Defence officials did not know for 40 minutes that Chinese warships had started a live-firing exercise that disrupted ...

The prime minister hasn’t told any lies but a lack of candour leaves it to others to fill in the gaps over the Chinese ...

China carried out a “joint combat readiness patrol” drill on Wednesday in an area 40 nautical miles off Taiwan that included ...

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One of the last technical advantages U.S. aircraft carriers have over their Chinese counterparts is close to dissolving. Deep ...

New Zealand’s foreign minister is meeting senior officials in China just days after New Zealand and Australia said that ...

The three Chinese Navy ships in the Tasman Sea have moved into Australia’s economic zone, with defence officials assuming the ...

Donald Trump has announced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will agree to his minerals deal, and there are reports that Chinese warships off Australia's coast went undetected for longer than ...

The Chief of the Defence Force, David Johnston, told Senate estimates on Wednesday that a warning from a New Zealand warship ...

Our Government has raised concerns about China's warships in the Tasman Sea, with Foreign Minister Winston Peters has ...

Taiwan’s military responded by sending sea, air and land forces to “monitor, alert and respond appropriately”, the country’s ...

Canberra surmised that China's military moves were intended to “shape the responses of those in the region and observe and ...