Australia is working to verify the authenticity of a video that purportedly shows one of its nationals captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine.

Australia will provide over $100 million to help the Solomon Islands, which also has security ties with China, expand its police force so it can reduce its reliance on external partners, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday.

Duggan is accused by the U.S. of training Chinese military pilots in landing on aircraft carriers in coordination with a South African flight school, which authorities said dated back to the early 2010s, according to an indictment dated from 2017 and unsealed two years ago.

Daniel Duggan’s lawyers have argued a lack of evidence and that he was no longer a US citizen at the time of the alleged offences.

A former US Marine Corps pilot who allegedly helped train Chinese military pilots will be extradited from Australia to the USA.

China has lifted a ban on imports of Australian live rock lobsters, Canberra said Friday, demolishing the final barrier in a broader, multibillion-dollar trade war between the countries."This is great news for our live rock lobster producers and fishers here in Australia,

Australia will provide over $100 million to the Solomon Islands to expand its police force so the Pacific Islands nation, which also has security ties with China, can reduce its reliance on external partners,

Australia announced a multimillion-dollar agreement with Nauru on Monday that gives Canberra a veto right over a range of pacts the tiny Pacific atoll might want to enter with third countries, including China.

Australia's Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said on Monday he had approved a United States extradition request for former U.S. Marines pilot Daniel Duggan, who faces charges including breaking U.S. arms control law by training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers.

China's coal imports from Australia rose to their highest in more than four years in November, customs data showed on Friday, as shipments continue to recover from an unofficial ban on Australian coal that was lifted in January 2023.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a $190 million policing deal between Australia and the Solomon Islands.