U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reaffirmed the Trump administration’s defense commitments to America’s Pacific territories of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands and that any attack on them ...

The United States plans to deploy advanced military equipment to the Philippines to strengthen its deterrence against threats, officials from both countries said, as U.S. Defense Secretary Pete ...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s plan to cap a PM’s time in office to two five-year terms is facing pushback, with Malaysia’s largest faith-based party rejecting the move and framing it as a threat to ...

Report: Rohingya militant groups kill, torture community’s refugees in Bangladesh Their actions – murdering “informants,” forced recruitment and extortion for their cause – may be war crimes, Fortify ...

Vanuatu passports are seen in this image taken from a television news report about the citizenship by investment scheme, Feb. 22, 2023. (Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corp.) The Vanuatu ...

EXPLAINED: Why proposed revisions to Indonesia’s military law alarm democracy activists A bill proposes to expand armed forces’ role in state institutions, which critics said would reduce civilian ...

Pacific governments warned of ‘threat’ from Cambodia’s Prince Group A U.S.-based think-tank says the company could help China expand its influence.

EXPLAINED: How Indonesian textile giant Sritex collapsed Mounting debt, falling sales and a court’s bankruptcy ruling forced the Solo-based company out of business.

UNICEF rings alarm over child abuse crisis in Pacific Lack of government funding, religious and cultural barriers and drug use contribute to escalating human rights violations against children.

Students in Indonesia’s Papua region protest free-meal program, demand free education instead Authorities responded with force, including the use of tear gas and warning shots.

‘Welkam fren’: New Vanuatu PM sets homegrown tone for US relations Jotham Napat wants the U.S. to step up, rather than step away, despite Trump’s rejection of the Paris Agreement and aid freeze.

Trump administration: Manila still has Washington’s ‘ironclad’ backing in South China Sea U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signals new administration’s stance on the contested waterway.