Julie Bishop

North Korea, which has warned Australia could be the target of a strike, test-launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile earlier this month.

The perpetrators who brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in July 2014, killing all 298 aboard, may be tried in absentia, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Sunday.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said there will be "no compromise" to his country's sovereignty in the contested South China Sea, ahead of a visit to staunch US ally Australia.

The culprits behind the downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 might be named end of the year or early next year.

The two Aussie journos who were detained after 'aggressively' trying to approach Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at an event last week, will not be charged in court.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says she is always concerned when there is a "crackdown on freedom of speech", especially in democratic countries.

Malaysia and Australia reaffirm their commitment to bring the perpetrators behind the shooting down of MAS Flight MH17 last year to justice.

Malcolm Turnbull, 60, beat long-time rival Tony Abbott 54-44 in a sudden ballot among the Liberal Party which heads the ruling coalition.

The video was obtained by Sydney's Daily Telegraph and published exactly a year after the Malaysia Airlines plane was blown out of the sky during a routine flight between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur.

Allegations that the captain and five crew of a boat, carrying migrants from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, were each paid US$5,000 by an Australian immigration official to turn back to Indonesia.

Indonesia has told Australia that most of the migrants stranded at sea in Southeast Asia are illegal labourers from Bangladesh, not oppressed Muslim Rohingya, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.

The Indonesia president says the lives of victims who have suffered and died due to drugs must also be considered, not just the prisoners'.

Australia Foreign Minister Julie Bishop warned Aussie women heading to Iraq and Syria that becoming 'jihadi brides' is not a "romantic adventure".

Australian travellers could boycott Indonesia if Jakarta executes two drug smugglers on death row, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.

All of the 38 Australians who died onboard flight MH17 have now been formally identified.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.

The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.