Southeast Asian defense chiefs and representatives met in Laos yesterday for security talks at a time of increasing maritime disputes with China in the Asia-Pacific and
As tens of thousands crowded the streets in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, yesterday, the throng of people, flags aloft, had the air of a festival or
Two Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol poisoning after consuming tainted drinks in neighboring Laos, Australian media reported yesterday. The
The United States and the Philippines signed an agreement yesterday to secure the exchange of highly confidential military intelligence and technology in key weapons the U.S. would
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un renewed his call for a “limitless” expansion of his military nuclear program to counter U.S.-led threats in comments reported yesterday
Typhoon Man-yi left at least seven people dead in a landslide, destroyed houses and displaced large numbers of villagers before blowing away from the northern Philippines,
A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines
The fifth major storm in three weeks slammed into the northeastern Philippines yesterday, prompting more largescale evacuations and a United Nations call for emergency funds to help
Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content,
The Indonesian and Australian militaries began joint combat drills off Indonesia’s main island of Java yesterday with about 2,000 troops training in air, maritime, amphibious and land
Japan’s nuclear watchdog yesterday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region for a restart, the first rejection under safety standards that were reinforced after
Several international airlines canceled flights to and from Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali yesterday as an ongoing volcanic eruption left travelers stranded at airports. Tourists
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said yesterday that he didn’t expect President-elect Donald Trump’s next administration would demand that the Philippines pay more for military protection because
North Korea ratified a major defense treaty with Russia stipulating mutual military aid, the North’s state media reported Tuesday, as the U.S., South Korea and Ukraine
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made a “formal and unreserved” apology in Parliament yesterday for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children
A new typhoon barreled across an agricultural region in the northeastern Philippines yesterday after thousands were evacuated to safety while still struggling to recover from the devastation caused
Pakistan’s railways suspended all train services yesterday to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed two laws on Friday reaffirming the extent of his country’s maritime territories and right to resources, including in the South China
Australia’s states and territories on Friday unanimously backed a national plan to require most forms of social media to bar children younger than 16.
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