Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to announce on June 1 that the government will delay a scheduled sales tax hike by two-and-a-half years...

Tourism ministers from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies have agreed to develop strategies that will allow about 800 million tourists to travel across the region in 2025.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called on ASEAN to strengthen unity to ensure the group’s continued credibility...

The Ministry of Finance of Thailand has affirmed that a National E-Payment system will be up and running by January 1 of 2017.

Jordan's King Abdullah appointed veteran politician Hani Mulqi as caretaker prime minister on May 29 after dissolving parliament as its four-year term nears its end, and charged him with organising new elections by October.

Philippine authorities said on May 28 that local police have killed four drug suspects in the southern city of General Santos

The widespread Zika virus outbreak in Brazil does not pose enough of a threat to warrant canceling or putting off the Olympic Games set to be held in Rio de Janeiro in August

The Group of Seven industrial powers pledged on May 27 to seek strong global growth, while papering over differences on currencies and stimulus policies

US President Barack Obama left Ho Chi Minh City on May 25, concluding his successful visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang.

The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) needs to promote unity and increase its role in addressing security challenges in an effective and prompt manner.

A US-backed alliance of Syrian militias launched a new offensive against Islamic State fighters near their de facto capital of Raqqa city on May 24, a monitoring group and an official said.

Global leaders met in Istanbul on May 23 to tackle a "broken" humanitarian system that has left 130 million people in need of aid, a near insurmountable task for a two-day summit that critics say risks achieving little.

India, Thailand and Myanmar are negotiating building an 1,400-kilometre highway to link India with Southeast Asia by land.

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) committed to loaning Indonesia US$824 million to finance programmes for infrastructure development, education and power plants.

Thailand and China’s navies began a joint military exercise codenamed Blue Strike 2016 in Thailand on May 21.