Natural resources must benefit all: pope
Pope Francis visited Papua New Guinea Saturday, where he called for vast natural resources to benefit the 鈥榚ntire community鈥� 鈥� a politically charged demand in a nation where many
Oceania
Guterres issues 鈥榞lobal SOS鈥� over fast-rising Pacific ocean
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres sent out a global climate 鈥楽OS鈥� at a Pacific islands summit on Tuesday, unveiling research that shows the region鈥檚 seas rising much more...
Big polluters urged to pay as key Pacific summit opens in Tonga
Emissions-belching nations were challenged to stump up for climate-related damage as a key Pacific islands summit opened on Monday, with low-lying Tuvalu declaring: 鈥業f you pollute, you should pay.鈥�
Australia accuses friends over foreign interference
Australia鈥檚 spy chief on Sunday accused some friendly nations of running foreign interference operations in the country, saying their identities would surprise people if revealed.
Australia PM replaces immigration, security ministers
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday replaced the government ministers responsible for immigration and national security, overhauling the...
Australia bans uranium mining at indigenous site
Australia moved Saturday to ban mining at one of the world鈥檚 largest high-grade uranium deposits, highlighting the site鈥檚 鈥榚nduring connection鈥� to Indigenous Australians.
Australia sanctions Israeli settlers, echoing EU, US moves
Australia on Thursday followed Europe and the United States by levying sanctions on Israeli settlers accused of 鈥榖eatings, sexual assault and torture鈥� of...
Australia tells Russia to 鈥榖ack off鈥� on spying
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday rejected Russian criticism over the arrest of a Brisbane-based couple accused of spying for Moscow, telling the...
Australia increases visa fee for foreign student
Australia has significantly increased the visa fee for international students, more than doubling the cost from A$710 to A$1,600....
Julian Assange 鈥榬ediscovering鈥� life as free man in Australia
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is 鈥榬ediscovering鈥� life as he tastes freedom in Australia after a five-year stretch in a London high-security prison, his wife said on...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns home a free man
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man on Wednesday after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell....
Chinese PM Li urges 鈥榮helving differences鈥� with Australia
Chinese prime minister Li Qiang called Saturday for 鈥榮helving differences鈥� with Australia as he embarked on a four-day trip dangling the promise of expanded trade despite their geopolitical rivalry....
Body recovery effort 鈥榗alled off鈥� at PNG landslide site
Hundreds of villagers feared buried in Papua New Guinea landslide will not be recovered, the military said on Wednesday, describing the disaster zone as 鈥榯oo dangerous鈥� to operate in...
Australia opens military to non-citizens
Australia will allow non-citizens to join its armed forces, the government said on Tuesday, as the sparsely populated nation struggles to meet...