China is expected to be high on the agenda when Joe Biden and Anthony Albanese meet with their other Quad partners in Delaware this weekend.
Katina Curtis
The Federal Government has confirmed Australia abstained from a United Nations vote overnight calling on Israel to end its ‘unlawful presence’ in Palestine.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has told President Xi Jinping that President Biden is committed to managing the US-China relationship to avoid conflict.
Trevor Hunnicutt
The Government faces increasing pressure to reopen Australia’s embassy in Ukraine as shadow foreign minister Simon Birmingham uses a visit to the war-torn nation to pledge he would restore the outpost in Kyiv.
Wang Yi has reportedly told White House security adviser Jake Sullivan that the US should "stop arming Taiwan and support peaceful 'reunification' of China".
Trevor Hunnicutt and Antoni Slodkowski
China has pledged to step up its trade ties with Fiji during a meeting in Beijing.
Staff Writers
A United Nations report into New Caledonia unrest holds strong reservations about France's behaviour in the "extremely volatile and uncertain" situation.
Ben McKay
Australian football and futsal teams will be playing against Pacific opposition more regularly over the next four years after new government funding.
The leader of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, kicks off a two-week Pacific mission this week when he touches down in Samoa.
Indonesia's future president is calling on Australia to extend help to other areas after the two nations struck a deal on defence.
Kat Wong
A visit by regional leaders to violence-hit New Caledonia appears unlikely before next week's Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.
A British diplomat has resigned from the Foreign Office saying the department "may be complicit in war crimes" for continuing to allow arms sales to Israel.
"The friendly feelings ... of the two countries ... serve as a strong driving force," Kim Jong-un says of North Korea's relationship with Russia.
Jack Kim
China and Russia's naval forces have kicked off a joint exercise at a military port in southern China.
Iran's new president says his government will create "balance in relations with all countries" but warned the US, his country "will not respond to pressure".
A NATO guideline formalises the deployment of US nuclear assets in the Korean peninsula to deter and respond to potential nuclear attacks by North Korea.
Katharine Jackson and Jack Kim
Leaders of NATO countries have stressed a membership pledge for Ukraine and took a stronger stance on China's support for Russia in a new declaration.
NATO allies are gathering in Washington for a summit this week and the elephant in the room will be the prospect of Donald Trump returning to power.
Detainees at Nauru's offshore processing centre have been told they could be released into the island country's community, but hold fears for their future.
Australia's offshore detention centre has not blunted Nauru's reputation, president David Adeang says.
New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has landed in Nauru, the most senior diplomatic visit by a Kiwi politician in six years.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has welcomed a $55 million investment in Seghe Airfield that could unlock the region's tourism potential.
New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters will lead a delegation of six Kiwi MPs to the Solomon Islands, Nauru and Niue this week.
A high-level delegation of New Zealand ministers and MPs will head to Solomon Islands, Nauru and Niue next week.