Politics

In a severe blow to democracy and freedom of speech in Cambodia, opposition leader Sam Rainsy, head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP),...

The Thai government reassured that plans to stage elections by the end of next year remain unchanged despite the sad demise of Thailand's King...

Bangkok stepped up security at landmarks, shopping malls, public places and its two main international airports following an intelligence report of possible bomb attacks by...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on a surprise visit to Malaysia has reportedly met and held talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in Putrajaya...

US President Barack Obama on October 7 finally announced the lifting of US sanctions on Myanmar, acknowledging that the country has pursued political reforms...

A group of 36 countries, including the United States and Japan, issued a statement expressing their concern about the current escalation of political tensions...

US President Barack Obama on September 6 at the ASEAN Summit in Laos announced that the US will double its funding to allow the...

The Philippines scrambled to defuse a row with the US on September 6 after the former country's President Rodrigo Duterte cursed US leader Barack...

Six men are in the running to become the next prime minister of Singapore after the next general election, which must be held by...

Senior Malaysian government minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan confirmed in a TV interview with BBC that the mysterious unnamed "Malaysian Official 1" linked by US...

Barack Obama will be the first acting US president to visit the communist nation of Laos when he will partake in the 11th East...

An interview with the Auditor General of Malaysia, His Excellency Tan Sri Dato' Setia Haji Ambrin bin Buang Prologue “Why should they ask me to put...

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, who in one of his indelicate speeches last week said that the Philippines were a "terrorist state" and suggested...

Thailand could expect a general election in 2017, Thailand's junta chief Prayuth Chan-o-cha said, no matter what the outcome of the crucial national referendum...

Indonesia’s counter-terrorism police have arrested six suspected militants who were allegedly planning to launch a rocket attack on Singapore’s Marina Bay from nearby Batam...

A Chinese hacker group allegedly carried out a number of cyber attacks on Vietnam’s two biggest airports and the official website of national carrier...

Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Moh­amad (91) will form a new political party which is meant to join forces with the opposition in a...

The 11th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM) opened in the Mongolian capital of Ulanbataar on July 15 with top leaders from 49 nations, including ASEAN,...