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Russian President Putin arrives in Vietnam for state visit
Reuters, Published on 20/06/2024
» HANOI: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Vietnam early on Thursday for talks with the country's Communist leaders on the final stop of his two-nation tour of Asia after concluding a defence pact with North Korea.
Australia reviewing lease of Port Darwin to Chinese firm
Reuters, Published on 03/05/2021
» SYDNEY: Australia is reviewing the 99-year lease of a commercial and military port in the country's north to a Chinese firm, a government source said on Monday, a move that could further inflame tensions between Beijing and Canberra.
Blow for China's virus diplomacy as song enrages Filipinos
Reuters, Published on 27/04/2020
» MANILA: A music video produced by China to promote its support for neighbours battling the coronavirus has backfired in the Philippines, attracting a flood of public criticism and an online petition that is fast attracting signatures.
Australia probes 'deeply disturbing' allegations of Chinese political interference
Reuters, Published on 25/11/2019
» MELBOURNE: Australia's domestic spy agency is investigating whether China tried to install an agent in federal parliament in what Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday called "deeply disturbing" allegations.
Fifteen dead in Sri Lanka after gun battle
Reuters, Published on 27/04/2019
» COLOMBO: The bodies of 15 people, including six children, were discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka, a military spokesman said on Saturday, six days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people.
Mahathir slams Australia's Jerusalem move
Reuters, Published on 16/12/2018
» Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Sunday criticised Australia's move to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying countries had "no rights" to do so.
Australian filmmaker sentenced to six years in jail
Reuters, Published on 31/08/2018
» PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court sentenced an Australian filmmaker to six years in prison on Friday after finding him guilty of espionage for flying a drone over an opposition party's political rally.
How two young reporters shook Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 09/08/2018
» YANGON: Late in the afternoon of Dec 12 last year, Wa Lone's cell phone rang. It was a man named Naing Lin, a lance corporal in Myanmar's 8th Security Police Battalion.
Australian yachtsman dies after Philippine fishermen rescue three
Reuters, Published on 19/12/2017
» MANILA: Philippine fishermen rescued three Australians adrift at sea for days after their yacht capsized in the country's south, but one died on the way to hospital, police said on Tuesday.
'Logistical issues' delay refugee flights to Cambodia
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2015
» SYDNEY — The Australian government appeared to have delayed on Monday a planned first flight to transfer refugees held in one of its offshore detention centres to Cambodia amid reports people are shunning the voluntary programme.