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The unofficial count gives a commanding lead to the 72-year-old candidate who's a link to the brutal period of dictatorship that ended just over 25 years ago.
Australia's ambition to build a fleet of killer drones takes its next step, with $400 million to be spent building three uncrewed aircraft capable of carrying lethal payloads.
Liberal Senator David Fawcett told 9News he relayed Kiev's interest in the Taipan MRH-90 aircraft to the Australian government in early October while he was attending a NATO parliamentary assembly in Copenhagen.
The unrest began in the capital after hundreds of police officers, soldiers, prison staff and public servants walked off their jobs in protest over a pay dispute.
Paramedics said they'd been called to treat victims of shootings and an explosion amid a "significant emergency situation", and the Australian High Commission stepped up security measures.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese insisted Australia was contributing to the multinational naval force in the region by sending extra defence personnel.
An imprisoned former United States military pilot and his wife have launched a double-pronged plea to Australian authorities to let him out in time for Christmas.
South Korea said North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea last night but the launch likely failed, hours after Seoul said it would resume frontline aerial surveillance in response to the North's spy satellite launch.
Turkey has stalled ratifying Sweden's membership in NATO, accusing the country of being too lenient toward groups that Ankara regards as security threats.
The hospital is at the heart of clashing narratives over who is to blame for the thousands of deaths and widespread destruction in the besieged territory.