2. Australia
Will provide humanitarian aid and equipment to anti-
ISIL forces, joining the U.S., U.K., Canada, France,
and Italy
Mail may slow down under
Priority service will cost more due to $300-million dollar
loss in the previous year
3. New Zealand
Economy up, National Party down in the
polls
Prime Minister John Key in vulnerable spot at re-election
4. Philippines
New law may make photographing strangers
illegal
New People’s Army to be wiped out before
retirement of Chief General Gregorio Pio Catapang
Wants to declare country peaceful and ready for
development
5. Indonesia
Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo to be
sworn in next month
Indonesia: Role Model of Democracy for surrounding
nations
6. Malaysia
Dutch investigators’ preliminary report on downed-plane
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine to be
released September 9th.
Malaysia Airlines “Bucket List” removed due to social
media backlash
7. Fiji
Pre-poll voting to end 8 years of dictatorship
Record number of voters enrolled: 591,000
45 Fijian peacekeepers held hostage in Syria
Demands by Nusra Front being negotiated by Fijian
military
