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(File image). Photo: 123RF Australia's official terror alert level has been raised to "probable" amid heightened community tensions over the war in Gaza. Security authorities believe the chances of a violent extremist act are now more likely than when authorities lowered the alert level to "possible" in November 2022. ASIO's director-general Mike Burgess said Australia's security environment had become more volatile and unpredictable. "More Australians are being radicalised and being radicalised more quickly," Burgess said. "More Australians are willing to use violence to advance their cause. Politically motivated violence now joins espionage and foreign interference as our principal security concerns." He also noted the conflict in Gaza was not the "cause" for raising the terror level,...

Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER The Prime Minister of Vanuatu has been welcomed to Parliament with a formal pōwhiri and gun salute. Charlot Salwai will be in New Zealand until Thursday, visiting Auckland as well. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon welcomed Salwai and spoke of the longstanding relationship between the two countries. Luxon also acknowledged Vanuatu's RSE workers, thanking them for their support and their contribution to New Zealand. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER Source link

A protester holding a piece of concrete walks towards riot police as clashes erupt in Bristol on 3 August 3, 2024. Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP Anti-immigration protesters broke hotel windows and set bins on fire in northern England on Sunday in the latest wave of unrest that has presented a major test to new Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government. Violent protests involving hundreds of anti-immigration protesters have erupted in towns and cities across Britain after three girls were killed in a knife attack at a children's dance class in Southport in northwest England last week. The murders were seized on by anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim groups as misinformation spread that the suspected attacker was an immigrant and a radical Islamist. Police have said the suspect was born in Britain...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in an interview with CBS News Sunday Morning. Photo: CBS News By Noor Nanji of the BBC The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have discussed the online threats facing children in their first formal broadcast interview since their conversation with Oprah Winfrey three years ago. Speaking on CBS News Sunday Morning, the couple drew on their own experience as parents, saying all they wanted to do was "protect" their son Archie and daughter Lilibet. Prince Harry added that "one of the scariest things" was knowing that any parent could lose a child to suicide as a result of exposure to harmful content. The pair recently launched a new programme called The Parents Network, which aims to support parents and guardians who have been affected by the issue. In their intervie...

By Ruma Paul for Reuters Protesters block the Shahbagh intersection during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: AFP / Ahmed Salahuddin At least 73 people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes in Bangladesh on Sunday, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse tens of thousands of protesters calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign. The government declared an indefinite nationwide curfew starting at 6pm local time on Sunday, the first time it has taken such a step during the current protests that began last month. It also announced a three-day general holiday starting from Monday. The unrest, which has prompted the government to shut down internet services, is Hasina's biggest test in her 20-year regime after she won a fourth straight term in elections t...