Canberra: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been showing their naval strength for the past few days. Only last week, they conducted live-fire drills in the Strait of Hormuz. Now two destroyer vessels of the Iranian Navy have sailed into the South Pacific Sea. The Australian Navy reported keeping a close eye on Iran’s ships. Also, Australian […]
New Delhi: The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and Australia has come into force from Thursday. The Prime Minister of India has welcomed it and said it is a historic event for comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two countries. The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, claimed that the trade deal is a great […]
Washington: The US has been firm on its decision to equip Australia with nuclear submarines to strengthen the military alliance of AUKUS countries. According to the agreement reached last year, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Australia would get a fleet of nuclear submarines on time. Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence […]
Washington: The United States and Australia agree that countries in the region must have the right to determine their destiny. But in the Indo-Pacific region, the ongoing aggressive and dangerous activities carried out by China challenge this common vision of the US and Australia. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned that China’s actions in […]
Canberra: Two-thirds of Australia’s land area will come within the missile range if China projects an intercontinental ballistic missile from a military base in the South China Sea. A well-known US-based thinktank warned that Queensland, Northern Territory, and Western Australia (WA) area in the north of Australia have been within the scope of Chinese missiles. […]
Beijing: China claims that a meeting of the China-India Ocean Region Forum held on 21st November was attended by 19 countries from the Indian Ocean Region with the exclusion of India. Subsequently, Maldives announced they did not have any official representative in the meeting, and Australia denied its participation giving a setback to China. The […]
Canberra: ‘Ukraine today could be East Asia tomorrow. We are a frontline state facing challenging circumstances in the dangerous neighbourhood of Southeast Asia,’ Japan’s Ambassador to Australia, Shingo Yamagami, made aware of the threat to Japan from China without mentioning it directly. In such a situation, nuclear submarines will be very important to counter this […]
Perth: In the face of deteriorating regional security, given the increasing Chinese aggression, a new special security agreement was signed between Japan and Australia. Under this new agreement, the militaries of both countries will increase joint exercises and exchange sensitive, confidential information. Chinese President Xi Jinping is entering his third term. Analysts claim that Xi […]
Canberra: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar claimed that the defence cooperation between India and Australia hugely contributes to a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Jaishankar held talks with Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles on a two-day visit to Australia. Before that, EAMinister Jaishankar had bilateral talks with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong. At this time, […]
Canberra: Manasseh Sogavare, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, proclaimed that China would never be allowed to set up a base in the Solomon Islands. Over the last few months, reports suggested that China is setting up a military base in the Solomon Islands, which has raised tensions in the region. Australia criticized China’s plans […]