Fiji has taken delivery of a new Guardian-class Patrol Boat in Henderson, Western Australia. The new vessel will enhance Fiji’s maritime security capability in support…
Mining group Anglo American on November 25 said it had agreed to offload its remaining Australian coal mines for steelmaking to US group Peabody Energy…
A new health report has emphasised that underfunding and a lack of healthcare workers are main challenges facing parts of the Pacific region. The Sustainability…
A huge fire erupted November 26 at a Japanese rocket testing station, sending flames and smoke soaring into the sky, in the latest mishap for…
Beijing said November 26 it deployed air and naval forces to monitor a US military plane as it flew over politically sensitive waters separating China…
US lawmakers urged the government November 25 to rethink banking ties with Hong Kong, citing its "increasing role" in money laundering, sanctions evasions and reported…
Hong Kong's LGBTQ community won a major victory November 26 as the city's top court affirmed the housing and inheritance rights of same-sex couples, ruling…
Violent confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the South China Sea are being manipulated online by disinformation networks for profit, posing risks to regional…
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on November 26 denied she was plotting to kill President Ferdinand Marcos, saying her comments that sparked a government probe…
A major Myanmar ethnic rebel group said on November 25 it was ready for talks with the junta to end more than a year of…
A Malaysian court ruled November 25 the government must return dozens of watches seized in a crackdown on LGBTQ-themed Swatch timpieces last year, a federal…
Thai police are seeking an Interpol arrest warrant for a tycoon they believe has fled to China following an alleged $200 million investment scam, the…
Pakistani protesters demanding the release of ex-prime minister Imran Khan on November 26 killed four members of the nation's security forces, the government said, as…
Protesters in Bangladesh on November 25 surrounded the offices of one of the few remaining independent newspapers, Prothom Alo, in the latest mass demonstrations demanding…
Bangladesh police said November 25 they had arrested an outspoken Hindu monk who had been leading protests calling for the protection of the minority in…
India's coast guard said November 26 they had seized their biggest haul of illicit drugs when they stopped a fishing boat smuggling 5.5 tonnes of…
Conflicts, violence and disasters across Africa have dramatically driven up the number of displaced people on the continent over the past 15 years, international monitors…
Ambassadors from Ukraine and NATO's 32 members meet November 26 in Brussels over Russia's firing last week of an experimental hypersonic intermediate-range missile. Russia on…
Sweden's prime minister said November 26 Stockholm wanted a Chinese ship, anchored off Denmark after two Baltic Sea cables were cut, to move to Swedish…
US President-elect Donald Trump said November 25 he intends to impose a 25 percent tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada, along with a 10…
Russia on November 25 jailed a student already convicted for allegedly burning the Koran and beaten by the son of Chechnya's leader, to 13.5 years…
Iraq's population has surpassed 45 million, more than a third of whom are under the age of 15, authorities said November 25 after the first…
Germany's Olaf Scholz was November 25 officially named to lead his Social Democrats into February elections, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to…
Georgia's new parliament met for the first time November 25, with the chamber facing serious questions over its legitimacy amid a boycott by opposition parties…
Egyptian authorities said 17 people, including foreigners, were missing and 28 others rescued after a tourist yacht capsized off the country's Red Sea coast on…
