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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump confirms his administration will continue to honour the refugee resettlement deal Australia made with the Obama administration late last year.
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the current Australia-US free trade agreement works in favour of the United States, and there has been no discussion of a renegotiation.
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| UpdatedForeign Minister Julie Bishop warns the United States against retreating into isolationism under President Donald Trump, saying most Asian nations want to see it take more leadership in the region despite concerns about tensions in the South China Sea.
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| UpdatedIndonesia's Foreign Minister complains about the lack of action in Australia against a protester who broke into its Melbourne consulate earlier this month and to hold up the West Papua flag.
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The Kremlin says the US did not consult Russia before Donald Trump's pledge to order safe zones in Syria, while Turkey says it is waiting to see the outcome of the plan.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is confident the Government's refugee resettlement deal with the US will go ahead despite concessions from senior cabinet ministers that the arrangement is not set in stone.
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| UpdatedChina uses a US television network interview to send its strongest message yet to Donald Trump that it will not back down on its claims in the South China Sea.
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| UpdatedA week of conciliation talks ends in East Timor dropping its spying case against Australia as part of negotiations to resolve the long-running dispute over permanent maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea.
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| UpdatedThe focus on a new China-centric TPP could put Australia in a difficult situation down the track if the US, Australia's greatest ally, demands full support in any confrontation with China, Australia's biggest trading partner.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May refuses to reveal whether she knew about the reported failure of an unarmed ballistic missile launch at the time of a vote on the UK's nuclear Trident system.
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| UpdatedThe US Government asks South Korea to arrest a brother of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on charges that he engaged in a bribery scheme to carry out the sale of a Vietnamese building complex.
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European nations have had an early taste of what US foreign policy might look like under Donald Trump's incoming administration.
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US foreign policy will become unpredictable under President Trump and Australian should avoid "complacency" on national security, researchers say.
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US President-elect Donald Trump asks about 50 senior Obama administration appointees to remain in their posts after his inauguration to ensure continuity in government, a spokesman says.
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As President Barack Obama counts down his time in office, we look back on some of the most memorable occasions he has shared with foreign leaders.
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| UpdatedJakarta will elect a new Governor in less than a month. This is not just a race for a political position, but a test for moderate Islam and democracy in Australia's largest neighbour of 250 million people, writes Samantha Hawley.
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| UpdatedOne Nation senator Malcolm Roberts lobbied Australian diplomats in Washington for tickets to US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says.
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In a biting attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the outgoing US administration of trying to undermine President-elect Donald Trump by spreading fake allegations Mr Trump engaged in sexual activities with prostitutes at a Moscow hotel.
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| UpdatedRussian President Vladimir Putin accuses the outgoing US administration of trying to undermine President-elect Donald Trump by spreading fake allegations, adding those behind the "fabricated" news are "worse than prostitutes".
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| UpdatedWith Donald Trump as President-elect, the China-US relationship is about to enter a much more uncertain and tense time as the world waits to see what the fallout will be, writes correspondent Matthew Carney.
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Dr Allan Patience from the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne about what to expect of the China-US relationship once Donald Trump becomes president.
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| UpdatedNorthern Ireland has found itself in political turmoil with the collapse of the power-sharing government resulting in a snap election.
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| UpdatedStunned European leaders are reacting with defiance to the US President-elect Donald Trump labelling the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) "obsolete".
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| UpdatedPolitical leaders trade barbs over the Trans-Pacific Partnership as Labor politicians continue to dodge questions over whether they will back the legislation.
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