What the CIA’s “Queen of Torture” did next
Alfreda Bikowsky led the CIA unit that tortured suspected terrorists and caught Bin Laden. Now, she is a life coach
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Before Syria, I saw John Cantlie’s drive for danger
The photojournalist and subject of the new documentary Hostage was a fearless risk-taker
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Australians can no longer believe in their own exceptionalism
The anti-Semitic terror attack on Bondi Beach has dispelled the myth that the country is a sanctuary from the world
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Shaking hands with Islamic State
When James Foley was murdered in Syria in 2014, his mother’s search for redemption began.
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The deadly return of Islamic State
The attack at Moscow’s Crocus City concert hall shows that we ignore the jihadi group at our peril.
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The Taliban’s Afghanistan: murder, repression and economic devastation
The de facto government remains an international pariah, but it’s the Afghani people that suffer.
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Trafficked women and children “abandoned” in Syria, finds cross-party inquiry
British nationals currently detained in camps include “victims and desperate women who were coerced, manipulated, or criminally forced to travel”…
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“Leaving every night”: Kurds still determined to reach UK after Channel tragedy
Poor governance, unemployment and Turkish airstrikes are but some of the factors pushing people to leave for Europe.
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