These shipments are rarely just about saving lives, writes Morten Wendelbo.

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Cricket Australia has closed its investigation into Moeen Ali’s claim he was called “Osama” during the opening Test of the 2015 Ashes series after failing to unearth new details.

Instead of trapping asylum-seekers in years of residency appeals, people from obviously dangerous places should be allowed stay. Others should be judged on integration, says Leonid Bershidsky.

My name came out of the writers’ lottery to play Augusta National. The last time I took my clubs out of the garage, I was trying - unsuccessfully- to sell them at a yard sale. But I still needed, in no order, spikes, balls, tees, a glove, pants, a windbreaker, clean underwear (multiple pairs just in case) and a towel. To cry into. Steve Politi on his Masters disaster.

The US must punish Pakistan for its duplicity as it claims to be an ally of America while harbouring terrorists at the same time, writes Brahma Chellaney.

The Wren’s Day tradition has survived in a particular way in Dingle, writes Majella O’Sullivan

The CIA's release of documents seized during the 2011 raid that killed al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has again raised questions about Iran's support of the extremist network leading up to the September 11 terror attacks.

The idea that Russia and the US work out the rules of engagement in cyberspace isn’t crazy, but the US president jumped the gun after Putin talks, writes Leonid Bershidsky

Gardaí have been interviewing an Irish Muslim convert who claimed that there are at least 150 extremists operating in Ireland and that a second terrorist from the London attack spent time here.

Latest: Former CIA Director John Brennan has said no country should feel immune from a terrorist attack or having terrorists use their country for "whatever purposes".

A former gifted student has denied trying to become an Islamic State fighter and told jurors he only wanted to go to Syria to exorcise "jinns".

There is a long history of the CIA briefing presidents-elect on foreign policy. Donald Trump has rebuffed the agency’s advice. Tim Weiner asks why

Army of One is a new Nicolas Cage film but before you go expecting it to be another straight to video action flick with terrible one liners and worse hair, you'll want to stick around for the pitch.

The hidden history of American spycraft. By Abigail Jones

Ahmad Khan Rahami vowed to martyr himself rather than be caught after setting off explosives in New York and New Jersey and hoped "the sounds of bombs will be heard in the streets", authorities said as they filed charges against him.

The American military and industrial complex needs a new enemy to justify its massive budget and Vladimir Putin is the right person at the right time, argues Peter Van Buren.

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ASK any soldier, sailor or airman who has fought — actually fought — in a conflict, they will most likely agree with that maxim about how wars are 99% boredom relieved by 1% terror. 

Grey hair is hot as hell and we should embrace it says Suzanne Harrington

Terror in Paris and California is stoking the increasingly apocalyptic rhetoric of prospective US presidential candidates ahead of both parties’ debates this week, writes Bette Browne

Saudi Arabia has partly blamed the construction giant Saudi Binladin Group for the collapse of a crane at Mecca that killed at least 111 people and injured over 390 ahead of the hajj.

Jeremy Corbyn has come under fire for saying it was a “tragedy” that Osama bin Laden was killed by the United States rather than being put on trial.

The bodies of the relatives of Osama bin Laden were “incinerated” when the private jet they were flying in crash-landed at a car auction site, a coroner has said.

The sister and stepmother of Osama bin Laden are thought to be among those killed after a private jet crashed in the UK yesterday.

The new leader of the Afghan Taliban has called for unity among his fighters, promising to continue insurgency in his first message.

A former director of the US Secret Service, who worked in the protection detail for three presidents, has said he is “troubled” by what he sees in the service today.

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Al Qaeda confirmed that Nasir al-Wahishi, its number two figure and leader of its powerful Yemeni affiliate, has been killed in a US strike, making it the harshest blow to the global militant network since the killing of Osama bin Laden.

The Immrama festival of travel writing was a hugely enjoyable event, writes Juno McEnroe

Pakistani authorities have given Save the Children 15 days to leave the country, officials said, accusing the aid agency of spying.

Pakistan has shut the offices of the international aid group Save the Children in the capital, Islamabad, without giving any reason, officials say.