China and the Cook Islands on Friday signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, but the lack of transparency ...

To understand Australia’s alliance difficulties with the US, it’s useful to see what a creatively managed bilateral ...

Australia said Thursday that a Chinese fighter jet dropped flares near an Australian air force plane patrolling the South ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said last Friday President Donald Trump would support the AUKUS agreement with Australia. The defense secretary made the ...

BEIJING >> China accused Australia today of deliberately provoking it with a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea this week, saying the latter was spreading “false narratives”, though ...

The Philippine foreign ministry said on Friday it was "concerned" over what it described as "unsafe maneuvers" and the use of ...

China claims Australia provoked an incident on Tuesday where a Chinese fighter jet released flares in front of an Australian ...

Attempts to undermine Kevin Rudd’s ambassadorship – from the opposition and in the Murdoch press – have been described as ‘revenge’ for his criticism of the media mogul.

Notably, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles was in Washington a week ago for talks with new defence secretary Pete Hegseth, ...

You can judge people by what they say. Donald Trump's Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said while hosting Australian Defence ...

Australia accuses Chinese fighter jet of ‘unsafe conduct’ over South China Sea - The Chinese fighter is accused of releasing ...