Australia names Lockheed Martin as weapons system provider for new submarines
Australia has selected U.S. defence company Lockheed Martin Corp as its preferred bidder to supply the combat system for its new $38 billion fleet of submarines, the country’s defence industry…
Philippine officials seek clarity after Duterte suggests end of U.S. exercises
HANOI/MANILA – Philippine officials said on Thursday they were awaiting clarification from President Rodrigo Duterte about military exercises with U.S. forces after he promised to honour their defence treaty, but…
China armed forces warn Japan against South China sea patrols
BEIJING – Japan is “playing with fire” with plans to step up activity in the contested South China Sea through joint training patrols with the United States, China’s Defence Ministry…
Statewide blackout plunges Australia into renewable energy debate
An unprecedented power outage across South Australia state has stopped production at major miners BHP Billiton and OZ Minerals and left one steelmaker struggling to prevent molten steel from hardening…
Philippines says 2017 joint military exercise with US to go ahead, later plans to be reviewed
HANOI – Filipino officials say the country will go ahead with joint military exercises in 2017 with its treaty ally, the United States, but adds the holding of war games from 2018 onward would…
Thailand cracks down on migrant workers as anti-immigration feelings rise
BANGKOK – Thailand is cracking down on migrant workers from neighbouring countries, saying they are “stealing jobs from Thais”, amid fears that anti-immigrant sentiment is rising as Southeast Asia’s second-largest…
Malaysian flight MH17 downed by Russian-made missile – prosecutors
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands – Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from a launcher brought into Ukraine from Russia and located in a village held by pro-Russian…
Djokovic pulls out of China Open with elbow injury
World number one Novak Djokovic has been forced to withdraw from next week’s China Open in Beijing because of an elbow injury. Serb Djokovic, a six-times winner of the tournament…
No more trade in endangered pangolins, U.N. meeting decides
The United Nations has banned global trade in highly endangered pangolins, a scaly animal with the dubious distinction of being the world’s most poached mammal. Member states of the U.N.’s Convention…
UK royal Kate’s sister Pippa wins court ban on hacked photos
LONDON – Pippa Middleton, younger sister of Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge, has won a court injunction banning publication of 3,000 photos allegedly hacked from her iCloud account. No details of…
