Asia Pacific

Beijing’s military has criticised the proposed $12b upgrade of WA’s Henderson shipyard for US nuclear-powered submarines as placing ‘Australia in an increasingly precarious position’.

2025 has been a devastating year for aviation, marked by catastrophic crashes worldwide. Here are some of the most significant air disasters that shook the globe this year.

China has been accused of widespread intellectual property theft and political meddling by Australia’s spy chief.

The Australian government has issued urgent warnings for people travelling abroad as Typhoon Kalmaegi wreaks havoc across Asia.

Neither country wants decoupling or confrontation — at least, not yet.

Just minutes before he was scheduled to meet President Xi Jinping of China, the President threatened on social media to resume nuclear testing ‘on an equal basis’ with other countries.

The President lauded the chipmaker’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, on his Asia trip, as Nvidia pitches itself for a central role in Donald Trump’s economic plan

North Korea has fired a series of cruise missile-tests as world leaders begin to gather in South Korea for the APEC regional summit.

AARON PATRICK: A mix of Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron and Tony Abbott, Sanae Takaichi faces a daunting task to turn around a country in demographic decline.

The US President and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi didn’t just sign a critical minerals deal, they also autographed matching MAGA-style black caps proclaiming ‘JAPAN IS BACK’.

A US Navy helicopter and fighter jet have crashed within minutes of each other during operations in the South China Sea.

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.