Asia Pacific

China has nothing to apologise or be sorry for after its navy conducted a training drill near Australia as it did so within international law, its envoy says.

ELLEN RANSLEY: Australia must rapidly increase defence spending, prioritise maritime vulnerabilities and stand up to China

Australia is sharpening its focus on the Pacific and Southeast Asia as it seeks to tackle a fragile security outlook as US foreign aid dries up.

China’s unprecedented deployment of warships off Australia’s east coast is a demonstration of Beijing’s increasing intent to project military power into the region, intelligence chief Andrew Shearer says.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Anthony Albanese’s restrained response to China’s live-fire exercises off the Australian coast will be seen by Beijing as ‘weak’, prompting aggressive displays of force in Australia’s backyard.

US President Donald Trump has told reporters that "it's possible" for the US and China to have a new trade deal.

The institution that birthed the AI conqueror models itself on Stanford and is located in the tech hotspot of Hangzhou.

As European leaders canvass Ukraine's future, the New Zealand government has indicated an openness to send peacekeepers should a ceasefire deal be reached.

Australian senior defence officials have met with Chinese counterparts after an ‘unsafe’ mid-air incident involving Australia and China's air forces last week, discussing the ‘risk of miscalculation or escalation’.

At least 15 people have been killed in a stampede at a station as thousands tried to board a train to the attend a festival.

Australia has lodged an official protest with Beijing after a Chinese fighter jet dropped flares on an Australian aircraft in an ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ incident.

It’s understood several foreigners, including at least one Australian, beat up security using objects as weapons.

A monkey has come into contact with an electrical grid transformer and caused a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka.

Officials say international visitors have been causing disruptions.

The accusations against the daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte included a plot to assassinate the nation’s leader President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and large-scale corruption.