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…
‘Purple Rain’ superstar Prince, 57, dies at U.S. studio complex
Prince performs during the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. May 19, 2013. (Photo: Reuters) Prince, the innovative pop superstar whose…
US says China’s intentions in South China Sea raise tension and questions
US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) is greeted by rector of Hanoi Social and Humanity University Pham Quang Minh during his visit to Vietnam in Hanoi. (Photo: Reuters/…
Syrian refugees flown out by pope start new life in Rome
Nour Essa, 30, from Syria, sits next her son Riad, 2 at Sant’Egidio community in Rome, Italy. (Photo: Reuters) ROME – For Nour Essa, one of the Syrian refugees…
Jame Phan given minimum of 14 yrs sentence for Sydney murder
Armed robber Jame Phan has been sentenced to at least 14 years’ jail for the murder of a south-west Sydney fruit shop worker and a string of other crimes, despite…
In Vietnam, outrage and optimism as party thwarts democratic experiment
Teacher Do Viet Khoa plays with his dog at his hometown in Thuong Tin, outside Hanoi, Vietnam. (Photo: Reuters) School teacher Do Viet Khoa loves dogs, even though a puppy…
PM launches new cyber security campaign
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces the federal government’s Cyber Security Strategy at the Australian Technology Park in Sydney. (Photo: Reuters/Dean Lewins/AAP) Australia has set out a far-reaching cybersecurity strategy,…
Brisbane mother, TV crew held in Lebanon released
A policeman escorts Australian Sally Faulkner (R), the mother of the al-Amin children, and Australian reporter Tara Brown, upon their release from Lebanon’s Baabda Prison for women, Lebanon. (Photo: Reuters)…
