A landmark court conviction in Papua New Guinea related to the murder of a mother-of-five accused of sorcery is being hailed as a major victory in the fight to stop such attacks and murders. For the ...

It wasn’t supposed to be so hard. Prabowo Subianto cruised to victory in Indonesia’s 2024 presidential election, winning 58% in the first round of voting. Yet only five months after taking office, ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reaffirmed the Trump administration’s defense commitments to America’s Pacific territories of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands and that any attack on them ...

Debate on Guam’s future as a U.S. territory has intensified with its legislature due to vote on a non-binding resolution to become a U.S. state amid mounting Pacific geostrategic tensions and ...

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's arrest Tuesday on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court has prompted a flurry of follow-up actions and comments from his supporters, human ...

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is in custody after authorities in his home country arrested him on a warrant from the International Criminal Court and put him on a plane bound for the ...

What began as a small fabric shop in Central Java nearly 60 years ago grew into one of Southeast Asia’s biggest textile manufacturers, outfitting military forces and supplying clothing to major global ...

Pacific island children are experiencing “alarming” violence and abuse, amongst the highest rates in the world, amid a lack of government-funded services, religious and cultural barriers and growing ...

More than 1,000 students in Indonesia’s restive Papua region took to the streets to protest a government-sponsored free-meal program, demanding that the government instead prioritize free education.

Aid agencies operating in the Pacific are still scrambling to assess the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order freezing billions of dollars in foreign aid last week. The ...

Cyber scam compounds made international headlines this month after a Chinese actor was rescued from Myanmar’s notorious KK Park. In late December, Wang Xing flew to Mae Sot, Thailand on the promise of ...

Malaysia's oil-rich Sarawak is set to make history as the country's first state to gain full control of its oil and gas resources under a legal framework tied to a 1963 agreement by which it joined ...