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At a time of growing regional turbulence, nations across the region are seeking to equip themselves with more and better armaments.

The Department of Foreign Affairs demanded the "immediate takedown” of the AI-generated video, in which the Philippines was depicted as a monkey.

The reports come on top of the 300 people already reported missing or drowned in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal in 2026.

The nation is looking to expand and balance its economic and security relationships – and India is at the top of the list.

A controversy centered on Bangladesh's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam brought students back out to protest.

For China, the decision to sell the J-35 would carry ramifications far exceeding those of any previous Chinese arms sale.

One woman’s attempt to stand for election as mahalla chairperson reveals the barriers that remain to inclusive self-government in Uzbekistan.

International sport offers something that conventional diplomacy often cannot: a stage on which Taiwan can appear before a global audience.

A conversation with journalist and advocate Nathan Paul Southern.

The growing negative sentiment about the community bears a disturbing resemblance to the narratives that justified their mass expulsion from Myanmar in 2017.

The High Court ruled that a 2024 article on the city-state's luxury real estate market maliciously defamed ministers Tan See Leng and K. Shanmugam.

The real danger lies not in the immediate scarcity of Indus water flowing from India into Pakistan but in the widening gap between how they interpret the same facts.

The BJP government, whose support base includes traditionalist Hindus, moved to drop eggs from the midday meal program in Kolkata.

ASEAN special envoy Ma. Theresa Lazaro held separate talks with military-backed negotiators and six rebel groups in Pattaya earlier this week.

“This is our time to decide what AI looks like here in Australia,” Prime Minister Albanese said.

From floods to heatwaves, cascading climate disasters expose mounting vulnerabilities demanding coordinated scientific and policy responses.

Insights from Orlando J. Pérez

Controversy is raging over how – and how much – to shave the prosecutors’ inordinate powers.

India’s diplomatic outreach to the Taliban has increased tremendously over the last year.

The need to support elderly parents, particularly in rural areas, is an underappreciated factor in China's declining birth rate.