Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, East Timor's Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas, Vietnam's Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, Philippine Foreign ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For more than half a century, Jose Luis Guterres has been East Timor's voice to the world - first as a diplomat in exile during ...

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn't tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact ...

While ASEAN's status as an invited guest in the G20 affords the bloc some influence, permanent membership would give it crucial consensus-building power. ASEAN is important both economically and ...

Explore why ASEAN lacks consensus on recognising Myanmar's recent election, highlighting member states' divided stances and ...

Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia’s smallest economy, is now ASEAN’s newest member. On Oct 26, the regional body voted in the island nation as its eleventh member at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur.

ASEAN enters 2026 confronting a convergence of strategic challenges that threaten to test both its cohesion and its relevance. At the centre of these challenges lies the South China Sea (SCS), where ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international negotiations, asked ...

CEBU, Philippines--The Association of Southeast Asian Nations does not recognize the recently held elections in Myanmar, the first since the army seized power in 2021, the Philippine foreign secretary ...