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36 nations approve tribunal creation to prosecute Russia over Ukraine
The move came on the same day the WHO said Ukraine’s mental health crisis is growing, with ‘work to do until the end of the century’.
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China exports
Australian trade minister to visit China to secure fuel during Iran war crunch
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Japan
Japan-South Korea ‘comfort women’ row stoked by statues abroad
14 May 2026 - 8:00AM
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Yuan
How Australia’s mining giants are helping China to globalise the yuan
Mining firms are increasingly using the yuan for financing and settlements, as China pushes to reduce its reliance on the US dollar.
13 May 2026 - 9:00AM
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Cranes unload bauxite ore imported from Australia at a port in China’s eastern Shandong province. Photo: Reuters
Japan
Mogami momentum: why Japan’s warship is winning over New Zealand
Japan’s Mogami and Britain’s Type 31 are the top two contenders, but Australia may have already tipped the scales.
9 May 2026 - 10:30AM
Australia
Islamic State-linked Australian women charged with keeping slave in Syria
The mother and daughter, accused of ‘crimes against humanity’, were arrested in Melbourne after travelling from a Syrian detention camp.
8 May 2026 - 7:42AM
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New Zealand
Japanese Mogami-class ships possible replacements for New Zealand’s ageing fleet
Wellington plans to increase defence spending to about 2 per cent of gross domestic product, citing rising geopolitical tensions.
7 May 2026 - 9:55AM
Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Forces frigate JS Mogami sails in an undisclosed location. Photo: Australian Defence Force/AFP
Australia
Australia warns of arrests as 13 people linked to Isis set to return from Syria
The four women and nine children, who had been living in Roj camp in Syria, are expected to land in Sydney and Melbourne on Thursday.
6 May 2026 - 12:52PM
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Japan
Bound by anxiety: Japan and Australia deepen ties for an uneasy age
Shared concerns about trade coercion and energy shocks are driving the two middle powers to ‘institutionalise’ their partnership.
6 May 2026 - 12:25PM
Australia
2 rescue volunteers die as boat capsizes off Australia’s New South Wales
The crew were helping a yacht in distress when their boat rolled over in ‘treacherous’ conditions. A third body was found on shore.
5 May 2026 - 12:45PM
China-Australia relations
China’s fight for Darwin Port could help fragile Sino-Australian relations
Landbridge Group’s legal claim over the port could take several years to resolve, analysts said, providing more time for dialogue.
5 May 2026 - 9:00AM
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China’s Landbridge Group has launched legal action against Australia after failing to reach an agreement over Darwin port in the Northern Territory city of Darwin. Photo: Handout
Singapore
Singapore, New Zealand ink world first deal to secure essential supplies
Both governments committed not to impose unnecessary export restrictions on crucial goods such as food, fuel and healthcare products.
4 May 2026 - 3:00PM
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Japan
Takaichi bound for Australia to strengthen economic, security ties
The Prime Minister’s three-day visit will focus on defence, critical minerals and broader economic security as Japan takes a more assertive military stance.
3 May 2026 - 6:11PM
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Australia
Riot erupts over Australian indigenous girl’s suspected killer
About 400 indigenous people gathered at the hospital where the suspect was taken after being beaten unconscious by locals.
1 May 2026 - 4:10PM
Australia
Australian police find body in search for missing indigenous girl
The girl was reported missing from her home in a remote community in central Australia on Saturday.
30 Apr 2026 - 5:25PM
Volunteers join the police and emergency services in searching the scrubland surrounding Todd River on the third day of the search for a missing 5-year-old, whose family has asked her to be referred to as “Kumanjayi Little Baby” for cultural reasons, in Alice Springs, Australia, on Tuesday. Photo: via Reuters
Australia
Why Australia’s most Instagrammed street is becoming unliveable
‘It’s nice to see people enjoying it, but really, it’s just getting a bit too much,’ a resident says as visitors descend on Gerringong.
30 Apr 2026 - 12:36PM
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Australia
India overtakes England to become Australia’s largest migrant group
The third-largest cohort comprises those born in China, at 732,000, followed by 638,000 from New Zealand.
30 Apr 2026 - 9:09AM
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New Zealand
New Zealand officials reject statue remembering Japan’s WWII sex slaves
The government said feedback for the statue application included formal representations from Japan.
29 Apr 2026 - 5:23PM
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A statue of a ‘comfort woman’, pictured in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2020. Japan forced up to 200,000 women from Korea, China and Southeast Asia into sexual slavery between 1932 and 1945. Photo: Reuters
India
India, New Zealand boost trade diversification with ‘forward-looking’ pact
The deal, part of a move to reduce reliance on major powers, will also strengthen India’s hand in trade negotiations with the US, analysts say.
28 Apr 2026 - 7:31PM
New Zealand
India, New Zealand sign ‘once-in-a-generation’ free-trade deal
The deal will cut or remove tariffs on 95 per cent of New Zealand’s exports to India, with all Indian exports to New Zealand duty free.
27 Apr 2026 - 7:11PM
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Yuan
‘Paradigm shift’: is China’s deal with mining giant BHP a global yuan milestone?
The agreement to partly link iron ore pricing to the yuan is a breakthrough but US dollar dominance in the trade remains entrenched for now, analysts say.
24 Apr 2026 - 8:00PM
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Australia
Australia signs US$7 billion Japan warship deal to boost firepower against China
The formalised deal offers Canberra a strategic alternative to uncertain US defence ties, analysts say.
24 Apr 2026 - 8:56AM
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A Mogami-class stealth frigate from Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force docks in Darwin, Australia, on June 6, 2025. Photo: Kyodo/AP
Pacific nations
Pacific Islanders skip food, medicine amid global fuel shortage from Iran war
Pacific nations are the most reliant on diesel for power generation worldwide. They imported about 2.2 million tonnes of fuel in 2025.
22 Apr 2026 - 9:37AM
New Zealand
New Zealand minister under fire for ‘butter chicken tsunami’ remarks
A free-trade agreement, to be signed next week, could see more than 20,000 Indian migrants entering New Zealand, officials say.
22 Apr 2026 - 8:33AM
Singapore
Man vs Mythos: Asian financial bodies sound alert on AI hacking model
Anthropic held back a wider release after finding Mythos was capable of discovering security holes that had gone undetected for years.
20 Apr 2026 - 3:47PM
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