US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet for the first time at the G20 summit in Germany, where anti-globalisation protesters have injured more than 150 police in clashes.

Two US bombers fly over the disputed South China Sea, the US Air Force says, asserting the right to treat the region as international territory despite China's claim to virtually all of the waterway.

Japan passes a law enshrining the practice of whaling and is considering upgrading its fleet of vessels in a step toward returning to the controversial commercial practice.

What does an obscure opera and a 19th century German philosopher tell us about the North Korean nuclear crisis? Everything.

Police in Bali are still searching for two prisoners who escaped from Kerobokan prison in June, including Australian man Shaun Davidson.