Australia has scrapped a satellite communications system being developed for the military, the government announced on Monday. Lockheed Martin Australia was awarded the tender to build a Defence owned and operated Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite communications system in 2023. When the tender was awarded, the government said it was a ̶

At least 10 people have been killed after a volcano erupted in Indonesia, sending thick ash high into the air and raining down on nearby houses. The eruption at Mt Lewotobi Laki Laki, on the island of Flores, just after midnight on Monday, spewed thick brownish ash as high as 2,000m (6,500ft) into the sky. […]

Heavy fighting has been reported from parts of the front in eastern Ukraine, the general staff in Kiev said Sunday. A total of 110 Russian attacks were reported Sunday, the generals said in their evening situation report. The focus was the Kurakhove sector, where 54 Russian advances put the Ukrainian defenders under heavy pressure during […]

Israeli naval commandos abducted a senior Hezbollah operative in an operation in the northern Lebanese town of Batroun, officials said Saturday. Lebanese authorities said earlier Saturday they were investigating whether Israel was behind the capture of a sea captain who was taken by a group of armed men near the coastal town of Batroun, The [&helli

During a visit to Israel’s border with Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated that Israel will do everything it can to remove the Hezbollah militia from the region. Hezbollah must be pushed back to the north of the Litani river, which is about 30 kilometres from the border, Netanyahu said, according to statement [&h