Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has summoned the US’ ambassador to Turkey on Sunday over Washington’s perceived failure to condemn the killing of thirteen kidnapped soldiers in Iraq.

Erdogan blames the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party for the executions and says the US State Department’s statement that it would wait for confirmation of Kurdish guilt constitutes US support for the group.

Leaders from five countries in Africa’s Sahel region are meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron to negotiate a French military withdrawal from the region.

The French army established Operation Barkhane to combat jihadist groups in the region, but it has grown increasingly unpopular both in France and the Sahel.

Minister for Training and Skills Development Di Farmer is calling for Queensland’s top training talent to enter the 2021 Queensland Training Awards.

The Queensland Government is holding a cabinet meeting today at the defence contractor Rheinmetall’s Vehicle Centre in Ipswich in a bid to secure a $27 billion contract with the company.

The state government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rheinmetall for the construction of 450 infantry vehicles for the Australian Army yesterday.

Brisbane City Councillor Nicole Johnston is launching a petition to improve safety on Annerley’s streets as heavy vehicle traffic increases to facilitate the Cross River Rail construction program.

Yemeni Houthi rebels say they have conducted drone attacks on airports in the Saudi Arabian cities of Jeddah and Abha. Riyadh denies the attacks were successful, saying its air defences shot the drones down before they could reach their targets. The incident comes as the US State Department considers removin

Pro-independence parties have won a majority in Catalonia’s recent regional elections. The left-wing ERC and CUP parties and centrist Junts per Catalunya have a combined majority in three of Catalonia’s four provinces, with the exception of Barcelona. The result returns Catalonia’s independence movement to t

Vietnam will receive produce from a new Melbourne irradiation facility after approval of a new Australian biosecurity facility that bears fruit for growers. Agriculture Minister David Littleproud says Vietnam provided interim approval to receive produce from a newly established Merrifield irradiation treatment facility in Melbourne.