The junta leadership in Myanmar has asked the international community to extend humanitarian aid to the nation hit by a deadly earthquake.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called for an economic partnership agreement between Japan and the South American trade bloc Mercosur to counter the growing wave of protectionism from the US. 

Over one million people in Myanmar will be cut from life-saving food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) from April due to significant shortfalls in funding.

Iran has welcomed the possible peace deal that Armenia and Azerbaijan said they have agreed to sign to end nearly four decades of conflict.

China has warned Britain against labeling its actions in the South China Sea region “dangerous and destabilizing.”

A fake plan to attack a Sydney synagogue using a caravan of explosives was fabricated by an organized crime network.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia were without power on Sunday after ex-tropical cyclone Alfred brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings with one person confirmed dead.