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20 Feb 2017 - 11:03am

The five countries that account for three quarters of world's heavy weapon exports

Worldwide arms trade has risen to its highest level since the Cold War in the last five years, driven by a demand from the Middle East and Asia, a study has...
19 Feb 2017 - 1:50pm

US Navy patrolling South China Sea

Friction between the US and China over trade and territory under Donald Trump has increased concerns that the South China Sea could become a flashpoint.
19 Feb 2017 - 7:47am

China suspends coal imports from North Korea: ministry

China has suspended all coal imports from North Korea in the wake of its most recent missile test.
18 Feb 2017 - 5:08pm

New continent called Zealandia: study

A continent two-thirds the size of Australia has been found under the Pacific Ocean, with only its highest points - New Zealand and New Caledonia - above water.
18 Feb 2017 - 8:01am

Pakistan 'kills 100 militants' after blast in Sufi shrine

Pakistani forces said Friday they had killed more than 100 'terrorists' after 88 people died in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group on a Sufi shrine...
18 Feb 2017 - 12:45pm

Malaysia rejects North Korean demand to hand over body

Malaysia Friday rejected Pyongyang's demand that it hand over the body of Kim Jong-nam, the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader, saying it would...
18 Feb 2017 - 8:56am

Pakistan crackdown after suicide attack

More than 80 people are dead following a deadly blast at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan.
17 Feb 2017 - 9:15pm

Security crackdown as Pakistan mourns Sufi shrine victims

Pakistan has launched a nationwide security crackdown, officials said, after a bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine killing at least 70 people including 20...
17 Feb 2017 - 9:00pm

Pakistan shells hit eastern Afghanistan after shrine attack

Afghan officials say Pakistan has launched an assault on an eastern province of the country, following an IS attack on a shrine in southern Pakistan.
17 Feb 2017 - 7:46pm

Manus Island asylum seeker with cardiac condition flown to Australia

An asylum seeker being held in immigration detention on Manus Island who doctors feared would die without immediate medical care has been flown to Australia.
17 Feb 2017 - 6:36pm

Have scientists just discovered previously unknown 'eighth continent'?

The new continent has been tentatively named Zealandia, and it's right next door to Australia.
17 Feb 2017 - 7:36pm

Medicine and art combine at Melbourne's first Indigenous birthing room

Contemporary art and traditional culture have merged to provide Melbourne's Indigenous community its first culturally-sensitive birthing centre.
17 Feb 2017 - 7:42pm

Charges widened against Samsung chief

South Korea's special prosecutor's office says it is planning to widen charges against Samsung Group chief Jay Y Lee.
18 Feb 2017 - 8:44am

Turnbull focuses on US refugee deal over NZ offer

The New Zealand and Australian prime ministers have discussed immigration policy as they continue to push ahead with Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.
17 Feb 2017 - 7:28am

Disbelief relived at site of beach carnage

For the first time family and friends of the Australian nurses who were killed on Bangka Island have gathered at the spot of the massacre.
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18 Feb 2017 - 9:11pm

Giving kids a fighting chance in rural Australia

The residents of Tingha, a tiny town in regional New South Wales, are hoping a boxing program for disaffected youth will curb rising crime rates.
19 Feb 2017 - 12:58pm

Girls trapped in Las Vegas sex trafficking

A study of sex trafficking in Las Vegas has found that behind the glitz and glamour of sin city that sex-trafficking of underage girls is rife.
20 Feb 2017 - 7:13am

Regional community disappointed by government's rejection as resettlement location

Leaders in the NSW regional town of Armidale say the government has missed an opportunity for the development of their community after its application to be a...
19 Feb 2017 - 7:47am

Wilders says some Moroccans 'scum' at Dutch vote launch

Firebrand Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders launched his election campaign Saturday with a stinging attack on the country's Moroccan population, calling some ...
19 Feb 2017 - 5:22pm

Former Australia lock Vickerman dies at 37

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Former Australia lock Dan Vickerman died at home in Sydney on Saturday night, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said on Sunday. He was 37.
19 Feb 2017 - 8:28am

Evacuee recalls fear before Darwin bombing

Sunday marks the 75th anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Darwin, and evacuee Wendy James remembers fleeing at age six before war came to Australian soil.
18 Feb 2017 - 8:36pm

Paediatrician calls for a re-think on 'No Jab, No Pay' immunisation policy

As the federal government releases figures showing an increase in childhood immunisation rates, a paediatrician believes the 'No Jab, No Pay' policy targets the...
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