A regional Heads of State and Government Summit on counter terrorism between the State of Israel and Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Zambia, South Sudan and Tanzania, has resolved to enhance efforts to fight and decisively defeat terrorism in all its forms because of the threat it poses to international peace...

Pauline Hanson says Islam is not a religion of peace. In fact she doesn’t believe it’s a religion at all.The One Nation leader, who’s set to return to the federal parliament after almost 20 years, insists she’s not out to offend Australian Muslims.But she says it’s time to turn the...

Uganda is reconsidering plans to withdraw its troops from Somalia, where an African Union force fighting the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab reportedly hasn’t received allowances from the European Union, President Yoweri Museveni said. “We shall not pull out if we move in the right direction, especially the army,” Museveni told...

Shock has raced through the ranks of One Nation this morning following a surprising election victory over the weekend, with leader Pauline Hanson surprising the world by converting to Islam after one bite of a sausage she didn’t realise was halal certified. Reports suggest Hanson, who had been aggressively campaigning against...

Blast explodes as packed minibus passing by, killing all 18 people on board, police say. At least 18 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off in Somalia, close to the capital, blowing up a packed minibus, police said.The blast on Thursday in Lafole, which is around 20 kms...

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has condemned the overnight firebomb attack on a mosque in Perth and said federal police will investigate motives for the attack. Ms Bishop sidestepped questions about whether the attack could be linked to recent government rhetoric around border security and asylum seekers in the lead up...