March 14, 2016 Iran's foreign minister defends ballistic missile test Iran's foreign minister has defended the nation's right to use ballistic missiles following a test last week, but offered no explanation for anti-Israeli messages reportedly written on them.
March 14, 2016 Australia raises case of detained newsmen with Malaysia Australia's foreign minister says her government has contacted Malaysia over the detention of an Australian journalist and camera operator who attempted to interview the Malaysian prime minister over corruption allegations.
March 12, 2016 South African teen finds possible MH370 plane debris A South African man says his teenage son may have found part of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on a beach in Mozambique.
March 11, 2016 Sichuan Hanlong Group insider trader jailed in Australia An Australian court has sentenced a Chinese former executive to more than eight years in prison for insider trading in 2011 when his privately-owned energy conglomerate Sichuan Hanlong Group subsidiary was preparing takeover bids for two Australian mining companies.
March 9, 2016 Australia hopes to return Iranian asylum seekers under deal An Australian official says Australia hopes to send thousands of Iranian asylum seekers back to their homeland under a new deal with Tehran.
March 9, 2016 Australian leader dismisses concerns about Chinese company Australia's prime minister has dismissed public concerns revealed by a U.S. poll about a Chinese company leasing a strategically important Australian port.
March 8, 2016 Iranian couple in Cambodia resettlement deal return home Cambodia says an Iranian couple who were resettled in Cambodia under an expensive program funded by Australia to keep asylum-seekers from its soil have returned to their homeland.
March 8, 2016 Australian leader leaves open option of early July election Australia's prime minister has left open the possibility of a national election as early as July.
March 7, 2016 Australian navy says it seized weapons headed for Somalia The Australian navy says one of its warships has seized a large weapons cache from a fishing boat headed for Somalia.
March 7, 2016 Gary Braasch, photographer and climate change activist, dead at 70 An award-winning American photographer and climate change activist died while snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef on Monday.