China stocks sank again on Friday, with CSI 300 Index falling 2.5% and the Hang Seng plunging 3.7% to hit new lows since 2008; most other Asian markets edged down

Australian Federal Police have arrested a former US military pilot and flight instructor who worked in China for many years, but now faces extradition to the US, court documents show

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida said the two nations had been working to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific under "an increasingly severe strategic environment"

Australia and Japan are expected to update their security agreement, given China's aggressive posturing over Taiwan and the South China Sea. But Tokyo also wants help with its energy transition

Australia's Syrah Resources said it plans to expand its Louisiana graphite plant after receiving a $220m grant to boost resources for EV batteries

The incident is the latest in a spate of cyber breaches reported by Australian companies, including mobile operator Optus

Falling prices and cooling demand in China, because of the prolonged crisis in its property sector, caused Rio to more than halve its interim dividend payout in July

"It will support our transition to net zero emissions as well as create jobs in green sectors," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said

The United States and allies including Australia have been alarmed at China’s growing influence in the strategically important region

China has been running a disinformation campaign in the Solomon Islands suggesting Australia, the US and Taiwan stirred up riots that rocked Honiara last year, a new report says

A motion brought to the Human Rights Council on Monday by the Marshall Islands, plus other islands in the Pacific, requests assistance from the UN rights office

A smaller than expected rate hike by Australia's central bank, of just 0.25%, helped send the Australian stock exchange to its best day in over two years