Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop attends a news conference with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto (not pictured) in Budapest, Hungary, February 22, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo ...

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Australia would view "with great concern" any foreign military bases being built in the South Pacific, following reports Beijing was in talks with ...

The sharpening propaganda war between Washington and its allies Australia and New Zealand on the one hand, and China on the other, has been further fuelled by media reports that Beijing is in talks ...

The South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is denying reports that it's talking with Beijing about building a Chinese military base on its territory. The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported ...

Michael O'Keefe has in the past worked for AusAID, the Pacific Islands Development forum and The Fijian Ministry of Foreign Affairs The foreign policy community met with relief the announcement ...

Michael O'Keefe has in the past worked for AusAID, the Pacific Islands Development forum and Fijian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rumour has it that Vanuatu has agreed to a Chinese request to establish ...

Australian defense forces believe China has "expressed its interest" in increasing its military presence in Vanuatu, according to Australia's 9News. The news comes just weeks after heavily denied ...

The South Pacific island chain of Vanuatu served as a staging ground for American troops fighting in World War II. But the remote islands escaped intense combat with the Japanese. Mexico, Venezuela, ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Vanuatu and China on Tuesday denied a media report that Beijing wanted to establish a permanent military presence in the Pacific island nation. Australia's Fairfax Media, citing ...