Sri Lanka's new government has approved a controversial restructure of $14.7 billion in foreign commercial credit tentatively agreed by its predecessor, the finance ministry said…
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu will undertake his first state visit to India on October 6, aiming to repair frail ties between the two South Asian…
Chiang Mai, Thailand's northern city popular with tourists, was inundated by widespread flooding on October 5 as its main river overflowed its banks following heavy…
Vietnam's economy grew by 7.4% in the third quarter, government figures showed October 6, despite severe economic damage caused by deadly Typhoon Yagi. Vietnam suffered…
The Philippines on October 4 denounced China's alleged assault of Vietnamese fishermen in the South China Sea, where Manila and Beijing are also locked in…
Veteran Philippine politician Juan Ponce Enrile, a top aide of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, was on October 4 acquitted of charges he plundered three million…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 6 told his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un that Beijing hoped to "deepen friendly... cooperation" with Pyongyang, as…
Two people who went missing amid the destructive wind and torrential rains of Typhoon Krathon were found dead October 5 in Taiwan, doubling the death…
Beijing said on October 4 it "firmly opposes" a European Union plan to slap extra tariffs on Chinese electric cars, condemning it as "protectionist". EU…
The education ministry said on October 6 it will temporarily allow medical students to take a leave of absence on condition that they return to…
New Zealand said October 6 it had rescued all 75 sailors from a navy vessel that ran aground and sank off Samoa while conducting a…
Outspoken former Malaita province premier Daniel Suidani has been arrested and charged in relation to unlawful assemblies and protests in 2021. In a statement on…
The Commonwealth of Northern Marianas and the United States governments will meet on Saipan to discuss their political relations and financial assistance to the territory.…
The liquidator appointed to resolve Air Vanuatu's financial woes says the airline is set to come out of liquidation after the Supreme Court's approval of…
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has called for all parties in the Middle East to stop escalating the region’s ongoing conflict following Iranian attacks against Israel…
The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) and the Communication and Information Ministry on September 27 launched a new disaster early warning system based on…
Police personnel have been deployed to Wosera in East Sepik province, where a tribal conflict between two villages has raged since late September, provincial police…
The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) has established five new infantry battalions to be deployed in conflict-prone areas of Papua including regions that border with Papua…
The central government plans to subsidize fees for private schools starting in 2025, Prime Minister James Marape said on October 2. He said the move…
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is among Pacific Island countries with a high debt distress risk, a report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. ADB…
Australian oil and gas firm Santos signed a medium-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement with TotalEnergies. The contract will start in the fourth quarter…
The administration of Northern province will receive 100 reserve police officers from Southern Highlands to resolve a backlog of criminal cases and rising crimes, an…
China urged world powers on October 2 to prevent the situation in the Middle East from "further deteriorating" following the latest escalation in the region.…
Iran resumed flights at its airports on Thursday, state media said, after a brief suspension following its missile attack on Israel. The Islamic republic launched…
Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius but under what US President Joe Biden called a "historic…
