At the heart of this shift is the Philippines, which faces persistent Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone ...

China vowed "countermeasures" to Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on Thursday but elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region US allies were still scrambling for last-ditch talks to mitigate the levies that w ...

The Australian external territories of Heard and McDonald Islands - which can boast penguin colonies but no humans - were among the places targeted by sweeping US tariffs announced by President Donald ...

The sweeping tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday target not only economic superpowers but also financial minnows. In fact, a White House list notes some territories with no ...

China's military concluded two-day war games around Taiwan in which it held long-range, live-fire drills in the East China ...

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The shallow quake hit 79 kilometres (49 miles) south-southeast of the village of Pangai at 1219 GMT on Sunday.

A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, a country in Polynesia made up of 171 islands with a population of a little ...