As Pope Francis tours his way through Asia, we take a look back at some of his predecessors' hairiest encounters abroad.
Recovering crash data from a sunken plane is no mean feat and, despite persistent criticism, the Indonesian authorities have so far done a very reasonable job.
Last week's election of Maithripala Sirisena in Sri Lanka is yet another blow to China's economic prosperity, along with falling commodity prices and competition from regional rivals.
The United States loves to laugh at silly old North Korea -- but the Sony hack and more-than-implied threats thereafter showed the DPRK didn't get the joke.
Until the black boxes are recovered, endless speculation by so-called "experts" is pointless and cruel.
It was a big year in elections internationally, with six of the G20 members holding electoral contests during 2014. Herewith, the most exciting for the year.
Stop focusing all your attention on China -- a free trade agreement with Japan will be a very big prize for Australia indeed.
Crikey asked Plane Talker Ben Sandilands to explain the loss of MH370 in as few words as possible in a year end review
China's uncharacteristically lenient treatment of alleged drug mule Kalynda Davis is, in some ways, an anomaly and a distraction from the greater ice threat that should unite Australia and China.
Trade Minister Andrew Robb, inexplicably travelling to Lima for climate talks, will have a friend at the conference -- Bjorn Lomborg, speaking at an event sponsored by big coal company Peabody Energy.
