Defence will be high on the agenda as US President Donald Trump meets with Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of talks with China's President Xi.
A group of women are taking unprecedented legal action against the commonwealth government over systemic sexual violence within the Australian Defence Force.
A military truck has rolled after colliding with a car, with the motorist taken to hospital for injuries.
China's defence ministry has urged Australia to stop "provocation and hype" about an incident involving Chinese military aircraft over the South China Sea.
North Korea has fired several short-range ballistic missiles in a northeasterly direction, South Korea's military says.
A flare shot from a Chinese fighter jet near an Australian military surveillance plane could have ended in a crash as tensions simmer in the region.
Australian soldiers were put at risk when a Chinese fighter jet launched flares in front of their plane, the defence minister says.
The pressure is on the prime minister to deliver results on tariffs, submarines and more in his first major meeting with US President Donald Trump.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has left Australia en route for a high-stakes meeting with US President Donald Trump.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy went to the White House looking for weapons to keep fighting Russia, but met a US president more intent on brokering a peace deal.
Multiple groups will be involved in an investigation into a fatal army training incident as the soldier's superiors pay tribute to his distinguished service.
Israel's cabinet has approved a plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of all remaining hostages held by Hamas.
Ukrainian authorities say a Russian strike has seriously damaged one of Ukraine's thermal power plants in the lead-up to winter.
US President Donald Trump has announced on social media that Israel and Hamas have signed off on the first phase of the US-proposed Gaza peace deal.
Israelis are mourning the dead and fearing for the remaining hostages as they mark two years since the Hamas' attack plunged the region into a devastating war.
A US judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard units to Oregon, including Guard troops from other states.
Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 36 Palestinians in the past 24 hours, medics say.
Defence spending will need to be boosted for Australia to fulfil a landmark treaty with PNG, but experts say the money will be worth it.
Belgium wants guarantees it won't have to bear risks alone if Europe goes ahead with an idea to use frozen Russian assets to finance loans to Ukraine.
Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg is among the activists the Israeli Navy has detained after intercepting the flotilla.
At least 57 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes and gunfire, health officials say as Hamas considers a peace deal offered by the US president.
Australian government officials are hinting the US will not rip up the AUKUS agreement as critics poke holes in the nuclear submarines plan.
A landmark military treaty binding Australia and Papua New Guinea ensures domestic security and has little to do with geopolitics, the Pacific nation's PM says.
Recent airspace incursions by drones and fighter jets prompt European leaders to support a "drone wall" defence system to protect the bloc's eastern flank.
Australia is awash with confidence a multibillion-dollar security and submarine deal with the UK and US will be spared from cuts by Donald Trump.
The relationship between the US and Australia remains strong, the prime minister says, after finally locking in a meeting with Donald Trump in Washington DC.
Russia's top diplomat has addressed the UN, amid rising Europe tension, warning of militaristic rhetoric and playing down Moscow's drone incursions.
NATO and the EU have have declared war on Russia and "are directly involved in it," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told a G20 meeting at the UN.
Denmark has informed its NATO allies that drone incursions that shut two of its airports are linked to unspecified "state actors", according to Latvia.
Britain has hit out at Russia's "reckless actions" violating NATO airspace in Estonia and Poland, during a United Nations Security Council meeting.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has little to show from his recent Pacific sojourn, before a hotly anticipated meeting with US President Donald Trump.
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