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September 19, 2017

Delta ends flights between Guam and Japan, cites low demand

Delta Air Lines has announced it will end flights between Japan and Guam because of low demand just days after another ...

September 18, 2017

Burst fuel pipe to disrupt New Zealand flights through week

A rupture in the main pipeline carrying jet fuel to New Zealand's largest airport has disrupted the travel plans of thousands ...

September 17, 2017

US-North Korean tensions prompt delay in Guam-Japan flights

Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea have prompted a Hong Kong-based airline to delay flights between the U.S.

September 17, 2017

Koala survives 10-mile Australia trip in wheel arch

For a stowaway who made a 16-kilometer (10-mile) journey squeezed in a wheel arch, a koala was lucky to escape with just ...

September 16, 2017

UN condemns North Korea's 'highly provocative' missile test

The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's "highly provocative" ballistic missile test on Friday and demanded ...

September 15, 2017

North Korea fires missile over Japan in longest-ever flight

North Korea conducted its longest-ever test flight of a ballistic missile Friday, sending an intermediate-range weapon ...

September 15, 2017

The Latest: Sirens blare, trains stop during missile flight

The Latest on another missile launch by North Korea (all times local): 12:30 a.m. An emergency response official on Japan's ...

September 14, 2017

Asian businesses mull tech solutions to fight modern slavery

Asia Pacific business leaders are working on recommendations to protect migrant workers from modern day slavery and to ensure ...

September 13, 2017

Rebel Wilson awarded millions in Australia defamation case

A judge awarded Rebel Wilson record damages of 4.56 million Australian dollars ($3.66 million) on Wednesday over magazine ...

September 13, 2017

China-born New Zealand lawmaker says he's loyal to new home

A New Zealand lawmaker who was born in China said Wednesday he taught Chinese spies while working at that nation's elite ...

September 12, 2017

Australians to soon post ballots in gay marriage survey

Australians begin receiving their postal ballots on legalizing gay marriage from Tuesday as a new opinion poll showed that ...

September 11, 2017

Advance voting begins in closely fought New Zealand election

Advance voting began Monday for New Zealand's general election, which could see a change of government in the South Pacific ...

September 07, 2017

Australian court dismisses challenge to gay marriage survey

Australia's highest court cleared the way Thursday for the government to conduct a public survey on whether gay marriage ...

September 07, 2017

US proposes UN ban on oil to North Korea and asset freeze

The United States is seeking the toughest-ever U.N. sanctions on North Korea that would ban all oil and natural gas exports ...

September 06, 2017

2 men found guilty in brutal slaying of Aboriginal woman

More than six years after an Aboriginal woman bled to death from a violent sexual assault on a remote beach, a jury convicted ...

September 06, 2017

Australia marks 26 years since recession with growth data

Australia's economy has grown for 26 years without a recession, an extraordinary achievement in a volatile world still aching ...

September 05, 2017

The Latest: South Korea conducts live-fire naval drills

The Latest on North Korea's nuclear test and the world reaction (all times local): 10 a.m. South Korea's navy has conducted ...

September 05, 2017

Australia's top court hears bid to stop gay marriage survey

Gay rights advocates went to Australia's highest court on Tuesday in a bid to prevent the government from surveying the ...

September 03, 2017

North Korea conducts 6th nuclear test, says it was H-bomb

North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bomb Sunday in its sixth nuclear test, which judging by the earthquake it set off ...