China and the Cook Islands on Friday signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, but the lack of transparency ...

Vice-President JD Vance delivers attack on US allies. He said free speech and democratic institutions were being eroded and accused European politicians of forcing people to shut down social media ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said last Friday President Donald Trump would support the AUKUS agreement with Australia. The defense secretary made the ...

America’s allies are preparing to have to fend for themselves against not just their traditional foes, but also a predatory ...

China accused Australia on Friday of deliberately provoking it with a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea this ...

Albanese touted the possibility of an exemption on Tuesday, before being repeatedly slapped down over the following hours.

The U.S. and the West have been struggling to lower their reliance on China for critical minerals, and Australia could play a ...

Australian lawmaker Andrew Wallace said on Wednesday that there has never been a more important time to support Israel and the Australian Jewish community.

During her first full day as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard will meet with U.S. allies at the Munich Security Conference.

The Trump administration is not the first Western government to envision a stronger, safer, and more prosperous country by ...

In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

The term critical minerals has become so widespread that it has effectively lost its meaning, as it could be applied to ...