At least 1,600 people, including scores belonging to Bangladesh’s deposed former ruling party, were swept up in a crackdown launched by authorities over the weekend, court documents show, days after ...

NGOs and opposition politicians blamed a spike in violence in Thailand’s Deep South on unclear governmental peace policies and stalled negotiations with rebels, after attacks by suspected insurgents ...

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 ...

Faced with the daunting task of reclaiming neighborhoods, beachfront properties and areas around mosques, repairs began quickly in sections of Indonesia and Thailand devastated by the deadly 2004 ...

Vanuatu will have one female member of parliament after official results from a snap election earlier this month were released ahead of parliament resuming for the formation of government. Almost a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Philippines, arguably one of Southeast Asia’s freest democracies, is heading toward a trial that could lead to the removal of an impeached official – Vice President Sara Duterte. Complicating ...

A Philippine court convicted four police officers Tuesday for killing a father and his son in 2016, putting the total number of police successfully prosecuted for their involvement in former President ...

The United States on Friday imposed financial sanctions on the notorious Bangladeshi police unit RAB and six of its current and former officers, saying they were responsible for serious human rights ...

On May 12, 1998, Indonesian security forces gunned down four students at Jakarta’s Trisakti University who were protesting the corruption and nepotism of the government of Suharto, who had ruled since ...

Debate on Guam’s future as a U.S. territory has intensified with its legislature due to vote on a non-binding resolution to become a U.S. state amid mounting Pacific geostrategic tensions and ...