The Philippines’ election season began on October 12 with politicians registering for thousands of posts, reported the country’s media.

Turkey is targeting Islamic State in investigations of a double suicide bombing in Ankara that killed up to 128 people, officials said on October 11...

The US will establish a regional centre in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur to fight the Islamic State (IS) group’s extremist online propaganda.

The Obama administration has privately reminded foreign governments and US bankers that sanctions against Iran remain in effect, cautioning against a rush by Western companies to invest in Iran's oil industry...

Thailand is planning to propose a roadmap to solve the smog crisis at the upcoming ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment (AMME) to be held in Vietnam on October 29-30, as a guideline for every member nation to follow.

European Union governments agreed on October 8 to step up deportations of illegal immigrants and discussed creating an EU border force among measures to cope with hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria's civil war.

Euro-zone governments, Greece's biggest creditors, agree that debt relief for Athens should be accomplished by capping its debt servicing costs at 15% of gross domestic annually...

ASEAN peacekeepers met in Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh on October 7 for a two-day professional exchange.

The 33rd ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM 33) and related meetings opened in Kuala Lumpur on October 7.

The US, Singapore, Peru, Mexico and Australia have raised optimistic voices over the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, to which they are members.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to reshuffle his cabinet for the second time since he took office in December, 2012.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on October 5 appointed the 200-member National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) to guide the country’s reform process.

The wreckage of the Aviastar plane that was carrying ten people when losing contact with air traffic controllers three days ago was founded in Luwu district of South Sulawesi island, Indonesia on October 5.

India and Germany pledged on Monday to revive efforts to reach an Indo-European free trade pact after talks fell apart this year, and struck deals to promote clean energy and make it easier to do business.

The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department is prepared to assist Indonesia in putting out forest fires which have been the main cause for the cross-border haze in the country currently.