DILI (AFP) – Timor Leste on Friday celebrated 20 years since a UN-backed vote ended a bloody, decades-long occupation by Indonesian forces and…
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaysian ex-leader Najib Razak’s most significant 1MDB trial begins Wednesday, centring on allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars…
JAKARTA (AFP) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Friday he would press on with plans to move the nation’s capital and roll out…
GENEVA (AFP) – A group of UN human rights experts on Friday called for the immediate release of three Iranian women given long…
RIYADH (AFP) – Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without approval from a male “guardian”, the government said Thursday, ending a…
BANGKOK (AFP) – Two men from Thailand’s insurgency-hit south have been arrested and linked to several small bombs which rattled Bangkok Friday as…
BANGKOK (AFP) – China urged non-Asian nations to avoid sowing “distrust” and division over contested seas Wednesday in a swipe at the US…
CANBERRA – Australia has cast doubt on whether the 16 countries that make up the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be able…
SINGAPORE (AFP) – The estranged brother of the Singaporean prime minister has backed a new opposition party, the latest incident in a bitter…
BANGKOK (AFP) – Southeast Asia’s drug gangs are making over US$60 billion a year pumping out record amounts of methamphetamine, then laundering the…