Australia says no plan for joint South China Sea patrols with Indonesia
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday that Australia aimed to work more closely with Indonesia over maritime security, but there was no plan for the neighbours to hold joint patrols in…
Iraq security forces take Mosul’s main government complex, museum building
BAGHDAD – Elite Iraqi security forces have dislodged Islamic State militants from the main government buildings in Mosul, their last major city stronghold in Iraq, an Iraqi spokesman said. Mosul’s…
N.Korea bars Malaysians from leaving as murder row boils
KUALA LUMPUR/SEOUL – North Korea has barred Malaysians from leaving the country on Tuesday, prompting Malaysia to take tit-for-tat action, as police in Kuala Lumpur sought to question up to…
Self-driving bus with no back-up driver nears California street
SAN RAMON, California – A pair of $US 250,000 autonomous buses began driving around an empty San Francisco Bay Area parking lot on Monday, preparing to move onto a local…
Australian man dies on descent from Everest Base Camp
KATHMANDU – A 49-year-old Australian man has died while descending from Mount Everest Base Camp while trekking in the Himalayas, according to a trekking group. Australian trekker Matthew Paul Jones…
British woman raped, held hostage for 2 months in outback Australia – police
A 22-year-old British woman was raped and assaulted a number of times while she was held hostage by a man during a two-month ordeal in the remote outback of northern…
South Korea says to “actively” consider filing WTO complaint against China
SEOUL – South Korea’s government will consider filing a complaint to the World Trade Organization against what they described as China’s trade retaliation after Seoul agreed to deploy a United…
Trump’s new travel ban raises bar for legal challenges
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO – The new, more narrowly tailored temporary travel ban President Donald Trump has signed will be more difficult to challenge successfully in court, legal experts said. They said…
Ex-policeman says behind 200 killings in Philippine death squad under Duterte
MANILA – A retired policeman has testified before a Philippine Senate hearing to killing nearly 200 people as part of a “death squad” under President Rodrigo Duterte when Duterte was…
N.Korea fires four ballistic missiles into sea near Japan – Abe
SEOUL/TOKYO – North Korea has fired four ballistic missiles early today, three of which landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, the latest in a…
