Marise Payne

Turkish, Australian top diplomats speak by phone

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and his Australian counterpart Marise Payne held a phone call on March 20 after the latter summoned Turkey's ambassador to Canberra amid condemnation over President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's comments on Anzac troops who fought in World War I in the wake of the New Zealand attack on March 15.

Australia sends navy ships, divers after aircraft crash, 3 U.S. Marines missing

The Australian government said on Aug. 6 that it would deploy its armed forces to assist in recovery efforts after the U.S. Marine Corps suspended a search for three Marines missing since their aircraft crashed off Australia's northeast coast a day earlier.