In October 2024, at the most recent BRICS summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the countries of the “global South” ...

The United Nations is mobilizing in Southeast Asia to help those in need, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on ...

Bangladesh’s interim government’s outreach to Pakistan is of concern to India. But Dhaka’s ties with the two countries are ...

For instance, it’s estimated that if women’s participation in India’s workforce reached 50% from its current level of 31%, ...

Joining ASEAN is not a silver bullet for Bangladesh’s geopolitical and economic challenges, but it could be a step in the ...

As Western fast food chains expand their reach and disposable incomes rise, more people across Asia are shifting away from traditional diets.

HANOI (Bernama-VNA): Vietnam has been ranked the second happiest country in Southeast Asia, behind only Singapore, according to the 2025 World Happiness Report released that has been released to ...

The trade war that U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated in his second term is a challenge for all Asian economies, large ...

which runs north to south through the centre of the country, according to the USGS. A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake in the ancient capital Bagan in central Myanmar killed three people in 2016 ...

Nepal's lower house erupted in heated clashes over calls to restore the monarchy and the demand to remove the chief of the Nepal Electricity Authority. The session, delayed by two hours and ...

"Our concern over the inclusion on the list of 'Sensitive and Other Designated Countries' was explained and South Korea and the ... 10:27 AM UTC · Updated ago Asia Pacificcategory Myanmar quake ...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), founded after the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act, has been leading US aid efforts in several South Asian countries for decades. The sudden ...