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The chief of the Australian army, David Morrison has recorded a special message for all military personnel.

The former CIA operative Edward Snowden has vowed to fight any attempt to extradite him to the United States over his leaks revealing the extent of the American government's spying.

The Australian Federal Police have asked the Egyptian authorities to clarify exactly what crimes asylum seeker Sayed Ahmed Abdull-atif was convicted of in a terrorism trial 14 years ago.

More than 10 million children around the world are working as domestic servants, according to the latest report on child labour from the International Labour Organisation.

Vietnam's National Assembly has dealt the country's prime minister a blow in its first confidence vote.

Land disputes and violent clashes with Bengali settlers in Bangladesh have left tens of thousands of Pahari indigenous people without a home.

To date, China has been on the receiving end of the globalisation of education, with many western universities, colleges and other institutions setting up in the country.

Indonesia's booming economy has caught the attention of luxury brands.

There is a newfound confidence in Indonesia after a decade of strong economic growth.

There have been some notable scandals down the years where cricketers from various countries have been accused of tampering with the ball, but in the world of Japanese baseball it's emerged that it's not the players who've been tampering, it's the officials who run the game.

The head of the multi billion dollar Roy Hill iron ore project in Western Australia has backed away from the use of foreign workers.

Trade negotiations involving Australia, the United States and nine other countries aimed at establishing what's called the Trans-Pacific Partnership are at an advanced stage.

A refugee family was held in immigration detention in Australia for four years because of an adverse report from the country's international security agency, ASIO.

From yurts to skyscrapers, horseback to automobile, Mongolia is at an exciting moment in its history.

South Korea says the first high level talks for years with North Korea have been called off.

The American man responsible for revealing the extent of the US government's surveillance programs is still on the run.

Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old former CIA operative who blew the whistle on the US government's covert surveillance programme, says he chose Hong Kong because of "its spirited commitment to free speech and the right of political dissent."

The Indonesian government is under fire after a woman died during what's been described as a riot at the Indonesian consulate in Saudi Arabia.

A pair of 10th Century Khmer Sculptures have been returned to Cambodia, two decades after they were donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.