Topic: Kevin Rudd

Julian Assange pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single espionage conspiracy charge inside a courtroom in the U.S. Mariana Islands to become a free man following a 14-year legal battle. Assange will return home to Australia.

The agreement, endorsed by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Biden administration, provides the legal and technical framework for U.S. commercial space vehicles to launch from Australia.

China's top diplomat denounced U.S. decisions to blacklist Chinese entities and officials, describing the moves as an "emotional lashing out" against Chinese policies in its territories.

A trust deficit between the United States and South Korea is hampering the critical relationship between the two allies.

On Sept. 8, 1941, the Siege of Leningrad -- the Russian city now known as St. Petersburg -- began.

Politicians and experts from 35 countries, including Russia, the United States, China, India and Australia are meeting in Sochi for the Valdai Discussion Club.

On Sept. 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford granted former President Richard Nixon a full pardon for any offenses he may have committed during his years in office.

Russia and Australia should be partners in the Asia-Pacific. Instead, Canberra seems perennially paranoid about the Russian threat.

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd withdrew a bid to become secretary-general of the U.N. after the current prime minister decided not to support him.

2013 was a year of milestones and horror: the election of a new pope, the birth of a future king and horrific terrorist attacks in Algeria, Kenya and the United States.