VIENTIANE - Asian leaders played down tensions over the South China Sea in a carefully worded summit statement on Thursday, but even before it was issued Beijing voiced frustration with countries outside the region"interfering" in tussles over the strategic...
VIENTIANE - United States President Barack Obama warned Thursday (Sept 8) an international tribunal's ruling that China's sweeping claims to the South China Sea had no legal basis was "binding", after Beijing vowed to ignore the verdict. "The landmark arbitration...
The changing face of terrorism and its growing threat to the region make it one of three big issues confronting ASEAN, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told ASEAN leaders. Speaking at the 29th ASEAN Summit Retreat yesterday morning, Mr Lee...
VIENTIANE - North Korea's defiant missile testing and the South China Sea territorial row were among a barrage of security threats in focus Thursday as US President Barack Obama gathered with East Asian leaders in Laos. The annual event this year...
BEIJING - US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that his talks on Saturday with Chinese President Xi Jinping had been "extremely productive" and that he "wouldn't overcrank the significance" of arguments that took place at the airport upon...
BANGKOK: Thailand's 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, has shown further signs of improvement following a severe infection, the palace said on Wednesday. The king has been treated for various ailments during a year-long hospitalization in the...
Manila - Despite foul-mouthed tirades, international outrage and a public spat with Barack Obama, Rodrigo Duterte is the most popular politician in the Philippines. As the politically incorrect president enters the third month of his six-year term, the Asian nation's...
New Delhi - Seven people have been arrested over the murder of two men accused of using black magic to kill their neighbours, Indian police said Wednesday. The victims were beaten up and then set on fire on Monday when...
Vientiane - Japan is "seriously concerned" about Beijing's increasingly muscular claims in the South China Sea, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Asian leaders Wednesday. Beijing insists it has sovereign rights to almost all of the strategically vital waters, where the...
BEIJING - China will offer Zika health screenings for travellers from Singapore and other affected countries, the quarantine bureau said on Wednesday, without explaining whether the tests would be compulsory. China has previously announced that it would step up checks...
