At least 179 people were killed when a JejuAir flight arriving from Bangkok burst into flames after skidding off the runway as it was landing at an airport in South Korea on Sunday.

Polygamy, still practiced in some parts of Papua New Guinea, symbolized wealth and status in the country’s so-called “big man ...

Bangkok’s move to allow half a million stateless people to become Thai citizens is a holiday gift, analyst Bridget Welsh ...

The rare public caning of a man under Sharia laws in the religiously conservative Malaysian state of Terengganu was ...

The deployment of a U.S. mid-range missile system in the Philippines and plans by Manila to acquire it are “completely ...

Ethnic minority insurgents captured a major military base in western Myanmar on Friday after months of fighting, the group ...

Nearly 65,000 Rohingya have crossed into southeastern Bangladesh since late last year amid unrest and violence in Rakhine, ...

At least 14 people have been killed and hundreds injured, but medical experts and the government say the figure is likely to ...

With global treaties long delayed, Mekong residents are trying to prevent plastic waste from destroying their environment.

The stockpiling reflects a changing attitude toward nuclear weapons among Chinese military planners, report says.

Myanmar’s junta chief has reiterated a call for insurgents battling to end military rule to make peace, saying his government ...

In January, a U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay sentenced bin Amin and bin Lep to five more years in prison after they ...