Australians stranded in Vanuatu as national airline teeters on the brink of voluntary administration
Australian tourists are stranded in Vanuatu after the country's national airline cancelled international flights for four days, while the Vanuatu government considers putting it into voluntary administration.
Australia increases financial support to Tuvalu in face of competition with China
Australia and Tuvalu declare there are only a "narrow set of circumstances" where the federal government might trigger a contentious part of the Falepili Union which allows Canberra to veto security arrangements struck by the Pacific Island nation.
Tears in court as Fiji's former PM and coup leader Frank Bainimarama sentenced to one year in jail
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The women taking on Putin’s propaganda machine from the bunkers of eastern Ukraine
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Australian man arrested and charged for alleged drug offences in Bali
An Australian man has been arrested and charged with alleged drug offences in Bali, local authorities have confirmed.
'You are a liar': Chinese wannabe working holiday-makers furious over suspension of visa applications
Tens of thousands of young people in China reportedly see their working holiday visa applications expire as the Australian government quietly suspends issuing the visa for Chinese nationals.
Why this sunken island is changing the way we think about myths
Legend has it a jealous husband used a wave curse to sink Teonimenu into the ocean forever. Scientists have worked out what really happened.
China changes story on military confrontation, accuses Australia of spying
Beijing shifts its story on the latest confrontation between Chinese and Australian forces, claiming that one of its fighter jets intercepted an Australian helicopter because it was trying to spy on naval exercises in the Yellow Sea.
Gaza aid 'choked off' after Israel seizes Rafah border crossing
Aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe as Israeli forces seize the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza and close the flow of aid through the checkpoint.
US pauses weapons shipment to Israel following IDF occupation of Rafah crossing
US President Joe Biden has been trying to head off a full-scale assault by the Israelis in Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge from combat elsewhere in Gaza.
What Stormy Daniels testified happened between her and Donald Trump
Stormy Daniels gave a graphic account of a sexual encounter with Trump during her testimony at the New York hush money trial.
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