Soldiers march at a ceremony marking Indonesia’s Independence Day at the new presidential palace in Nusantara, the future capital city still under construction on the island of Borneo, Aug. 17, 2024. ...

Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina on Monday resigned as prime minister and fled the country following a student protest that turned deadly and became a mass movement demanding she step down. Chief of Army ...

Remote PNG-Indonesia border crossing opened for Papuans to see pope Catholic Church said the Papua New Guinea prime minister showed a lack of respect for keeping Pope Francis waiting.

Cyclone Amphan killed dozens of people and devastated parts of India’s West Bengal state and neighboring Bangladesh, authorities on both sides of the border said Thursday, as the region began to ...

BenarNews sat down with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday for an interview in New York on the sidelines of this week’s U.N. General Assembly. At 94, Mahathir is the world’s oldest ...

Former separatist rebels in the southern Philippines turned in hundreds of weapons on Tuesday, including high-powered assault rifles, as part of the final phase of decommissioning the ex-guerrillas ...

The Philippines is seeking bilateral agreements with Southeast Asian claimant states to reduce the risk of conflict in the South China Sea, given the slow pace of progress on a long-sought regional ...

As the muezzin’s call to prayer echoed at dawn in a remote village in this southern Philippine city, former separatist rebel Rashid Kanton was preparing recently for an examination that could change ...

Borrowing from protests in Myanmar against the military coup, hundreds of Thai pro-democracy demonstrators banged pots and pans in Bangkok on Wednesday to demand the release four of activists who were ...

Pacific delegates fear the implications of a Trump presidency and breach of the 1.5-degree Celsius warming target will overshadow negotiations on climate finance at the U.N.’s annual COP talks ...

The Philippines joined the United States, Australia and Canada in a two-day “maritime cooperative activity” from Wednesday to press for freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea amid ...

Philippine military bases where the United States has been granted expanded access are not intended to be used for offensive action against any country, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said as he ...