Scientists found a large river predator, weighing up to 220 pounds, in China and discovered a new species, a study said and photos show. Photo from Shu-Sen Shu via Zeng, Pu, Lei, Oo and Chen (2025) ...

Bangladesh continues to host more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in 33 camps across Cox’s Bazar, with over 36,000 relocated ...

Malaria cases in the Asia Pacific region have surged in the last few years, reaching 4.8 million in 2024 and putting the ...

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed its concern over the 'grave human rights violations' primarily against the Rohingya Muslim community, as well as other Muslim groups in ...

Nawnghkio in northern Shan State is under attack from several directions as Myanmar’s junta tries to retake the town from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA). Several hundred regime troops are ...

World leaders everywhere should speak out — for Jimmy Lai and all journalists imprisoned in Hong Kong.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today (24 June) approved a $58.6 million grant from the Asian Development Fund (ADF) and a $28.1 million concessional loan to provide basic infrastructure and critical ...

Thailand is facing one of its most serious environmental crises as toxic pollution from rare earth mining in Myanmar’s Shan State contaminates the Kok and Sai rivers. Arsenic levels far exceed safety ...

Asian governments seized a record 236 tons of methamphetamine last year, according to the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.

More than 200 foreign nationals rescued from scam centres in eastern Myanmar remain stranded along the war-torn country's border with Thailand, according to a local rebel group overseeing their ...

A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern region of the Philippine archipelago on Tuesday, approximately 3,267 ...

YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the ...