Indian authorities were struggling on Monday to contain protests by Kashmiris angry after 22 people were killed in weekend demonstrations, as youths defied a curfew to rally in the streets against the killing a top anti-India rebel leader.
Ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) President and Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen announced on Tuesday that the CPP would not back the arbitration court's upcoming decision over the South China Sea issue, saying that the party saw the upcoming decision as "the worst political collusion in the framework of international politics."
Wonders of history, nature and culture abound in South-East Asia and are increasingly attracting visitors from both within the region and further abroad.
A UN report on Tuesday said that one in three Latin Americans who left poverty since 2003 -- that is 25 to 30 million women and men -- risk sliding back into poverty, but a new generation of public policies in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can boost resilience and prevent setbacks.
Indonesia has reiterated the importance of maritime cooperation throughout the region at the ASEAN-China special ministerial meeting, being held on June 13-14 in China.
With the mercury having plummeted well below zero in the Pupal valley of upper Rukum, some 700 kilometers from the Nepalese capital, it was not a normal weekend for those gathering 4,500 meters above sea level.
The China-U.S. relations are too important that they should not be allowed to be hijacked by the South China Sea issue, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said Wednesday.
Issuing a series of harsh rhetoric lately against China's actions in the South China Sea, the U.S. military seems to be determined to turn itself into a destructive force against peace and development in the Asia Pacific.
Outsiders should respect rules and order set by countries in the South China Sea region in line with the international law, a Chinese spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Tsunami evacuation drills were held Thursday in Haikou, capital of south China's island province of Hainan, beginning a week of awareness campaign on oceanic disaster prevention and reduction.
China will continue to open up the Yangtze River Delta, one of the country's economic powerhouses, according to a statement issued after a State Council executive meeting on Wednesday.
At least 15 Al-Shabaab militants were killed and weapons recovered on Wednesday in a joint security operation at an area close to Galcad town in Galgudud region in central Somalia.
Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry said Saturday that according to municipal reports more than 12,000 private residences and other buildings were considered to be "dangerous" and at risk of collapsing in regions reeling after powerful quakes battered southwest Japan earlier this month.
The Myanmar authorities are taking measures in Mandalay region in a bid to prevent spread of bird flu which broke out in Monywa, northwestern Sagaing region earlier this month by checking regional main border gates, according to an official of the Department of Livestock Breeding Friday
Mehbooba Mufti was Monday sworn in as the first woman chief minister of restive Indian-controlled Kashmir.
In view of the disturbing development of events, countries around the South China Sea should maintain the dominant role in addressing issues in this region.
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