Bloomberg Australia is sending a naval vessel to help Vanuatu in its efforts to evacuate 11,000 residents from Ambae Island as a volcano there threatens to erupt. The HMAS Choules left Australia on Saturday morning and is expected to arrive in the middle of next week, the Australian government said . The Choules is carrying specialists, supplies and a landing ...

Unsurprisingly, President Donald Trump hasn’t held back when speaking about the political crisis in Venezuela. Before the United Nations General Assembly, he demanded the full restoration of “democracy and political freedoms” in the Latin American country. A month earlier, he stunned many by stating that he would not rule out a military intervention. His UN ambassador, Nikki Haley, has echoed ...

Japan’s main opposition party agreed to merge with a new group created by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, setting her up as the main challenger to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he dissolved parliament ahead of an October 22 election. The Democratic Party, one of Japan’s top political forces for the past two decades, decided on Thursday to run its candidates ...