New satellite images have offered a clearer picture of a Chinese naval task group travelling north of Australia through the Philippine Sea.

China and Australia hold the 5th Strategic Economic Dialogue via video link on December 19, 2025. Photo: National Development ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defense Minister ...

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said China is more frequently projecting military power further into the Pacific, in a speech highlighting the challenges Australia faces as it competes for ...

The People's Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang travels in the Torres Strait off Australia's coast on Feb. 11. (Australian Defense Force via AP) MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian ...

BEIJING (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he complained to China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on Tuesday about a Chinese naval live-fire exercise off the Australian ...

Japan and Australia urged calm on Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar on Japanese fighter jets, a month after ...

Both Labor and the Coalition have proposed that Australia buy out the Port of Darwin lease from the Chinese-owned Landbridge Group, based on national security grounds. Far from causing trade frictions ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Leaders in Australia and New Zealand say China should have given them more warning before its navy conducted an unusual series of live fire exercises in the seas between the ...

Diners are seen inside a restaurant in Melbourne’s Chinatown on Oct. 29, 2021. Editor at Large It was deep into World War II when Mark Wang’s father, who worked for China’s military intelligence, left ...

China on Sunday criticized Australia, a United States ally in the South Pacific Ocean, for making what it called "unfounded claims" over its naval drills near the country last week. Regarding ...

The carrier, one of China’s “big four”, will fly three times per week between Perth and Guangzhou using 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, providing a total of 85,800 inbound and outbound seats per year. The ...