Sri Lanka ready for $3.85bn refinery near strategic port

Prosecutor to press on with investigation of crimes against humanity in spite of Philippines pulling out as member of International Criminal Court

Government declares a state of emergency in storm-hit Papua

Grain growers minimise cost amid threat of second successive crop failure

Verdict coud intensify fighting between the ethnic group and the military

The court will respond to claims made by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accusing security forces of mass killings, rape and arson

The levels of carbon dioxide found at Cape Grim, Tasmania now are akin to those found in some towns at the start of the industrial revolution

Amid the devastation, however, a baby has been reunited with his father after soldiers plucked him from rubble inside a house where his mother and siblings ...

Main exiled group, the World Uyghur Congress, denounces white paper

Pyongyang condemns the military exercises as provocative rehearsals for invasion

Fighting intensifies in western Afghanistan

Excitement running high as voters turn up in droves at polling stations across the country

Islam demands burial within 24 hours, but authorities want to leave no stone unturned in their investigations

The government has announced a 14-day state of emergency

Donald Trump has touted the end of such tests as one of his administration’s top foreign policy achievements

At least 150 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since 2009 in protest against Beijing, most of whom have died from their injuries

Activists in Hong Kong and Taiwan are under growing surveillance and intimidation as Beijing increases the number of intelligence operatives