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Party leader defends rape in India

Head of right-wing party Shiv Sena’s youth wing, Aaditya Thackeray. Photo: TheYuvaSena/Wikipedia   BY NAYANI DE SILVA   The extreme right wing political party Shiv Sena has claimed that rape accusations are “good weapons to seek personal revenge”. Shiv Sena, which is closely allied with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, has defended the Deputy […]

WA to close ‘unviable’ communities

BY TAMSIN DOCHERTY Last year the Federal government announced it would stop funding essential services in remote Indigenous communities, transferring responsibility to the states. WA Premier Colin Barnett said his state would have to close between 100 – 150 Indigenous communities as a result of lack of funding. Previously, the Federal government provided two-thirds of WA’s funding […]

Airstrike kills ISIS second in command

BY RAFAEL SANCHEZ-BAYO @bayo_sanchez Islamic State’s second in command has been killed by a US-led airstrike in northern Iraq according to Iraqi officials. The leader, known as Abu Alaa al-Afari, was killed near the city of Tal Afar The airstrike occurred near Tal Afar, where the US military were conducting airstrikes on Tuesday and Wednesday. […]