When President Barack Obama announced the rebalancing of U.S. forces toward Asia in 2011, it was often called “the pivot to the Pacific”. Now it’s Russia’s turn to refocus. Russians, like Americans, are turning their attention to a region that’s home to half the global population, several of the largest and fastest-growing economies and some of the world’s busiest ports and shipping lanes. “The... 

Senior police fear Victoria’s most notorious Vietnamese criminal, who has just served his seventh jail term since being granted Australian citizenship, will turn to violent crime again. Nam Van Nguyen once referred to as the “Saigon Tiger” has cost Victorian taxpayers an estimated $1.5 million in legal costs, prison time and victim compensation since arriving from Saigon via a Thai...