Philippine court convicts 4 police officers for killings in Duterte drug war Victims’ families see convictions as “partial victory” in holding former president accountable for bloody anti-drug ...

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Residents of one of the largest informal settlements in Papua New Guinea’s capital fear eviction and homelessness next year when a major road will be built through their community. Port Moresby and ...

Malaysia on Tuesday secured its third win against litigants who claim to be descendants of a former sultan, when a Dutch court dismissed a bid to enforce a multi-billion-dollar arbitration award ...

Climate ‘flashpoint’ looms for Trump’s China-centric focus on Pacific: US analysts Deepening U.S. engagement with the Pacific is now firmly a consensus issue in Washington.

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Adilur Rahman Khan, a leader of Odhikar, a Bangladeshi human rights advocacy group, looks on outside a court in Dhaka where he and a colleague were sentenced to two years in prison, Sept. 14, 2023.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reaffirmed the Trump administration’s defense commitments to America’s Pacific territories of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands and that any attack on them ...

Negotiators for the Thai government and southern insurgents agreed to hold meetings later this month and in March to discuss an “improved” roadmap to peace as well as a Ramadan and Songkran ceasefire, ...

Malaysia ‘nicely’ but firmly tells US off about sanctions against Iran In response to American allegations that Malaysian entities are funding terrorism, Kuala Lumpur says it firmly opposes militant ...

What used to be an ordinary piece of land in Malaysia’s Kedah state is now creating a historical buzz, after experts recently certified that the Sungai Batu Archaeological site is 2,000 years old and ...

Indonesia is expected to ratify an agreement with Vietnam on the demarcation of their exclusive economic zones (EEZs) next month, settling a decade-long dispute involving overlapping waters, Indonesia ...