Tag: Australia
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Foiled plot to blow up plane, unleash gas revealed in Australia
Police describe twin terror plots, one involving the bombing of a passenger plane and the other a potential poison gas attack, as the “most sophisticated” ever attempted on Australian soil. A senior ISIS commander sent parts — including weapons-grade explosives — by air cargo from Turkey intending to build an improvised explosive device, Australian Federal…
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Bomb Scare: Passengers jump off plane in Australia
Terrified passengers jumped from a Virgin Airline plane at an Australian airport after a threatening note was found on board. According to AAP, passengers were told to leave their luggage and jump about 1.2 metres from the exits onto the tarmac. The reported bomb threat, which turned out to be a hoax, was found in…
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North Korea threatens nuclear strike on Australia for backing US
North Korea has threatened a nuclear strike on Australia. The country turned its sights on Australia, after Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said North Korea would be subject to further sanctions. North Korea’s state-run KCNA news agency quoted a foreign ministry spokesman accusing the Australian foreign minister of “spouting a string of rubbish against the DPRK…
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Nigerian students doing excellently well in Australian universities – Official
The Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Paul Lehmann, on Tuesday expressed the readiness of various Australian universities and colleges to admit more young Nigerians into their institutions. Lehmann told newsmen in Lagos that Nigerians were doing ‘excellently well’ in their fields of studies in different Australian colleges and universities. The high commissioner said that…