Airservices Australia has revealed that a Virgin Airlines pilot was the first to spot three Chinese warships off Australia's east coast last week.

Both exercises took place in "international waters”, which means no country has sovereignty over them. Neither Canberra nor Wellington contested China’s right to conduct these exercises, as the 1982 ...

However, Australian and Kiwi responses were muted and in sharp contrast with how the PLA reacts to foreign naval transits through the South China Sea or Taiwan Strait. On such occasions, China can ...

Three Chinese warships are currently off the coast of Tasmania, forcing Air New Zealand flights between Hobart and Auckland ...

China set off some alarm bells in New Zealand and Australia in February, as the nation participated in live-fire testing in a ...

The ships have been sailing in international waters and conducting live-fire exercises.

The head of Airservices Australia, which manages air traffic, also revealed the exercises forced dozens of flights to change ...

China’s Defense Ministry says that Australia made “unreasonable accusations” and deliberately hyped the situation after three ...

The Chinese naval exercises, in international waters off Australia’s eastern coast, while legal, have nonetheless sparked alarm in Australia and New Zealand.

Commercial airliners flying over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand were forced to reroute their flights on ...

What China seems to be saying with its war games near Australia is: If you’re challenging our air space over the South China ...

China had given notice that its warships could potentially fire live weapons during an exercise in the Tasman Sea, Australian ...