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 ...

Beijing draws baselines around shoal in Manila’s jurisdiction to fortify claims Its line is around Scarborough Shoal, the South China Sea feature that lies within the Philippines’ exclusive economic ...

Indonesia is going ahead with a project to convert millions of acres in Papua into a gigantic sugarcane plantation so it can become self-sufficient in sugar and its related liquid fuel, bioethanol.

Papua New Guinea’s opening of an embassy in Israeli-occupied Jerusalem has been condemned by Palestinian officials and by the Pacific island country’s opposition leader, who said it was a reckless ...

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 ...

On May 12, 1998, Indonesian security forces gunned down four students at Jakarta’s Trisakti University who were protesting the corruption and nepotism of the government of Suharto, who had ruled since ...

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 ...

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7 years on, residents in war-torn Marawi remain displaced, seek fair compensation Marawi families affected by the five-month siege in 2017 appeal for adequate funds from Philippine government to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.