SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, Feb 21 — Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong raised concerns with her China counterpart today over inadequate notice given by the Chinese navy of a rare live-fire exercise in international waters between Australia and New Zealand that forced airlines to divert flights.

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 — The United States (US), Australia, India, and Japan recommitted to working together on Tuesday, after the first meeting of the China-focused "Quad" grouping's top diplomats since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

SYDNEY, Oct 15 — Australia said today it would invest billions of dollars over the next two decades to expand a shipyard in Western Australia that would become the maintenance hub for its nuclear-powered Aukus submarine fleet.

NEW DELHI, Aug 20 — India has urged for a renewed and modernised partnership with Asean, stressing the need to adapt their cooperation to effectively tackle today’s challenges.

BEIJING, April 11 — China has banned the senior executives of two United States (US) defence companies from entering the country and froze their property in response to their arms sales to Taiwan, said its Foreign Ministry today.

SYDNEY/TOKYO, April 9 — Australia has downplayed reports that Japan could soon join its AUKUS security pact with the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US), saying that any cooperation would be on a project-by-project basis as differences emerge within the pact over adding new members.

BEIJING, Nov 7 — President Xi Jinping said stable ties between China and Australia served each other's interests and both should expand their cooperation, sending a clear signal that Beijing is ready to move on from recent tensions.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — The submarines purchased from Australia are powered by nuclear-powered engines and are not equipped with nuclear weapons, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.

PUTRAJAYA, March 14 — Malaysia’s position on enhanced trilateral security partnership, known short as Aukus, remains and wants all parties to fully respect and comply with its existing national regime in relation to the operation of nuclear-powered submarines in its waters.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — The trilateral security partnership involving Australia, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US), also known as Aukus, is aimed towards maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific, said UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — Malaysia again expressed its concerns over the trilateral security pact involving the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, known through its acronym Aukus, this time at the 16th East Asia Summit on Wednesday.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 19 —  Australia will send its officials to Malaysia to provide further clarification and understanding on the security partnership involving the country, the United Kingdom and the United States, known with the acronym AUKUS, said Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.

KUANTAN, Sept 18 — The Foreign Ministry is closely monitoring the detention and legal process imposed on a Malaysian man who allegedly entered Somalia to engage in the activities of the Al-Shabab group, said its minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — Malaysia has expressed its concern that the security partnership involving Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, known as AUKUS, could potentially spark a nuclear arms race in the Indo-Pacific region.