Asia Pacific

In true Donald Trump style, the US President has landed in Malaysia for the ASEAN summit and joined performers in a dance on the runway. Here is what’s planned for his five-day trip.

A Canberra think tank has been criticised over a paper emphasising China’s claims to the disputed South China Sea in the same week the country forced an Australian surveillance plane from the area.

China's ruling Communist Party says it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in technology in the coming five years to combat over-reliance on exports, at a time of heightened trade tensions with the US.

A British woman imprisoned in Bali for trying to smuggle more than $3 million worth of cocaine into the Indonesian island will be allowed to return to the UK.

Beijing has warned Australia against engaging in ‘bloc confrontation’ after Anthony Albanese struck a $13 billion critical minerals deal with Donald Trump and won Presidential endorsement for AUKUS.

After some last-minute political maneuvering, Sanae Takaichi has become Japan’s prime minister just days before President Donald Trump arrives in the country.

Australia has given multi-million dollar pledges to strengthen Papua New Guinea's defence capabilities as part of a landmark treaty.

US President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured him that he will halt Russian oil imports to India.

The eruption has forced authorities to raise the alert system to its highest level.

Defence deputy secretary Hugh Jeffrey described the prospect of a major power conflict in the Indo-Pacific in the next five years as ‘less remote than it was’.

An actor who once starred in TV drama series Blue Heelers is facing the death penalty if a bid to overturn his drug trafficking conviction fails.

Rescuers in Tibet have brought hundreds of trekkers to safety after a powerful blizzard stranded them near the eastern face of Mount Everest.

Anthony Albanese has urged BHP and Chinese iron ore customers to come to a quick resolution on hardball price negotiations that have reportedly led to a halt on imports of Australia’s lifeblood commodity. 

Rescuers continue searching for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia, where over 90 people are listed as missing.

An earthquake has rattled the Philippines, leaving at least 69 dead and more than 150 injured as search and rescue efforts continue