Southeast Asia

The journalist and Nobel laureate faces a number of charges relating to her pioneering work at the local news site Rappler.

That such a rights-abusing state could win election to the body speaks to structural problems in the current international human rights regime.

Despite its official motto of "unity in diversity," the country is becoming increasingly inhospitable for members of religious minorities.

Exiled opposition figure Sam Rainsy had accused Prime Minister Hun Sen of responsibility for the deaths of a leading Cambodian trade unionist and the former chief of police.

The attack testified to the horrifying vision of the now-defunct Jemaah Islamiyah, which aimed to establish an Islamic Caliphate in Southeast Asia.

Mahathir says he’ll run to defend his seat, but hasn’t said whether he’d pursue the prime minister role again.

The ghastly mass shooting in Nong Bua Lamphu Province has cast a light on the inadequacy of the country's current gun control regulations.

Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah has pushed for a more robust ASEAN response to Myanmar's crisis. But he's no guarantee to remain in his post beyond the election.

Amid feuding with its allies, the ruling UMNO party is banking on a decisive victory at elections expected to be held in early November.

The "near death experience," as former Senator Leila de Lima characterized it, highlights the peril she has faced since her imprisonment on spurious drug charges in 2017.

Teo Boon Ching has been accused of running a smuggling network that funneled rhino horn and other products from Africa to customers in China and Vietnam.

Son Chhay of the Candlelight Party has been ordered to pay $750,000 for questioning the fairness of this year's commune election.