Australia World News API

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            "title": "Israel claims to have assassinated commander of Iran’s Basij militia unit",
            "description": "If confirmed, Soleimani would be the highest-level assassination in war since US-Israeli forces killed Ali Khamenei.",
            "content": "The Israeli military has claimed in a social media post that it killed Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of the Basij unit, the internal security paramilitary militia of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).\n“Guided by precise intelligen... [1641 chars]",
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            "description": "Israel is moving more troops into southern Lebanon ahead of what some fear will be a long occupation, and experts warn further destabilisation could threaten the country's existence.",
            "content": "Israel's rapidly expanding invasion of Lebanon will destabilise a country that is already on the brink of collapse.\n\"This war can really be the tipping point,\" said Sami Nader, director of the Institute of Political Science at Beirut's Saint Joseph U... [3504 chars]",
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            "title": "Defence minister confirms US can access data collected by Australian surveillance plane in Gulf",
            "description": "The defence minister has confirmed intelligence gathered by an Australian surveillance aircraft deployed to support Gulf states can be accessed by the United States, potentially informing its strikes on Iran.",
            "content": "Defence Minister Richard Marles has confirmed intelligence gathered by an Australian surveillance aircraft deployed to support Gulf states can be accessed by the United States, potentially helping pinpoint its strikes on Iran.\nLast week, the federal ... [3205 chars]",
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