Asia Pacific

China’s military has begun joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan to ‘serve as a stern warning and powerful deterrent against Taiwanese independence’.

A popular Australian reality TV star has shared horrifying details of the moment a woman started to open the door of an aircraft as crew yelled at passengers to put their seat belts on immediately. 

Signs of life are still being detected in buildings reduced to rubble as the death toll from the 7.7-magnitude quake exceeds 2000.

Anthony Albanese says it’s okay for China to use deep-sea research ships off Australia’s coast, adding he ‘would prefer that it wasn’t there’ but that the ADF do the same thing in the Taiwan Strait.

The horrific reality of the devastating earthquake that struck Southeast Asia is becoming clear, as the death toll rises to 1700, with authorities fearing it could reach 10,000. 

Horrifying footage continues to emerge after a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck across Southeast, so far claiming 144 lives, as the desperate search for survivors amongst rubble continues.

A powerful earthquake has caused a high-rise building under construction to collapse in Bangkok, as the tremor rocked Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly stressed the importance of North Korea to be at the forefront of accelerating AI-powered drones for military use, as new ‘suicide drones’ are tested.

The 39-year-old was killed and two other Australians were injured when a huge wave flipped the snorkelling tour boat.

South Korea's Constitutional Court has overturned parliament's impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and reinstated him as acting leader.

The mining industry is drifting apart into two distinct models.

Two other Australians were also on the boat at Nusa Penida when a huge wave flipped the boat, leaving one victim still unable to speak.

A snorkelling trip in paradise has turned to terror after a boat carrying at least 11 Australians capsized before a woman from Canberra drowned off the coast of Bali.

Flights to and from Bali have resumed after earlier being cancelled due to a volcano eruption shooting ash 2.5km into the air.

The Pentagon is preparing to brief US President Donald Trump’s right-hand man, DOGE leader Elon Musk, on a 20-30 page top-secret military plan for war with China.