Canberra

Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to world security than the Islamic State group, US senator John McCain has told the ABC.
The Republican also admitted in an exclusive interview with 7.30 that President Donald Trump sometimes made him “nervous”.

North Korea could attack Australia with nuclear weapons if Canberra continues "blindly toeing the US line," a spokesman of North Korean Foreign Ministry said Sunday.

Australia and New Zealand warned on April 6 that extremists may be planning an attack on the commemoration of a World War I campaign that is being held in Turkey this month.

Australia and New Zealand said on Jan. 24 they hope to salvage the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by encouraging China and other Asian nations to join the trade pact after U.S. President Donald Trump kept his promise to pull out of the accord. 

A van crashed on the offices of a Christian organization in Canberra. The crash was followed by an explosion. So far there are no reports of casualties.

France on April 26 beat off competition from Germany and Japan to win an Aus$50 billion ($39 billion) contract to design and build Australia's next generation of submarines, a decision Tokyo called "deeply regrettable."

Tehran's recent ballistic missile tests did not violate a U.N. resolution and were not illegal, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said March 15 after being questioned on the issue by Australia.

The United Nations Security Council met on March 14 at the request of the United States to discuss the missile tests that have raised the prospect of new sanctions.

The number of Australians fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Syria and Iraq doubled in the past year but was not expected to continue to grow so rapidly, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.

The Greek government’s decision to close its Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand and not make provisions for a Greek Consulate in the country has caused an uproar in the Greek community living there. Greeks in New Zealand will be forced to ravel 5 and a half hours to Canberra, Australia and pay around 600 AU dollars on airfares for any dealings they might have with the official Greek state.

"Exiled To Nowhere: Burma's Rohingya," a photography exhibition by acclaimed U.S. documentary photographer Greg Constantine, will open at Galata Foto?rafhanesi in Istanbul on July 4.  

The exhibition will highlight the persecution and human rights violations against the stateless Rohingya community in Burma.