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Israeli team playing in country does not change Jakarta’s stance on supporting Palestinian statehood, president says.

On first official trip, Anwar Ibrahim unlikely to raise South China Sea issue publicly, analysts say.

Balancing conservation and tourism at Thailand’s Maya Bay

For nearly four years, Thailand's scenic Maya Bay was a place of solitude for blacktip reef sharks. Now tourists are returning in droves and Thailand must ...

Sources say the camp was key to supplying junta troops in Kayin state.

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said cabinet had approved a repeal bill for parliament to vote on.

Beijing-based research institute warns of determined countermeasures from China.

The Southeast Asian nation could face sanctions imposed by international football’s governing body.

Difficult Ramadan for Rohingya as WFP cuts funding

From 1 March, the World Food Program cut its General Food Assistance vouchers for Rohingya from $12 to $10 per person per month, due to a funding shortfall. ...

Opponents have noted that Sheikh Hasina’s administration has increasingly targeted critics, journalists ahead of the national election.

Vanuatu championed the push for an international court opinion after Pacific islands law students advanced the idea.

The country “dissociates” itself from an excerpt acknowledging the court’s role in upholding accountability for “ the most serious crimes under international ...

The blaze that engulfed the M/V Mary Joy 3 occurred off Basilan island before it was put out.

“Thank you for burying and destroying our big dreams,” says a player on the Indonesian national squad.

The U.S. State Department’s Derek Chollet discusses how it is working with Southeast Asian partners to end the crisis.

US, JAPAN joint naval exercise

The U.S. and Japan held joint naval exercises in the Philippine Sea.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said cooperation among Japan, the Philippines, and the United States was critical to protecting rules-based maritime order.

Juan Jumalon is the 199th media figure to be slain in the country since 1986.

Jey Rence Quilario (also known as Señor Agila) and his three associates were already detained at the Senate for contempt.

Satellite images show a remarkable pace of reclamation on a Hanoi-controlled atoll in the Spratlys.

The Thais were rescued from human traffickers in Shan state but have been stuck there amid fighting between warring sides.

The 10 Myanmar nationals were freed after contacting a labor watchdog about their plight via Facebook Messenger.

Anwar Usman, the president’s brother-in-law, was removed as Constitutional Court chief justice but can remain a judge.

Johnny G. Plate was found guilty of accepting bribes tied to a cellular network project.

An organization of Melanesian nations in August rejected membership for the Papuan independence movement.

Meanwhile, the Muslim world’s OIC announced it would hold “extraordinary” summit on Nov. 12 to discuss the Gaza crisis.

Kuala Lumpur will maintain ties with the Palestinian group in the face of a proposed U.S. bill targeting its backers.

Workers will now make at least $113 in monthly pay – up from $72 - but union leaders say this is too little.

They also claim some party leaders are victims of “enforced disappearances”

But even with talks, they say stakeholders are too far apart to find common ground.