The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Canada set a target to double the current CAD19 billion (US$13.2 billion) in bilateral trade...

Outgoing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras signaled on August 26 he would accept an easing of Greece's huge debt burden if he wins elections expected next month without any of the write-offs he has long demanded.

After 43 hours of intense negotiation, early on August 25 the two Koreas reached an agreement defusing a crisis, which had pushed them to the brink of war.

Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam dissolved the country’s parliament on August 25 on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, paving the way for a general election slated for this September.

ASEAN held a series of policy dialogues with the European Union (EU) on the Support to Higher Education in ASEAN Region programme (SHARE) in Jakarta on August 24-25 to seek higher education quality for the ASEAN region.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (RoK) reached agreement early on August 25 to end a standoff involving an exchange of artillery fire...

Islamic State militants on August 23 blew up the temple of Baal Shamin, one of the most important sites in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, said Maamoun Abdul Karim, the country's antiquities chief.

Protests against the Lebanese government turned violent for a second day on August 23, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign as public discontent brought thousands into the streets.

The 47th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM 47) and related meetings opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 22.

The 5th Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Trans-boundary Haze Pollution in the Mekong Sub-Region (MSC Mekong) convened on August 20 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

The 47th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM 47) will be held in Kuala Lumpur from August 22-25 to put the finishing touches on the formal establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by the end of this year.

Thai authorities said on August 18 they were looking for a suspect seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage near a popular shrine where a bomb blast killed 22 people, nearly half of them foreigners.

The Vice-Chair of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) has said the bombing incidents in Bangkok will only stir short-term effects, adding that all sides should help each other in assuring investor's confidence.

A bomb exploded in the centre of Bangkok, Thailand around 19:00 (local time) of August 17, leaving at least 12 dead and 20 others injured, according to local media reports.

Search and rescue teams prepared to scour mountainous, heavily forested terrain on Monday in Indonesia's eastern region of Papua where a passenger plane with 54 people on board crashed, officials said.