An Australian man has been killed in eastern Ukraine during heavy fighting against Russian forces last month. The man was reportedly an ex-Australian Army member who was killed during an artillery strike in the Avdiivka region, 140km north of Mariupol. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed an AustralianContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has condemned North Korea’s firing of a missile as leaders gather for the NATO summit in Lithuania, where the war in Ukraine and its affect on global security is the focus. Mr Albanese and the leaders Chris Hipkins of New Zealand, Fumio Kishida of Japan and Yoon SukContinue Reading
HELSINKI: The three Baltic states have strongly condemned comments by China’s envoy to France, who appeared to suggest in a recent French television interview that former Soviet republics aren’t sovereign nations. The foreign ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in separate announcements late Saturday deemed statements by Lu Shaye, China’sContinue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will attend the NATO summit in Lithuania in July after previously indicating he would not be making the trip. The annual leaders summit will be held on July 11 and 12 in Vilnius, where ongoing support for Ukraine’s war against Russia is set to be highContinue Reading