace.

Australia’s RAAF E-7A Wedgetail spy plane ‘critical’ in Ukraine

The extraordinary capability of the E-7A Wedgetail and the crew was vital to the war effort in Ukraine. See how it operates.

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Chinese aircraft taking part in military drills around the Taiwan Strait on December 25, 2022. Picture: PLA

Alarm as Chinese military planes spotted

Taiwan was dealing with a tense situation involving the Chinese military just before a massive earthquake struck.

Tradie gets tattoo ruler on finger to help measure

Tradie gets tattoo ruler on finger to help measure

A man has come up with a handy way to help measure things using just his finger – a tattoo of a ruler.

Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Dual II with Software Upgrade (SWUP) is launched from the USS Preble (DDG 88) off the coast of the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii as part of Flight Test Aegis Weapon System-32 (FTM-32), held March 28, 2024. During FTM-32, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, successfully conducted an intercept of an advanced Medium Range Ballistic Missile (courtesy photo/released)

Australia backs ‘powerful’ US missile test

In a show of military force across the region, Australia and the US have conducted missile tests off the coast of Hawaii.

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