It emerged that Australian Defence Force recruiters are increasingly looking overseas to ease the growing skills crisis that is being observed lately. In past few weeks, The Royal Australian Navy listed 38 job categories it will sponsor for permanent residency; over 1500 technical defence vacancies alone...

A dispute erupted between the Indonesian government and budget carrier Adam Air over who should pay for the retrieval of the 'black box' from a commercial jetliner that crashed into the ocean on New Year's Day, killing all 102 people on board.