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The Taliban has said it will ­guarantee the safety of Chinese nationals in Afghanistan, about three weeks after an Islamic State ­affiliate attacked a Kabul hotel that caters to Chinese [...]

Chinese nationals will remain a target in 2023 for an Islamic State offshoot operating in Afghanistan, because of China’s alleged ­suppression of ethnic Uygur minorities in Xinjiang, according to analysts. [...]

A Colombo-based rights group has called on the Sri Lankan ­government to do more and take responsibility for seven of its ­citizens who said they were ­captured and tortured by [...]

Floods, heatwaves and rainfall-­induced landslides are the top concerns in Southeast Asia on climate change with almost half of its citizens – 49.3 per cent – saying there is a [...]

As the 20th anniversary of the devastating 2002 Bali bombings nears, grief and remorse has cast a pall over Indonesia’s ties with Australia which lost 88 citizens in the attack [...]

High premiums for banks and insurance companies have become a major constraint in financing and underwriting the perilous journey of ships from the Black Sea bringing much needed grain to [...]

Ukraine has urged Southeast Asian countries to reconsider their previously sizeable arms procurements from Russia, saying Moscow’s poor performance on the battlefield served as a cautionary tale about the quality [...]

Piracy and sea robberies (PSR) are likely to rise in Southeast Asia in the second half of this year due to economic issues from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to [...]

Ukraine is seeking an opportunity to speak “directly” with China about its war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, noting that his country had consistently sought close ties with [...]

The separatist Uygur East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) that Beijing blames for terror attacks in the far-western region of Xinjiang remains in Afghanistan, and is believed to have rebuilt several [...]

For the past eight years, families of the passengers and crew of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shot down by pro-Russian rebels over Ukraine on July 17, 2014, have been rebuilding [...]

The children of ­ military and police officers have for ­ decades been “easy targets” for radicalisation and recruitment by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed [...]

A convoy of motorcyclists in green jackets, who last month sparked an outcry after they waved ­banners promoting turning Indonesia into a caliphate, are part of an Islamist group that [...]

Indonesian martial arts star Iko Uwais, who rose to fame starring in action films in Hollywood and Netflix’s Wu Assassins TV series, has been accused of assaulting his interior designer, [...]

In the first quarter of 2022, Indonesia’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.83 per cent from 6.26 per cent in the same quarter a year earlier, amid an improvement in the [...]

Disputes over compensation, forced relocations and an influx of unskilled Chinese workers continue to plague belt and road projects in Southeast Asia, as the pandemic has sped up China’s pivot [...]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that come July, the world will see the real extent of the food insecurity brought on by Russia’s invasion when stocks from the previous [...]

Images of wrecked and abandoned vehicles – casualties in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine – are calling into question the quality and reliability of Russian-made military hardware. A recent report by [...]

Pro-Islamic State militants in 2017 sprang a five-month siege on the southern Philippine city of Marawi in the terror organisation’s most serious assault in Southeast Asia, unsettling governments across the [...]

Several Indonesian women living in Ukraine are refusing to leave their adopted homeland despite narrowly escaping bombings, and having rockets fly above their heads. Some of these ladies have also [...]

Indonesia’s decision to ban palm oil exports has sent the ommodity’s price soaring, triggering warnings it would worsen food inflation, cut spending power of consumers and lead to social unrest. [...]

An Indonesian Islamic militant group, which once fought an armed insurgency against Jakarta, is believed to be plotting to overthrow the government before the 2024 general elections, say counterterrorism police. [...]

A Malaysian scientist who once allegedly attempted to make weapons of mass destruction for al-Qaeda is now a “changed man”, the country’s top counterterrorism official says, and has been living [...]

There may be a resurgence in terrorist activities around the world as governments move to ease coronavirus-related travel restrictions, according to Singaporean Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen. Concerns about terror [...]

Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines have lauded the success of a 2017 agreement to conduct joint patrols and share intelligence about activities in waters in their region once prone to [...]

As food commodity prices surge at the fastest pace in a decade, experts are warning that policymakers in Asia and elsewhere will soon have to grapple with urgent questions about [...]

The newly appointed ethnic Chinese leader of Malaysia’s largest opposition party said he remained hopeful that citizens would reject corruption-tainted political leaders, even amid a seeming resurgence in the clout [...]

As Russia intensifies its attacks in Ukraine, the country’s ambassador to Malaysia has urged the international community to stop doing business with Russia as “every dollar earned would be used [...]

Malaysia’s political instability may be nudging foreign investors, especially tech giants, towards neighbouring Indonesia, where clear regulations and a thriving start-up ecosystem are giving it an edge in the race [...]

Malaysia’s security threats are now coming from the sea, including incursions into its waters by Chinese coastguard ships and armed gunmen, but the country remains stuck on “jungle warfare” with [...]

In the past two years, some of Malaysia’s biggest export earners from the glove-making and palm oil industries have seen their goods banned by the US ­government over allegations of [...]

The decision by a Beijing-backed forum to feature disgraced former premier Najib Razak as its keynote speaker has sparked fierce criticism among some in Malaysia’s business and diplomatic community. Najib, [...]

A landslide victory in a crucial state election for a coalition of parties allied to Malaysia’s federal government has strengthened Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s ruling alliance and exposed the [...]

A secret meeting to discuss plans to send an armed militia to invade the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island is believed to have been held by a senior [...]

The incumbent Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition is likely to retain control of Sarawak in state elections to be held on December 18, analysts believe, in what would be a [...]

A Malaysian lawmaker was this week summoned for investigation by police after making a speech in parliament in which he said there were growing calls for secession within the eastern [...]

Malaysia is seeking to extradite a prominent transgender businesswoman who fled the country after being accused of insulting Islam, prompting activists to fear for her safety in a country that [...]

Byline: Amy Chew Beneath a tree on a street corner in the Indonesian city of Semarang, a pedicab driver was found lifeless inside his vehicle on July 1. The cause [...]