The law, which covers treason, insurrection, theft of state secrets and espionage, sabotage, and external interference, follows a crackdown on dissent

Government to review principles of founding document, raising fears over rollback of Māori rights

Australians will decide later this year if they will change their constitution to allow an Indigenous consultative body to advise on laws and policies

Beijing and Washington are battling for influence in the strategically important Pacific region

Rampant and sudden lockdowns have sparked anger as pressure piles on officials to curb outbreaks

Country’s military has deployed brutal violence to crush dissent since taking power in a 2021 coup but resistance is growing

One million Rohingya remain in Bangladeshi refugee camps and the persecuted group has little hope of returning to Myanmar

Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third term as leader at the CCP’s conference later this year

Countries technically still at war though both sides continue to refer to the eventual unification of the peninsula

Unification is a key goal of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and analysts say threat that Beijing will invade Taiwan is higher than ever