Tribal violence and claims of ‘cannibalism’ in Papua New Guinea have marked the start of 2025 for the Pacific nation as it prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence. Nine people were ...

Indigenous Orang Asli people who live in two villages in Kelantan are suing the government of the northern Malaysian state for allegedly allowing firms to run mining, logging and plantation operations ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reaffirmed the Trump administration’s defense commitments to America’s Pacific territories of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands and that any attack on them ...

A private American firm has purchased a strategic shipyard on a former U.S. navy base in the Philippines by the South China Sea, U.S. and Filipino officials said, ending speculation about possible ...

George, who said he arrived on this lush island in Micronesia six months ago, lives with two other Chinese men and fierce guard dogs at an isolated site in the jungle that was used to make asphalt for ...

The obscure U.N. organization attempting to set rules for the exploitation of deep-sea metals is facing a potential shake-up as more nations call for a mining moratorium and a new candidate for its ...

Two workers died after being buried under a heap of nickel waste at a processing plant in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province, the company said Friday, adding credence to allegations of poor and ...

Pacific delegates have been left “shocked” by the omission of sexual and reproductive health rights from a key declaration at the 69th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women meeting in New York. This ...

The governor of Sulu has declared it to be free of Abu Sayyaf militants, but analysts warn that the group’s top leaders remain at large while private armies hired by politicians strike fear among ...

For families of Filipinos who were killed in Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody crackdown on illegal drugs, the former Philippine president’s arrest and swift transfer to the International Criminal Court marked ...

The United States says it will help Thailand and the Philippines with a new civilian nuclear technology to reduce climate-damaging emissions, but experts warn the final products are years away from ...

“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 ...