Australia's prime minister has raised the prospect of the nation suffering its first economic recession in 28 years if the opposition wins general elections due by late May

Work has stopped in part of the new U.S. Marine Corps base under construction on Guam following the discovery of artifacts

Australia has urged China to treat a Chinese-Australian writer fairly and transparently almost a week after he was detained in what a friend suspects is part of a backlash against Canada's arrest of a top Chinese telecommunications executive.

Australia's prime minister says he would be disappointed if radical cleric Bashir were released from prison early and urged Indonesia to show respect for the victims of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings he inspired

Singapore's defense ministry says actor Aloysius Pang has been seriously injured during a military training exercise in New Zealand

Australia's prime minister has sidestepped a diplomatic dispute over a suspected extremist's nationality and brushed off criticism that he is burdening Pacific neighbors with unsustainable debt as he begins a two-day visit to Fiji

Australia's prime minister has brushed off Vanuatu's resistance to a bilateral security treaty after a meeting in the South Pacific island nation that comes amid concerns about growing Chinese influence in the region

An Australian state government has announced plans to mechanically pump oxygen into lakes and rivers after hundreds of thousands of fish have died in heatwave conditions

Four Australian women have held a topless protest in Sydney to support a runaway Saudi woman as Australia considers her bid to settle in the country as a refugee

Sydney is set to host the finals of the inaugural ATP Cup men's team competition next January in an overhaul of the Australian swing for men's tennis ahead of the season-opening Grand Slam tournament