Japan to provide planes, ships for Philippines amid sea dispute with China
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has agreed to provide two large-sized patrol ships and lend up to five used surveillance aircraft to the Philippines, a Japanese government spokesman said, with both…
Germans test air defences in Latvia as NATO expands in Baltics
LIELVARDE, Latvia – German and Latvian troops have begun a joint exercise in Latvia, not far from the Russian border, as part of a broad drive by NATO to shore…
Vietnamese airlines order 40 Airbus jets worth $US6.5 billion
Vietnamese airlines plan to order 40 Airbus jets in deals worth an estimated $US6.5 billion, the European planemaker said on Tuesday, as they expand their fleets for a small but fast-growing…
Tennis bad boys Kyrgios, Tomic in Davis Cup squad
Australia’s bad boys of tennis Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic have been named in the Davis Cup squad for the World Group playoff against Slovakia after bowing out of the…
Australian teenager gets ten years for ANZAC Day terror plot
An Australian teenager who planned a terror attack which involved beheading a policeman and attaching explosives to a kangaroo at commemorations of the World War One ANZAC landings at Gallipoli…
China’s Xi says hopes for fair Australia investment policy
HANGZHOU, China – China hopes Australia can provide a fair and transparent environment for foreign investors, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday, as he met Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for the…
Malaysia detects first case of locally transmitted Zika
KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian health ministry on Saturday said it has detected the first case of a locally transmitted Zika infection in a 61-year-old man in the state of…
India PM offers Vietnam $US500 mln credit line for defence cooperation
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday his country would provide a credit line of half a billion dollars to Vietnam for defence cooperation, the latest sign of closer…
Trump returns to hardline position on illegal immigration
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has vowed that anyone who is in the United States illegally would be subject to deportation if he is elected, sticking with his hardline…
Brazil’s Rousseff ousted by Senate, Temer sworn in
Brazil’s Senate has ousted President Dilma Rousseff, ending an impeachment process that polarised Latin America’s biggest country amid a massive corruption scandal and brutal economic crisis. Senators voted 61-20 to…
