Asia Pacific
North Korea fires two missiles, warns of strong action over U.S. sanctions push
North Korea fired at least two ballistic missiles on Friday, the third test in two weeks, just hours after criticising a U.S. ...Australia cancels tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa again
Australia cancelled Novak Djokovic’s visa for a second time on Friday saying the world tennis number one who has not been vaccinated for COVID-19 may pose ...U.S. imposes sanctions on North Koreans, Russian, after missile tests
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on six North Koreans, one Russian and a Russian firm it said were responsible for ...North Korea’s Kim calls for more ‘military muscle’ after watching hypersonic missile test
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for boosting the country’s strategic military forces as he observed the test of a hypersonic missile, ...Kazakhstan says Islamist radicals played role in attacks
Kazakhstan said on Monday that foreign-trained Islamist radicals were among those who had attacked government buildings and security forces last week and that police ...Tennis star Djokovic wins court battle to stay in Australia
World number one Novak Djokovic was released from Australian immigration detention on Monday after winning a court challenge to revive his bid ...Kazakhstan says situation stabilised, president firmly in charge after unrest
Kazakhstan authorities said on Sunday they had stabilised the situation across the country after the deadliest outbreak of violence in 30 years ...Kazakh president gives shoot-to-kill order to put down uprising
Kazakhstan’s president said on Friday he had ordered his forces to shoot-to-kill to deal with disturbances from those he called bandits and ...Japan and U.S. vow more defence cooperation to counter Chinese threat
The United States and Japan on Friday voiced strong concern about China’s growing might in unambiguous terms and pledged to work together ...Russia sends troops to put down deadly Kazakh uprising
Russia sent paratroopers into Kazakhstan on Thursday to quell a countrywide uprising after deadly violence spread across the tightly controlled former Soviet ...














