Australia's new Air Force Chief has declared surveillance missions will continue in the South China Sea despite a "recent spate of unsafe incidences" in the contested international airspace claimed by Beijing. Key points: Australia's Air Force Chief Robert Chipman warns China has made a "formidable aerospace capability" in the South China Sea But he doesn't believe there will be an …
The Chinese military has published a 12-second video claiming to show an Australian surveillance aircraft flying in a "malicious" and "unprofessional" manner close to warships from the People’s Liberation Army-Navy. Key points: The Chinese military was accused last month of shining a laser at an Australian air force plane Now China says the Australian aircraft was flying in a "nuisance" …
An Afghan karate champion with three children, including her two-year-old, had to stand in a sewage canal for six hours in her third attempt to get access to Kabul airport, as she fled the country. Human rights lawyer and former Olympian Nikki Dryden said the athletes "saved themselves". "I've been trying to reflect on what an extraordinary group of people, …