The controversial video game ‘Six Days in Fallujah’ puts players in the shoes of US Marines fighting in Fallujah during the illegal US invasion and occupation of Iraq with the aim of whitewashing US war crimes.

The US Navy names a future helicopter assault ship the USS Fallujah, almost two decades after the bloody 2004 battles in the western Iraqi city that killed hundreds of civilians.

US Marines have seized control of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul to oversee evacuation of American civilians and diplomats, while the Taliban control the city.

Australia announces a major upgrade to its northern military bases and a plan to expand joint war games with the US military, amid a persisting diplomatic and trade row with China.