South Korean and US militaries have agreed to shorten their joint drills at Washington's request.
Joyce Lee
Donald Trump says joint US-South Korea military exercises "send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile" to North Korea.
Staff Writers
Australia's largest warship has hosted hundreds of US marines for amphibious training exercises at sea.
Lloyd Jones
Taiwan's annual military exercise is in preparation should China ever make good on threats to seize the island by force.
Ben Blanchard and Yi-Chin Lee
North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward the sea, according to South Korean and Japanese officials.
The mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki has called for the abolition of nuclear weapons on the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing by US forces.
Taiwan's annual Han Kuang military exercises are simulating responses to a potential Chinese invasion of the self-governed island Beijing claims as its own.
Yi-Chin Lee and Ann Wang
Two people have been shot and injured by police after reports of a man armed with knives.
Police arrested 11 people in an early morning safe house raid where they confiscated military semi-automatic rifles, cash and cocaine.
Farid Farid
Suspicious activity in a car park near where a group of foreign nationals arrived on a boat has led to a Taiwanese national being charged with people smuggling.
Andrew Stafford and Laine Clark
Strict conditions to possessing a firearm are being put in place to weed out any suspicious applicants, six months after the Bondi massacre.
North Korea plans to deploy a 5000-tonne destroyer along with 10,000-tonne strategic warships, leader Kim Jong-un says.
Police in Poland are investigating the fatal shooting of a Russian artist and vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin.
Medical evidence should be required when applying for a gun licence after a man with a history of mental illness took his life, a state coroner says.
Nick Wilson
Six people have been killed in a shooting spree at multiple locations across an Iowa city.
Gunmen have killed at least 25 people in two separate attacks in Honduras, officials say.
President Donald Trump says he's not decided whether to proceed with a major weapons sale, adding to uncertainty about US support for Taiwan.
Ben Blanchard
North Korea says it is not bound by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty under any circumstances, state news media reported.
The US State Department confirmed military sales to Mideast allies including Patriot air missile defence services to Qatar costing $US4 billion.
Kanishka Singh
Police say one person is dead and five more are wounded after a shooting inside the food court at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge.
Sara Cline
A state police force will continue to use a service-issued pistol despite a potentially fatal fault, saying it is only an issue if the weapons are used.
Andrew Stafford and Farid Farid
The UK is pausing a deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands - home to the US-British Diego Garcia military base - to Mauritius.
William Schomberg and Suban Abdulla
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to permanently cement his country's status as a nuclear power, while branding the South as a "most hostile" state.
Kyu-seok Shim
A powerful union leader has been charged after emergency crews attending to a fire in his home alerted police to a cache of guns and more than $100,000 in cash.
