The Philippines’ most famous resort island Boracay re-opens Friday after a six-month clean-up intended to fix the damage done by unrestrained mass tourism.…
NEW YORK (AFP) – Pipe bombs were sent Wednesday to Barack Obama, top Democrats and CNN, hate figures for Donald Trump supporters, while…
ANKARA (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s key speech on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi shows that Turkey wants to shun confrontation…
SINGAPORE (AFP) – China and Southeast Asian states will hold their first joint maritime exercises next week, officials said Friday, in a move…
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaysia’s leader in waiting Anwar Ibrahim returned to parliament as a lawmaker Monday, and vowed to give former nemesis…
NUSA DUA, INDONESIA (AFP) – China’s massive “Belt and Road Initiative” building push may create debt risks but is also responding to major…
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaysia has decided to abolish the death penalty, a senior minister said Thursday, with more than 1,200 people on death…
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – The luxury-loving wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister was Thursday charged with money laundering and tax evasion linked to…
SINGAPORE (AFP) – Myanmar’s neighbours in Southeast Asia have urged the country to hold those responsible for the Rohingya crisis “accountable”, Singapore said…
PALU, INDONESIA (AFP) – Indonesian volunteers began burying bodies in a vast mass grave on Monday, victims of a quake-tsunami that devastated swathes…