Asia Pacific

US President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping will talk in the coming days to finalise a deal regarding the short-video app TikTok.

The Albanese Government hasn’t ruled out stationing Australian troops in the Pacific in an effort to boost security ties with our closest neighbours. 

A routine safari tour turned into a nightmare when a veteran zookeeper was savagely attacked by a pride of lions in full view of horrified tourists.

The resignation of the nation’s prime minister has failed to quell the nation’s unrest as protesters set fire to the homes of some of the country’s top leaders.

Vanuatu’s government is holding off on signing crucial $500m security and economic agreement with the Albanese Government over concerns for infrastructure funding from Beijing.

A security and economic agreement intended to transform the relationship between Australia and Vanuatu won’t be signed on Tuesday despite Anthony Albanese travelling to the Pacific nation.

Anthony Albanese is likely to ink a security pact with Vanuatu on his way to the Solomon Islands for the Pacific Islands Forum.

Hakyung Lee is accused of killing her two young children, whose bodies were found stuffed in suitcases.

The short answer is there is no doubt we are in a parlous state. 

Richard Marles and Penny Wong have arrived in Tokyo for high-level talks with Japan, marking the twelfth engagement between Australian and Japanese defence and foreign ministers.

So new they are not in service, the aircraft could challenge US and allied aircraft trying to defend Taiwan from an invasion, experts concluded after watching Beijing’s huge military parade.

THE ECONOMIST: China’s summit of world leaders highlights growing global discontent with American dominance.

At least 20 people are missing after violent protests in Indonesian, a human rights group claims.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is hosting a summit hoping to counterbalance Western alliances while promoting security co-operation and economic ties.

The North Korean dictator will join Russia’s Vladimir Putin and 25 other foreign leaders in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.