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David Fisher: Wanted - spy watchdog, with or without teeth?
COMMENT: The former spy watchdog was uncompromising - who will replace her?
Bin Laden's son and successor confirmed dead
Hamza bin Laden was a favourite son of the former al-Qaeda leader.
Defence minister's concerns over Afghan detainees
Mapp raised concerns over detainee issues many times, inquiry told.
Jay Kuten: Murderous darkness taints Saudi fossil fuels
Saudi Arabia annually cuts off more heads than Isis has done in all its years of existence
Osama Bin Laden's mum breaks silence
Family of Osama bin Laden fear his son is intent on "avenging his father's death".
Ex-National MP and cop: Fix our gangs or face ISIS in NZ
Former National MP and cop Ross Meurant went to talk to the Head Hunters.
Fred Frederikse: Yemeni peace bad for business
Set Muslim against Muslim and sell weapons to create jobs
Assassin cop: Man who shot ambassador
A look at the two main players in the killing of a Russian diplomat in Ankara, Turkey.
What we know about Saudi's role in 9/11
The Saudi government still says it had no connection to the hijackers. Newly released classified information proves otherwise.
Leader killed in blind attack
The CIA did not know in advance that al-Qaeda's leader in Yemen was among the suspected militants targeted in a lethal drone strike last week, according to United States officials who said that the....
Al-Qaeda No 2 dies in strike
Al-Qaeda has confirmed that Nasir al-Wuhayshi, its No 2 figure and leader of its powerful Yemeni affiliate, has been killed in a United States strike.
What we've learned from Bin Laden files
Ten things we've learned from the documents recovered from the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound.
US rubbishes bin Laden story
The Obama Administration has rubbished claims that its account of the 2011 raid which killed Osama bin Laden was fabricated, describing allegations that Pakistan co-operated with the US to kill the....
French forces free Mali hostage
French special forces unexpectedly found and freed a Dutch hostage during a dawn assault on al-Qaeda fighters in the Sahara desert in northern Mali.
Isis handbook for women: Marry at nine
A document from an all-female wing of Isis spells out what's expected from women living under the strict regime - starting with marriage from age nine.
Pilot's horrific death brings revenge call
The Isis group's release of a video showing its fighters burning alive a captured Jordanian pilot sparked street protests calling for vengeance and threatened to draw Jordan's usually low-key monarch towards ever more direct confrontation with radical Isl
Charlie survivor: 'Gunman spared my life'
'You are a woman, we don't kill women.' A survivor of the Charlie Hebdo massacre recalls how she stared into the eyes of a gunman who'd shot her colleagues dead.
'That is my daughter'
The devastated father of France's most wanted woman has handed himself in to police, declaring: "That is my daughter."
Editorial: Torture tactics cost US moral high ground
It might be assumed that a practice which has endured since the Dark Ages must have some usefulness.