Asia Pacific

AARON PATRICK: China’s third-ranked political leader, Zhao Leji, helped oversee a vast purge of officials designed to entrench Xi Jinping’s power.

Xi Jinping pressed Donald Trump on the status of the self-governing island of Taiwan and urged his counterpart to maintain improved ties, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

A staff member has spoken out about the shock she felt when he heard knocking coming from a coffin after a woman's body was brought in for cremation.

‘The doctor said that our child was poisoned... then his heart stopped’

More than 20 people remain missing after landslides that were triggered by torrential rain, leaving at least 30 people dead.

Evacuations are underway, and airlines are monitoring a developing situation after an Indonesian volcano, responsible for the deaths of more than 50 people in 2021, exploded, causing a monstrous ash cloud. 

The eruption of Indonesia’s Semeru volcano could cause chaos for Aussie travellers in the coming hours.

Multiple international and domestic airlines have suffered major disruptions following a massive volcanic eruption that sent plumes of ash over four kilometres into the air.

Australians travelling to Bali and Indonesia are about to face a huge change as the country moves toward a new system for doing just about everything.

Emergency workers are scrambling to find a dozen missing people buried up to eight metres deep after a landslide in Indonesia.

Authorities are investigating after an explosion at a police station in India's Kashmir region, four days after a terror incident in Delhi.

One of the greatest novelties and sometimes one of the biggest headaches for tourists travelling to Indonesia is set be revamped.

Beijing has accused Australia’s domestic spy boss of ‘spreading disinformation’ and ‘sowing division and confrontation’ after he again warned against Chinese hackers.

Typhoon Fung-Wong hammering Taiwan bringing heavy rain, destructive winds and powerful waves.

A 758-metre-long bridge has partially collapsed in southwestern China after it was closed to traffic as cracks appeared on nearby slopes and roads.