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 ...

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 ...

After decades of leading the opposition in Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim took the oath as the nation’s 10th prime minister on Thursday after the king appointed him PM in resolving an impasse from an ...

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 ...

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 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, ...

Aid agencies operating in the Pacific are still scrambling to assess the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order freezing billions of dollars in foreign aid last week. The ...

Indonesia pledged new aid for Papua New Guinea during a visit by President Joko Widodo to the Pacific island country and promised to boost border trade that has been stifled for decades by Indonesia’s ...

“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 ...

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 ...