After 10 years of reporting from across the Asia-Pacific, BenarNews is pausing operations due to matters beyond its control. The U.S. administration has withheld the funding that we rely on to bring ...

The United States has approved a multibillion-dollar deal to sell 20 fighter jets to the Philippines, officials announced just days after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made his first official visit ...

Genetic analysis of the dung of endangered Asian elephants has revealed a larger population in Cambodia’s northern plains than previously believed and insights into their range – information that ...

Residents of an informal Port Moresby settlement that was razed following the gang rape and murder of a woman by 20 men say they are being unfairly punished by Papua New Guinea authorities over ...

Junta airstrikes continued to hamper rescue workers and aid agencies trying to help the survivors of last week’s massive Myanmar earthquake. Adding to the humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war, ...

A landmark court conviction in Papua New Guinea related to the murder of a mother-of-five accused of sorcery is being hailed as a major victory in the fight to stop such attacks and murders. For the ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Facebook was shut down by Papua New Guinea’s government for a day, no one could point to a specific provision of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2024 (CTA) that enabled it, apart from loose references ...

The death toll from Myanmar’s massive earthquake soared past 1,600 on Saturday, state media said, as rescuers pulled survivors from rubble and the United Nations warned of severe damage to critical ...

Rescuers scrambled to save people buried beneath collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, killing 144 people in the war-torn country – a count that would ...

The United States plans to deploy advanced military equipment to the Philippines to strengthen its deterrence against threats, officials from both countries said, as U.S. Defense Secretary Pete ...