Guam at decolonization ‘crossroads’ with resolution on US statehood Local legislature to debate non-binding resolution to become 51st state of the U.S.

The increasingly powerful Chinese coast guard has boosted its presence to an unprecedented level in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, a new report alleges. Meanwhile, Chinese and Japanese ...

EXPLAINED: Why proposed revisions to Indonesia’s military law alarm democracy activists A bill proposes to expand armed forces’ role in state institutions, which critics said would reduce civilian ...

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 ...

Philippine drug-war survivors: Duterte’s ICC arrest marks first step toward justice As the ex-president faces charges for crimes against humanity, families of people killed in Duterte’s anti-drug ...

Indonesia’s human rights situation deteriorated last year, marked by the election of a president with a checkered rights record and a steady erosion of democratic freedoms, according to an ...

Protest erupts after Indonesian military kills 3 suspected independence fighters in Papua Locals say the killed men were civilians, not West Papua National Liberation Army members.

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 ...

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 ...

North Korea’s launch of a “new” intermediate range ballistic missile earlier this week that “will reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific” has fired up debate about the U.S. military’s ability to ...

A court in Argentina has ruled that international arrest warrants be issued for Myanmar's self-appointed president and junta chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, and 22 other military officials for ...

Polygamy, still practiced in some parts of Papua New Guinea, symbolized wealth and status in the country’s so-called “big man” culture. The greater the fortune a man accumulated, the more wives he ...