Asia Pacific

There were reports the vehicle was seen swerving across the road before it ploughed into the group of monks, who were on a pilgrimage walk.

Anthony Albanese and his Vanuatu counterpart finally inked their security agreement blocking foreign military bases from the island nation while Beijing’s largest surveillance was being tracked north of PNG.

Months of bizarre social media posts by the Australian man accused of murdering a 17-year-old Thai girl have been uncovered by The Nightly.

The tremblor shook dozens of towns across the country’s northeast and was felt as far as the capital but no tsunami warning was issued.

The Ethnic Unity Law could be used by the Chinese Communist Party to pursue critics beyond China’s borders.

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles has backed a leading US Admiral’s grim assessment of China’s growing threat to the Indo-Pacific.

Despite being on Putin’s banned list, The Nightly’s National Political Editor was invited by the Russian embassy in Canberra to celebrate the federation’s national day. Here’s what he saw.

Former residents and relatives of the victims of the massive apartment building blaze have been waiting months for answers regarding Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades.

An incident involving a molten vat has burned at least eight workers alive in shocking scenes at a factory in India.

The powerful quake felled buildings across the southern Philippines and sent a one-metre tsunami into nearby coasts.

Terrifying footage has emerged of the moment an enormous 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines, with building seen collapsing as terrified locals run for their lives.

Penny Wong says it’s still ‘appropriate’ for officials to travel to Taiwan in the wake of China banning four New Zealand MPs following their recent cross-party delegation.

At least 55 people have been killed in a blast at an explosives depot in northeastern Myanmar, local media reports say.

It was a miracle discovery, five smiling men, trapped deep within the flooded cave system, but now the efforts turn to brining the five to the surface — and one Australian is joining the mission.

Seven people who ventured into the cave to look for gold have been trapped for a week after heavy rain triggered flash flooding that's blocked the exit.

Their tour guide said they were taking a photograph moments before the horrifying incident.

A large presence of a chemical often used as rat poison was found in the watermelon the family ate before their deaths.

The critical summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping could frame relations between the US and China for years (but don’t mention the war).