Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was en route to the Netherlands on Tuesday to face trial before the International Criminal Court for his bloody “war on drugs” that left thousands of ...

Pacific island countries are getting an increased share of Australian foreign aid, budget documents show, as it shifts into funding infrastructure such as undersea cables and ports in response to ...

So-called freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) that the U.S. Navy has been carrying out against China’s extensive maritime claims in the South China Sea, have proved ineffective and even risk ...

A stockpile of more than 200 U.S. artillery shells from the Second World War discovered at a school in the Solomon Islands capital has been safely removed. Honiara is estimated to be littered with ...

The China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) reported it has discovered an oilfield in the South China Sea with proven reserves exceeding 100 million tons, Chinese state media said on Monday. The ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday he was convinced that his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, had entered into a questionable “secret agreement” with Beijing on the South China Sea, ...

“Waew,” 59, is no stranger to risks. As a sex worker in Thailand’s capital for almost three decades, “Waew,” who declined to give her real name for privacy reasons, said she worked from 4 p.m. to ...

Rescuers in Myanmar and Thailand continued their search for survivors Monday, saying signs of life were still being detected following the 7.7 magnitude quake that rocked both countries three days ...

In his first public testimony as a private citizen, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte defiantly defended his administration’s war on drugs, saying he alone bore responsibility for it. While ...

When Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko this week declared Australia “our traditional security partner, a partner of choice,” it was a victory of sorts for Canberra’s push to ...

Made Satri walks to the edge of her rice field, places a basket of yellow rice offerings on a small bamboo shrine and prays to the Hindu goddess of rice and fertility, Dewi Sri, for a bountiful ...

Like many other Myanmar migrants in Thailand, Ei Shwe Win hopes her children can have access to a good education. “If my children can study, their lives won’t be as hard as ours,” says Ei Shwe Win, ...