Israel-Hamas war

Official relations and public perceptions have both taken huge damage since the October 7 attack by Hamas and Israel’s massive military deployment in Gaza.

The meeting came just days after a U.S. Treasury delegation visited Malaysia to express its concerns that the Palestinian group was raising funds in the country.

The U.S. Treasury Department has expressed its concerns over Iran using Malaysian entities to finance allied militant groups, including Hamas.

Unlike on Ukraine, in the Israel-Gaza conflict, India has been rendered an outlier in the developing world, where most countries are in solidarity with Palestine.

The Western-led “rules-based order” is fraying, but nothing seems to be emerging that might replace it.

Wang's visit is another sign that Beijing wants to get off on the right foot with the incoming Indonesian administration.

This is not the first time that regional opinion toward the U.S. has soured over events in the Middle East.

The city-state recently denounced a Facebook post from the Israeli embassy as “unacceptable."

While showcasing the divergences between Australia and its Southeast Asian partners, the summit can be deemed a success in both form and substance.

The two nations' foreign ministers addressed the body during an advisory proceeding examining Israel's post-1967 occupation of Palestinian territories.

The decision to deploy vessels to the Red Sea has turned the Sri Lankan Navy into an active participant in the tensions mushrooming in the region.

Companies based in the two countries are part of an "illicit procurement network" that has been targeted by U.S. sanctions.