The British government has given Peter Mandelson, the so-called 'Prince of Darkness,' a posting in Washington DC, with a brief to charm Donald Trump.
Staff Writers
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has left open the possibility of Australian troops being sent to Ukraine to help secure the country as part of any peace deal.
Latika M Bourke
Foreign powers and neighbours are weighing their stance on Syria's new rulers as schools reopen for the first time since President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow.
Timour Azhari
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have labelled the firebombing of a Melbourne synagogue a terrorist attack ahead of police agencies meeting to determine the technical designation.
Katina Curtis
A Trump presidency doesn't have to impact how Australia and China co-operate, Beijing's ambassador says, amid a spate of hawkish cabinet picks.
Dominic Giannini
Michaelia Cash has accused the PM of having a bad track record on dealing with criminals, as the Government closes in on securing a deal for the Bali Nine to serve out their life sentences in Australia.
Kevin Rudd has broken his silence after President-elect Donald Trump won the US election, declaring Australia is ‘ready’ to deal with another four years of a Trump administration.
Asia-Pacific leaders have united to call for ‘free and predictable trade’ as Donald Trump’s tariff shake-up looms, but were unable to reach consensus on Ukraine and Gaza for the second year in a row.
Ellen Ransley
Mineral Resources chief Chris Ellison has stepped down after 12 years from his post as New Zealand’s Consul in Western Australia.
Simone Grogan
Anthony Albanese has dismissed calls for him to seek a face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump while Peter Dutton warns the Government needs to ‘course correct’ to make sure Australia does not fare poorly.
Kevin Rudd is deleting past statements he made about US president-elect Donald Trump before becoming the ambassador to Washington to make sure they are not ‘misconstrued’ by the incoming administration.
Katina Curtis and Dan Jervis-Bardy
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is pursuing a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the diplomatic year’s final two international summits.
The State Department has condemned the conviction of a former US consular staffer who has been jailed for nearly five years in Russia.
Mark McGowan’s post politics career keeps growing: this time being appointed by the Federal Government to a major international board.
Joe Spagnolo
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the deepening military ties between Russia and North Korea is a threat to both Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic security.
Indonesia's maritime agency say a Chinese vessel has crossed into the country's territorial waters for the third time in a week.
Commonwealth countries have adopted the first ocean declaration during a summit held in the Pacific island nation of Samoa.
King Charles and Queen Camilla have departed Samoa after attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
James Redmayne
King Charles says he understands how the Commonwealth's "most painful aspects of our past continue to resonate".
James Redmayne and Alasdair Pal
An international conference for Lebanon in Paris raised $1.5 billion in pledges for humanitarian aid and military support
King Charles has been declared a Samoan "high chief" during his visit to the Pacific island.
President Xi Jinping says China-US relations are among the most important bilateral relations in the world.
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused Seoul of avoiding responsibility for the alleged flights of South Korean drones.
The US has delivered a firm message to Beijing at the ASEAN summit over its "increasingly dangerous and unlawful" actions in the South China Sea.
Eileen Ng and Jintamas Saksornchai
