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Kathy Marks: Lone operator shakes Australian sense of safety
There was Bali, but it was Westerners - not Australians, specifically - who were targeted.
There was Bali, but it was Westerners - not Australians, specifically - who were targeted.
The killing of hostages in Sydney has not deterred New Zealanders from flying to Australia.
Monis' former partner Noleen Hayson Pal, 30, was stabbed 18 times and set alight outside her Werrington unit in April 2013.
Against a backdrop of fear and uncertainty following the hostage taking in Sydney, thousands of ordinary Australians turned to social media to spread a message of unprecedented tolerance and solidarity.
These are the six words that say it all. "I'll be back at work tomorrow."
Whenever there is a dramatic event, social media instantly comes alive with comment and conjecture as facts vie for attention with fiction.
Hostages caught in Sydney's siege have revealed how some of them managed to escape when the gunman's back was turned.
The country’s highest Islamic office holder has condemned the actions of a gunman responsible for a hostage situation in Sydney’s CBD.
Could it happen here? That is a question to haunt this country whatever the outcome of the hostage crisis in Sydney.
Father-of-four Craig Stoker had just bought a coffee at the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Sydney's Martin Place when he walked out and bumped into a "crazy-eyed" man.
A New Zealander who saw the Sydney siege unfold has described seeing people cowering on their knees only moments after a gunman took them hostage.
A flurry of loud bangs erupted just after 4am NZ time as a swarm of heavily armed police stormed a downtown Sydney cafe where a gunman had taken hostages.
As the Sydney siege threatens to open up old prejudices, hashtag #illridewithyou has led a call for unity.
Here's what we know now about the situation in Sydney where a gunman has seized hostages.
Martin Place in Sydney CBD is in lockdown after gunmen took hostages at the popular Lindt cafe this morning.
Parliament has just passed legislation aimed at stopping would-be foreign fighters from leaving New Zealand to join Islamic State in Iraq.
US embassies have been told to prepare for violent protests ahead of a report into the CIA's use of torture.
The father of a teenager from Cardiff is thought to be the first Briton to have rescued his son from the jihadist group Islamic State.
Thirty-five people were killed and 150 injured when multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Kano, police said.
The Government is legislating at breakneck pace to pass a bill it calls "Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation".
Michael Adebowale made no attempt to hide his rage or his thirst for revenge in his online conversation with a jihadi leader in Yemen.
Only in a topsy-turvy world would it be seen as rational to bring a posse of spies to heel by increasing their rights to snoop without a warrant, writes Brian Rudman.