Dylan Welch
Dylan Welch covers defence and security for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and is based in Canberra.
Malaysian court drops drug charges against Australian nurse
Dylan Welch An Australian nurse facing the death penalty in Malaysia over the discovery of a kilogram of methamphetamine has been sensationally freed during a court hearing in Kuala Lumpur.
Police warn of terrorist plans to hit again
Dylan Welch BALI'S deputy police chief believes there is, "a terrorist group targeting the 10-year memorial of the Bali bombing", and that local authorities would "prioritise" the event.
Bombings led to massive expansion of security regime
Dylan Welch TEN years ago, when bombs ripped through two nightclubs in Bali, Australia knew frighteningly little about the group behind the attack, the now-infamous Jemaah Islamiah, or JI.
'Innocent' men shot in head - villagers
Rory Callinan, Dylan Welch ANGRY residents in the village where a father and son were killed in a controversial joint Australian-Afghan military raid 12 days ago claim the pair were shot in the head and that women from the...
US blueprint for war with China flawed and could spark nuclear strikes, says expert
Dylan Welch THE US government might like to deny it, but Barack Obama's former intelligence chief has confirmed China is a principal target of a major US war plan.
Crackdown call on fertiliser sold for bombs
Ben Doherty in Multan and Dylan Welch Not all of the fertiliser manufactured in Pakistan is used on their food crops.
Taliban execution barbaric, says Carr
Dylan Welch, Ben Doherty Foreign Minister joins international chorus of condemnation over shooting execution.
'God tells us to finish her': Taliban remind world they are no spent force
Dylan Welch, Ben Doherty ''WE CANNOT forgive her, God tells us to finish her,'' the bearded Talib intones before another man approaches the squatting woman and, yelling ''God is great'', fires nine shots, leaving her dead,...
The new faces of terror
Dylan Welch One year after the killing of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda is alive and well.
Boy bomber in attack on high-profile Australian aid worker
EXCLUSIVE Dylan Welch in Tarin Kowt Bomber who claimed first Australian civilian casualty in Afghanistan a boy of about 12, with claims Taliban is draftinig Pakistani children for martyrdom.
Fijian visit has Russia's Pacific bid in spotlight
Dylan Welch DIPLOMATIC eyebrows are being raised by the visit of the Russian Foreign Minister to Fiji, with concerns that Russia is engaging in what Australia last year labelled ''cheque-book diplomacy'' in the...
Come in spinner: Fiji pays Washington lobbyists for image makeover
Dylan Welch in Suva, Fiji THE Fijian regime of Voreqe ''Frank'' Bainimarama has recruited one of Washington's most notorious lobbyist firms - which has been raided by the FBI and represents repressive regimes in the Middle...
Fiji's military regime inspires loyalty, even in the midst of a crackdown
Dylan Welch in Fiji Vijay points to a large, ugly, plaster-covered hole the size of a fist in a wall of his corrugated iron home as he describes Fiji before the coup government of Frank Bainimarama took power.
Methodists losing faith in Fiji
Dylan Welch, Suva Church will continue to experience suppression despite the lifting of emergency rule.
Fijians face religious repression
Dylan Welch in Suva, Fiji THE softly spoken Methodist minister, Reverend Tevita Nawadra Banivanua, had every reason to hope 2012 was to be the beginning of a new period of rapprochement between his church and Fiji's military...
Fijians 'double-crossed' over lifting of laws
Dylan Welch in Suva, Fiji THE lifting of emergency regulations in Fiji appears to have been little more than an international publicity exercise, critics say.
Tide may have turned as Fijians talk of a brighter future
Dylan Welch in Suva, Fiji TOMASI DIVI'S son and grandson giggle and play among the heavy, decaying red flowers of the warm Suva street, as the primary school teacher discusses his renewed hope for a better Fiji.
Afghan ally wants out of Oruzgan
Rafael Epstein, Dan Oakes Al Minhad Air Base, Dylan Welch, Bridie Jabour ONE of Australia's key Afghan partners in the province where three soldiers were shot this week is desperate to leave because he fears for his safety.
Hezbollah scared of the truth: Kaldas
Dylan Welch THE Deputy Commissioner of NSW Police has hit back at claims by Hezbollah that he subverted an investigation into the assassination of the Lebanese president Rafic Hariri, saying the Islamic party's...
Al-Qaeda recruiter killed in Yemen
Mohammed Hatem, Dylan Welch ANWAR AL-AWLAKI, a US-born Islamic cleric who masterminded the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound aircraft in 2009 with explosives hidden in underwear, has been killed in Yemen, the Yemen Defence...
