WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has ruled out asking Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take on a dual role as national security adviser and said he has about…
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has told reporters he would be willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to resume denuclearisation talks at some point later this…
MANILA – The vice president of the Philippines has rebuked the country’s leader for being “reckless” in suggesting he would consider ignoring an arbitration ruling in its favour over a…
ORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A Chinese national arrested for bluffing her way onto US President Donald Trump’s Florida resort went on trial acting as her own attorney on Monday, telling…
LONDON- Prime Minister Boris Johnson has he would not request an extension to Brexit, hours after a law came into force demanding that he delay Britain’s departure from the European…
SYDNEY- Australia has ordered internet service providers to block access to eight websites still showing footage of deadly attacks on two mosques in New Zealand earlier this year. A lone…
SYDNEY – Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she met last week with her Iranian counterpart, seeking to secure release of three citizens held by Tehran. Australia‘s Department of Foreign Affairs…
MELBOURNE – Strong winds have fanned bushfires in two states, with flames out of control in some areas ravaging thousands of hectares of land, fire services officials said. The heavy…
SYDNEY- Australia has ordered internet service providers to block access to eight websites still showing footage of deadly attacks on two mosques in New Zealand earlier this year. A lone…
MELBOURNE – Australian firefighters have battled more than 100 bushfires across two eastern states as authorities warned that parts of the country could expected a severe bushfire season this summer.…
NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka – The number of Sri Lankans trying to enter Australia illegally by sea is rising, an Australian general, a day after Canberra said it had intercepted a…
CANBERRA – A Chinese-born Australian writer held in China since January has been formally arrested on suspicion of espionage, the Australian and Chinese governments said, amid growing diplomatic tension between…
HANOI – Vietnam is considering nationalising Airports Corporation of Vietnam, a move that economists say may hurt investor sentiment and hamper the Southeast Asian country’s privatisation drive. The Ministry of…
HANOI – Police in Vietnam have accused a former information minister of taking $US3 million in bribes in connection with a controversial deal at state telecoms firm MobiFone, state media…
WASHINGTON – China is carrying out “coercive interference” in oil and gas activities in waters claimed by Vietnam, the Pentagon said, accusing Beijing of using “bullying tactics.” A Chinese survey…
HANOI – A Chinese survey vessel has extended its activities to an area closer to Vietnam’s coastline, ship tracking data showed, after the United States and Australia expressed concern about…
HANOI – New allies Vietnam and Australia have expressed concern about China’s activities in the South China Sea, where Vietnamese and Chinese vessels are locked in a tense standoff in…
HANOI – Vietnam has demanded that China remove an oil survey vessel and its escorts from the Southeast Asian country’s exclusive economic zone, amid a month-long standoff in waters seen…
HANOI – A Chinese survey vessel has extended its activities to an area closer to Vietnam’s coastline, ship tracking data showed, after the United States and Australia expressed concern about…
HANOI – A court in Vietnam has jailed for eight years a man who formerly worked as a lawyer, on a charge of attempting to overthrow the state, just days…
CHNOK TRU, Cambodia – Troung Van Long is Vietnamese in name only. He was born in Cambodia and has lived there for decades, including many years in a floating house…
HANOI – A court in Vietnam has sentenced a US citizen to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of “attempting to overthrow the state” in a trial that…
HANOI – Vietnam has asked companies not to advertise on videos hosted by Google’s YouTube that contain “anti-state propaganda,” state media said, as the Southeast Asian country ramps up pressure…
BRUSSELS – The European Union has called for the immediate release of a Vietnamese Facebook user sentenced to six years in prison for posts he made on the social media…
HANOI – Facebook increased the amount of content it restricted access to in Vietnam by over 500% in the last half of 2018, the US social media giant said in…
HANOI – Vietnam is seeking to export avocados to the United States, the Southeast Asian country said, after US President Donald Trump’s threat to shut the US-Mexico border raised fears American consumers…
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration will expand the number of countries it monitors for currency manipulation in an upcoming report expected this month, and Vietnam may be named a currency manipulator,…