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Japan has set a new target for military spending over the next five years to $318 billion, or 1.5 times the current level, as the country seeks defense buildup including the use of preemptive strike

The government faces the rapid spread of public anger centred on a galvanising tragedy, says professor of psychology Stephen Reicher

A recent report by the NGO Safeguard Defenders about the existence of "secret Chinese police stations" in cities around the world, including New York, has sparked investigations in several European countries and attracted the attention of the FBI. But while these investigations aim to protect the rule of law from…

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hosts China's leader this week at a delicate moment in U.S.-Saudi ties, signalling Riyadh's resolve to navigate a polarised global order regardless of the wishes of its Western allies, analysts said.

Loosening controls further could spark a devastating outbreak, but tightening the rules again could trigger unrest

What started as an unplanned vigil last weekend in Shanghai by fewer than a dozen people grew hours later into a rowdy crowd of hundreds

A delegation of six federal politicians from Labor and the Coalition will travel to Taiwan, but Anthony Albanese says politicians travelling to the island is not unusual.

South Korean prosecutors arrested the country’s former national security director over suspicions he engaged in a cover-up to hide details and distort the circumstances surrounding North Korea’s killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the rivals’ sea boundary in 2020

A group of MPs headed to Taiwan to convey Australia's wish to maintain peace in the Indo-Pacific will visit the country without Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.