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The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering is urging the government to show leadership now and grasp the opportunities presented by the growth in green energy.

In about a year's time, Indonesians will vote to elect a new president, as Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono completes his second and final term.

The Philippines Navy, Coastguard and local fishing crews are continuing search and rescue operations for a ferry that capsized off the coast of Masbate province early today.

In Singapore this year to date, the number of dengue fever cases in the country is already twice the total for 2012.

Senior Australian Army officers are among the more than 100 personnel under investigation by the Army and police, involving explicit and inappropriate emails and pictures that demean women.

The Australian government is building its 'new black vault' to house all the surveillance and intelligence information being gathered by Australia's intelligence agencies.

It may be a small Pacific island nation, but Tuvalu is making a big impression at the world famous Venice Biennale.

Not for the first time in recent months, Australia's cricketers are making more headlines off the field than on it.

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.