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Fundamental issues remain over the question to be put to parliament and the voting majority needed.

Experts on the conflict-ridden region said violence there would increase if security forces received more weapons.

Children as young as 12 have been kidnapped to fight in their homeland, refugees said.

Manila accuses the Chinese embassy of violating the Philippines Anti-Wiretapping law if tape is real.

As many as 100,000 candidates could register for 200 seats, Election Commission has said.

The Philippine military denies it is linked to an alleged agreement between Manila and Beijing over Second Thomas (Ayungin) Shoal.

Tomas Ojea Quintana said Argentinian court will decide this year on whether to issue international arrest warrants for alleged perpetrators.

Treasury Department says it’s concerned about Washington-sanctioned Iranian oil being moved from ship to ship in Southeast Asian waters.

“I am worried that the situation will be even worse than in 2017,” says Tun Khin.

Simulation drills in the northern Philippines took place amid Manila’s row with Beijing in the South China Sea.

The soldiers are from five battalions in one western Myanmar township, the Arakan Army insurgent group said.

Forced to adapt, many Mani people have accepted new ways, starting with government ID cards.

Yeoh, the first Asian woman to win a best actress Oscar, “has shattered stereotypes and glass ceilings,” President Biden said of her.

Under the change, Australian and British firms could import U.S. military technology without needing licenses.

The Philippines remains one of the most dangerous countries for media professionals in the Asia-Pacific region.

Reporters Without Borders says there’s a ‘worrying decline’ globally in respect for media autonomy.

Eleven years after the Rana Plaza collapse, remediation of safety problems in the industry has slowed, monitors say.

Including parliamentary seats from his coalition and of two parties that committed support, he would command a 71% majority.

Manila summons a senior Chinese embassy official over April 30 water cannon incident near disputed shoal.

The Batanes archipelago, the northernmost part of the Philippines, is actually closer to Taiwan.

A new crop of lawmakers will soon be selected from a cross-section of society to replace junta-appointed Senate.

The annual United States Commission on International Religious Freedom report recommends placing Jakarta on special watch list.

Fiji’s acting chief justice refused to recuse himself from the case for allegedly showing bias.

The new prime minister has indicated he’ll continue a friends-to-all foreign policy.

“Auntie Ton” and her team scavenge through trash at a Bangkok dump to collect and recycle discarded clothes.

Nearly 25 years after independence, unemployment and poverty remain challenges.

Scarborough Shoal is located within the Philippine exclusive economic zone but under de-facto control by China.

The killing, which was captured on Facebook Live, was the fourth deadly attack on a journalist since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office.

Junta troops’ recapture of border villages leaves four dead, residents said.

Trade with China, Bangladesh and Thailand has been hurt by conflict between junta and insurgent forces.