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US President Barack Obama has defended his controversial drone program, in a speech laying out the country's future national security strategy.

Ford's decision to stop making cars in Australia in 2016 has prompted calls for the Prime Minister, the industry and unions to convene urgent talks to draw up a survival strategy for Australia's car industry and to minimise job losses.

How will the end of Ford's manufacturing in Australia affect car makers across Asia?

Australia and East Timor are digging in for their battle over treaty arrangements for the resource-rich Timor Sea.

Malaysian authorities have arrested a high-profile Opposition politician and three others under the country's controversial Sedition Act.

Over a decade ago, the United Nations adopted an action plan to combat human trafficking.

Claims from the Australian Government and unions about widespread abuse and exploitation within the foreign worker visa scheme, have taken a battering at a Senate inquiry in Canberra.

A group of amateur analysts say they havee discovered former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's 'Pleasure Palace', complete with a horseracing track, waterslide and underground railway station.

Water security is widely acknowledged as one of the major challenges to India's economic and social development.

China has been applauded for its sizable economic growth at a time of global crisis.

Unlike many other print offerings, the lifestyle magazine, Monocle offers one worldwide edition and its founder, Tyler Brule, thinks that one of the secrets of its success.

Londoners have been shocked by the brutal murder of a man in the south-east of the city which authorities say was a terrorist attack.

The pressure on Australia's domestic security agency ASIO has intensified after a decision to release of a Sri Lankan widow locked up as a national security threat.

Asia remains a region plagued by brutal government crackdowns, repressive policies and widespread impunity, according to the latest Amnesty International world report.

The International Labour Organisation says it will give one last chance before 'naming and shaming' Cambodian garment factories that refuse to comply with safety and other labour requirements.

Australia is being urged to sign up for mandatory reporting of commercial mining revenues.

When rangers from the conservation group Wildlife Alliance disrupted the activities of illegal loggers in Cambodia, they scored an unexpected intelligence gift.

The Japanese parliament has approved a bill to ratify the Hague Convention on international child abduction.

Car manufacturer Ford has announced it will end vehicle production in Australia by 2016, with the loss of 1,200 jobs.