January 10, 2017 Guantanamo Bay convict charged with assault in Australia David Hicks, the first prisoner held at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be convicted by a military court, appeared in an Australian court on Tuesday charged with assaulting his partner.
January 10, 2017 US ability to shoot down North Korean missile not guaranteed, report says The U.S. has a “limited capability to defend” its homeland from a small number of “simple,” intercontinental ballistic missiles launched by countries like North Korea or Iran, the Pentagon’s weapons testing office said in its latest annual report.
January 10, 2017 Michael Chamberlain, father of baby killed by dingo, dies Michael Chamberlain, who waged a long battle to prove his baby daughter was killed by a dingo in Australia's most notorious case of injustice, has died.
January 9, 2017 North Korea official says ICBM launch could come 'anytime' A North Korean official said Sunday that Pyongyang could launch an ICBM “anytime” and reserves the right to conduct a test wherever it sees fit.
January 9, 2017 Australian health minister stands down over expense claims Australia's heath minister has stood aside while her travel expense claims are investigated.
January 9, 2017 2016 was hottest year ever recorded in New Zealand Unusually warm winds and seas helped make last year the hottest ever recorded in New Zealand.
January 6, 2017 Japan recalls envoy to South Korea over comfort-woman statue Japan is recalling its ambassador to South Korea in response to the placing of a comfort-woman statue in front of its consulate in the Korean city of Busan.
January 5, 2017 South Korea's strike force moves forward with Kim Jong Un elimination plan South Korea is speeding up its plans to create a military force tasked with eliminating Pyongyang's leadership - including Kim Jong Un - in the event of war.
January 5, 2017 Australia scrambles to heal military rift with Indonesia Australia scrambled to calm tensions with Indonesia on Thursday, promising that an investigation was nearly complete into an alleged insult of Indonesian state ideology that prompted Indonesia to suspend military cooperation with its neighbor.
January 5, 2017 Match-fixing charge surfaces ahead of Australian Open Match-fixing in tennis is back on the radar, less than two weeks before the Australian Open.