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Penny Wong has joined international peers in condemning the reported military execution of pro-democracy members of Mynamar’s political opposition.

‘Australia is deeply disappointed by the signing of a security cooperation agreement between Solomon Islands and China,’ Marise Payne says.

Australia will add $40 million in aid to its $100 million for humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan for vulnerable groups.

Foreign minister Marise Payne has endorsed a five-point consensus document for the now military-controlled Myanmar.

The charitable arm of Airbnb has committed to providing temporary housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees at a free or discounted rate.

Scenes of peaceful protest turned deadly in Afghanistan on Thursday, from the streets of Kabul and eastern cities of Jalalabad and Asadabad.

The first group of people the ADF has been able to extract from Kabul airport will quarantine  for 14 days in Perth.

Until very recently, this idea was unthinkable to all but the most radical critics. But, the US is increasingly performing poorly on key predictors of state failure: ethnic and class conflict, democratic and institutional backsliding, and other socioeconomic indicators including healthcare and inequality.