Australian minister asks police for exhaustive checks before raiding media
SYDNEY – Australia’s Home Affairs minister has asked police to exhaust all avenues before conducting more searches of journalists, after criticism over the raid of an editor’s home and the…
Chinese ship heads away from Vietnam in South China Sea standoff
HANOI – A Chinese survey ship which has been embroiled in a tense month-long standoff with Vietnamese vessels has headed away from Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), a Washington-based think…
Báo cáo của Lầu Năm Góc: ISIS đang ‘trỗi dậy ở Syria’
Lực lượng Nhà nước Hồi giáo ở Irag và Syria (ISIS) đang “trỗi dậy” ở Syria chỉ chưa đầy 5 tháng sau khi Tổng thống Donald Trump tuyên bố các…
Vietnam police disperse protest at Chinese embassy over South China Sea standoff
HANOI – Vietnamese police haven broke up a brief protest outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi against Beijing’s maritime survey of an offshore block in the southeast Asian nation’s exclusive…
Australia won’t host US missiles, prime minister says
SYDNEY – US intermediate-range missiles will not be deployed in Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, after the United States revealed ambitions to site missiles in the Asia-Pacific region. Officials…
United States opposes ‘destabilising’ behaviour by China in Indo-Pacific: Pentagon chief
SYDNEY – The United States opposes destabilising behaviour by China in the Indo-Pacific, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper says, as the two nations wage an escalating trade war. “We firmly…
Phát ngôn viên: Quan chức Mỹ ‘cuốn gói’ nếu không thích Campuchia
Các quan chức đại sứ quán Mỹ có thể rời Campuchia nếu họ không thích quốc gia Đông Nam Á này, một phát ngôn viên chính phủ Campuchia nói hôm…
China says Vietnam ‘maritime problems’ should not impinge on bilateral ties
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi says maritime problems involving Vietnam should not interfere with bilateral relations, according to a report released by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tensions between Vietnam and China have risen…
Crown Resorts takes out newspaper ads in attack on ‘deceitful campaign’
SYDNEY – Australian casino giant Crown Resorts has issued full-page newspaper ads describing recent media reports that alleged it pressured officials to fast-track visas for Chinese gamblers as a “deceitful campaign”.…
Vietnamese fishermen call for action against China
HANOI – A Vietnamese fishermen’s group has called on the government to take stronger measures for the removal of a Chinese oil survey vessel that Vietnam accuses of violating its…
