Canberra

"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.

Australia on June 15 told Indonesia to better secure its borders in a stinging rebuke after Jakarta demanded answers to allegations Canberra paid to turn back a boat of asylum-seekers.

Cambodia received its first batch of asylum-seekers from Australian custody June 4 as part of a widely-criticised deal between the two countries.

The refugees -- three Iranians and one ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar -- were flown into Phnom Penh, the capital of one of Southeast Asia's poorest nations with a weak record for upholding human rights.    

Turkish citizens living in Australia went to polling stations on May 8 to become the first to cast their ballots in Turkey?s June 7 general election.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said May 1 that Indonesia's sympathy for the families of two drug traffickers it executed was a good sign for resuming strong ties between the nations.

The thorny “name issue” still poisoning relations between Greece and its neighbor to the immediate north, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Yugoslavia (FYRoM), over what Athens calls the neighbor and what the neighbor calls itself, generated headlines a world away last week, in Australia.

Prince Harry reported for duty with the Australian Army on April 6 to begin an "authentic" experience featuring bush patrols and indigenous engagement, as he prepares to retire from the British military.
      

One of the Pacific Ocean's most powerful storms ever devastated the island nation of Vanuatu on March 14, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees and killing at least eight people with the toll set to rise, aid officials said. 

The United Nations was preparing a major relief operation and Australia said it was ready to offer its neighbor whatever help it could. 

London's National Gallery has banned selfie sticks, it said on March 11, following the lead of museums around the world alarmed by the possible hazards to visitors and artworks.

Selfie sticks, the hugely popular extending rods onto which a smartphone or camera can be fitted to provide a better angle for a self-portrait, are classed as tripods under the National Gallery's rules.

Chris Gayle smashed the highest ever individual World Cup score of 215 and his first century in 20 months to power the West Indies to 372 for two against Zimbabwe on a record-shattering day at Canberra's Manuka Oval on Feb. 24.