Asia Pacific

As European leaders canvass Ukraine's future, the New Zealand government has indicated an openness to send peacekeepers should a ceasefire deal be reached.

Australian senior defence officials have met with Chinese counterparts after an ‘unsafe’ mid-air incident involving Australia and China's air forces last week, discussing the ‘risk of miscalculation or escalation’.

At least 15 people have been killed in a stampede at a station as thousands tried to board a train to the attend a festival.

Australia has lodged an official protest with Beijing after a Chinese fighter jet dropped flares on an Australian aircraft in an ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ incident.

It’s understood several foreigners, including at least one Australian, beat up security using objects as weapons.

A monkey has come into contact with an electrical grid transformer and caused a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka.

Officials say international visitors have been causing disruptions.

The accusations against the daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte included a plot to assassinate the nation’s leader President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and large-scale corruption.

Taiwan’s top diplomat in Canberra says Taipei stands by to offer advice in tackling disinformation campaigns as Australia braces for a surge in conspiracy theories and fake news ahead of the election.

Furious descendants of the infamous HMS Bounty mutineers have ramped up their campaign for Norfolk Island’s self-rule with one community leader slamming the Australian Government’s ‘unworkable rules’.

A performer has narrowly escaped death after a giant fish bit her entire head while she was working as a mermaid in a tank of an aquarium at an exploration park. 

Police and rescuers are being praised for their swift actions after a stampede at a festival, as the death toll continues to rise.

DeepSeek – run by nerdy Chinese billionaire hedge funder Liang Wenfeng – has destroyed US confidence in the same way the Soviet Union did back in 1957 by launching Sputnik-1.

The Lunar New Year has been celebrated in countries including China, Vietnam, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia. This is what the Year of the Snake represents.

A passenger plane has caught fire just before take-off at a major international airport, sparking an urgent evacuation of 169 passengers and seven crew.