Asia Pacific

Republicans have some primary concerns; border guards on Timor-Leste; US bombers coming Australia’s way.

Tory ranks divided over Brexit strategy; Daesh still a target; RAN submarine bids; Ugandan election arrest; literary notes from the Middle East.

US Supreme Court hangs in balance; trouble in PNG and Fiji.

North Korea causes security headaches for China; Sanders and Trump in New Hampshire.

Syria strategy; elections in Vanuatu, Myanmar and Vietnam; Putin anxiety.

Demographic insecurity. Australian submarine tender.

Is Le Pen mightier than accord?; Coming up Trump; Ki-moon descends but will Kevin rise?; Farewell to scholar Benedict Anderson; Super spy story

As Indonesian troops fired on a compound of refugees in Dili, John Howard directed the AFP to withdraw. Had they followed orders, they would have left 3000 people to certain death.

Our dynamic duo in Washington; mine shakedown claims rock Jakarta; Japan-China rail battle gains speed.

Challenge to Philippine presidential candidate Grace Poe. Japan resumes whaling. Vanuatu corruption claims a third of parliament. Yemeni island bans popular narcotic.