The sensitive topics of Papua and the impact of the worst oil spill in the history of Australia's offshore petroleum fields have been raised with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

Foreign Minister has claimed Joko Widodo never suggested joint patrols and she had been told he was referring to cooperation on freedom of overflight and navigation.

North Korea said on Tuesday it has temporarily banned Malaysians from leaving the country to "ensure the safety of its diplomats and citizens in Malaysia".

Is it possible that Donald Trump has tweeted himself into irrelevance?

Prime Minister treads carefully on South China Sea, Washington's latest immigration measures at regional summit in Jakarta.

Cruise missiles, floating mines and a remote-controlled boat have been deployed to attack ships in Yemen in recent months.

Ben Carson compared slaves to immigrants seeking a better life in his first official address Monday as Housing and Urban Development Secretary, setting off an uproar on social media.

Donald Trump and his aides said many things about the need for the last executive order that simply don't hold up anymore.

Multiple fast-attack vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps came close to a US Navy ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

Alleged Australian child sex predator Peter Scully will escape the death penalty if convicted despite what police say were the most shocking cases of child murder, torture and abuse they have ever seen in the Philippines.

WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents it says come from within the CIA. If the 'Vault 7' dump proves legitimate it would be yet another catastrophic intelligence breach that would shake the CIA.

Many skiers have been swept away by an avalanche at Tignes ski resort in the French Alps, first aid workers told Reuters.

The arrival in South Korea of the first components of a controversial US-backed missile defence shield has drawn a strong rebuke from China, amid ratcheting tensions.

Austrian minister moves to ban foreign officials from bringing their domestic battles to Austrian soil.

Aside from the US, many other advanced nations such as China, Russia, Britain and Israel have extremely sophisticated tools for digital spying.

Malaysia's police chief says authorities would wait as long as necessary to arrest them.

A prosecutor has requested an Australian man who self-medicated with cannabis to treat chronic pain be jailed for a year after he was arrested with hashish in Bali last year.

The release of almost 9000 CIA documents will be viewed through political as much as national security prisms.

Hawaii said in a court motion it intends to seek a temporary restraining order on Wednesday against President Donald Trump's new executive order.

It seems all roads were leading to Mark Levin of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.

At least 19 people were killed in a fire on Wednesday in a Guatemalan home for abused children, a spokesman for firefighters said.

The Islamic State has claimed the attack, which ended after a five-hour gun battle.

White House portrays the bill as a work in progress as Republican plan meets swift opposition from within the party.

Prosecutors requested the Byron Bay woman serve the same jail sentence as her British DJ boyfriend, even though the couple testified she had nothing to do with the police officer's death.

Edward Delaney was one of thousands sent to Australia in the post-war period, recruited by Anglican and Catholic institutions and subjected to physical, sexual and psychological abuse.