Australia

New Australian PM pledges to help make Indonesia’s G20 presidency, summit successful

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged Monday to help host country Indonesia make this year’s G20 summit a success, including…

2 years ago

Australia protests to China after dangerous air intercept

A Chinese fighter jet dangerously intercepted an Australian reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea last month, Australia’s Department of…

2 years ago

Myanmar’s junta shuts down publisher for distributing book on Rohingya genocide

Myanmar’s military regime has shut down a well-known publishing house in Yangon for importing and distributing a book on the…

2 years ago

China faces diplomatic setback in its push for influence in Pacific islands

China and 10 small Pacific island nations have failed to sign a Beijing-initiated agreement amid concerns in the region about…

2 years ago

UN: 1 billion meth pills seized in East, Southeast Asia last year

Tons of methamphetamine have been produced, trafficked and used in East and Southeast Asia where a record 1 billion methamphetamine…

2 years ago

Analysts: US notches win in wooing ASEAN countries to join economic deal

The United States has scored a win in its efforts to counter Beijing’s influence in Southeast Asia by getting most…

2 years ago

China, Australia vie for influence, as Beijing touts vision for the Pacific

As China launched a high-level diplomatic mission to build its influence in the Pacific islands, Australia’s new government responded with…

2 years ago

Top US diplomat lays out ‘invest, align, compete’ strategy to meet China challenge

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said the United States would employ a threefold strategy of investing at home, aligning efforts…

2 years ago

Japan criticizes ‘provocative’ China-Russia air patrol during Quad summit

Japan has described as “provocative” a joint patrol by Chinese and Russian air forces over the Sea of Japan and…

2 years ago

Australia, India, Japan and US end ‘Quad’ summit with eyes on China

Leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) met on Tuesday in Tokyo, with China’s increasing influence and assertiveness in the…

2 years ago

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