A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down U.S. health insurance executive Brian Thompson in December, told a judge Friday that her client was illegally searched during his arrest and she would seek to exclude that evidence from his trial on state murder and terrorism charges.

China’s Defense Ministry says that Australia made “unreasonable accusations” and deliberately hyped the situation after three planes headed to New Zealand changed course in midflight because of live-f

Defence Minister Richard Marles says Australian ships and aircraft are working "very closely" with New Zealand's military to monitor a Chinese naval task force transiting south off the east coast of Australia, with the opposition labelling Beijing's behaviour "provocative."