Islamic State claims responsibility for car bomb in Syrian city
Workers clean a street at the site of a car bomb on the outskirts of the Sayeda Zeinab district south of Damascus, Syria. (Photo: Reuters) A car bomb in…
French company wins $50 billion submarine contract
The Shortfin Barracuda. (Photo: DCNS) Update: France has won the $50 billion contract to build 12 submarines, beating bids by Germany and Japan The government will announce whether France,…
Police charge Australian teenager with planning Anzac terror attack
Police guard Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance on Anzac Day. (Photo: TiVi Tuan-san) SYDNEY – Police have arrested and charged a teenager who they say was in the advanced stages…
Anzac Day: Vietnam veterans lead Melbourne’s march
Vietnam War veterans and the South Vietnamese who helped them have lead Melbourne’s Anzac Day March for the first time, down St Kilda Road to the Shrine of Remembrance. This…
China reaches agreement with Brunei, Cambodia, Laos on sea dispute
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (Photo: Reuters) China’s Foreign Ministry says his country has reached a four-point consensus with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos on the South China Sea issue,…
Australia may take in African rhinos to prevent extinction
A rhino is seen after it was dehorned in an effort to deter the poaching of one of the world’s endangered species, at a farm outside Klerksdorp, in the north-west…
Seoul: North Korea fires submarine-launched missile
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Paektusan Hero Youth Power Station No. 3 in this undated photo released by N.Korea’s Korean Central News Agency. (Photo: Reuters) South…
Australian police to investigate submarine tender leak
A chart identifying Chinese military ships is pictured in the bridge of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense force ship Umigiri before joint exercises between Japan and the Australian defence force at…
Australia aims to crack down on corporate corruption
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull delivers a speech at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, in Tokyo, Japan, December 18, 2015. (Photo: Reuters) Australia will crack down on…
Mass fish deaths in central Vietnam
Dead fish are drifted into a dam near Lach Giang Seaport in Thua Thien-Hue Province. (Photo: Thanh Quang/Thanh Nien) Vietnamese authorities are investigating the cause for the mass fish…
