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José Ramos-Horta rejects concerns about plan that includes enhanced military engagement as ‘imagined Chinese ghosts’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTimor-Leste’s president has hit back at criticism of a new part…
Timor-Leste’s president alludes to 2004 spying scandal as he brushes off concerns about new strategic partnership with BeijingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcas…
The upgrading of ties with Beijing caught regional leaders by surprise, but experts say it could be a strategy to secure investment from AustraliaIt lies just to the north of Australia, but the tiny and impoverished country of Timor Leste is strengthen…
Exclusive: Australia is seeking to strengthen ties with Indonesia, despite new reports of brutality by the military — including the torture and murder of civilians — in West PapuaThe body of 17-year-old Wity Unue was brought back by the Indonesian mili…
Justin Trudeau’s accusation that India may be behind Sikh separatist killing puts western leaders in awkward positionCanada’s accusation on Monday that India may have been behind the car park murder of the Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Najjar in June –…
Elden Chamberlain, 60, who is being held on drug charges he denies, will take on the country’s main drug enforcement agency in his defenceAn internationally respected British public health consultant, who has been in Philippines jails for more than two…
Accident at Ubud’s Ayuterra Resort believed to have occurred when cable in inclined lift carrying hotel staff snappedBalinese police are investigating the catastrophic failure of a lift that left five hotel workers dead at a resort on Friday.The accide…
Sato Kilman also hits back at reports on his political alignments as western nations grapple with China for influence in PacificVanuatu’s new prime minister says the Pacific island nation will likely need to rethink a security agreement signed with Aus…
Individual charges against Andrew, James and Peter Buttle dropped, though their company still faces charges over deadly eruptionThe three brothers who owned Whakaari/White Island at the time of its deadly eruption had the individual charges against the…
Exclusive: Lawyers for Getax Australia say ‘unjustified and inexplicable delays’ from the prosecution mean evidence has been lost and essential witnesses have diedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Queensland exp…
Announcement comes as concerns grow in west over Pacific nation’s ties with ChinaAustralian police will stay in Solomon Islands to provide security for a regional sporting event in November and national elections in 2024, the Pacific Island nation’s go…
Yang Hengjun has told supporters he is in pain from a cyst on his kidney that remains untreatedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastDetained Australian writer Yang Hengjun fears he could die in a Chinese prison from …
Four Australians and two crew were saved after their boat capsized off Sumatra, but hopes of finding the remaining person on board appear overRescuers have ended their search for a missing Indonesian crew member one week after a boat with seven on boar…
Elliot Foote, Steph Weisse, Will Teagle and Jordan Short and two Indonesian crew have been found but one crew member is still missingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news…
Australian lawyer and China bounty target Kevin Yam still believes it is important to pursue diplomacy with BeijingGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian citizen who the Hong Kong authorities have vowed t…