East Timor has become a stable democracy after securing independence in 2002. But its finances are precarious, and nearly half of its people live in poverty. Vendors at the Taibesi market in Dili ...

Today the international order is being challenged on multiple fronts. Decades-old institutions are unrepresentative of the global community. What they need is to be reformed, not rejected.

Australia dispatched warships to track a Chinese flotilla off the country's east coast, according to a newspaper report. It comes as China expands its naval reach and presence in the Pacific Ocean.

Southeast Asia’s peatlands and mangroves store immense amounts of carbon, yet they’re rapidly disappearing. A new study finds that conserving and restoring these ecosystems could cut the region’s ...

The latest round of tariffs enacted by the Trump administration has multiple significant implications for Southeast Asia ... trade stability in Asia might lead Asian countries, as well as ...

Migration in East Asia and the Pacific is reshaping economies, driven by labor shortages in aging nations and job-seeking migrants from lower-income countries. Effective policies, skill partnerships, ...

At Marasca Khao Yai, glamp under canvas near the vines in the middle of the mountainous UNESCO site that’s one of the top in ...

It is this challenge that has led International IDEA to adopt foresight and futures methodologies, a set of practices that in ...

Panama became the second country to leave China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – after Italy in December 2023 – soon after new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Latin America ...

Asia/Kolkata is a UTC +05:30 timezone offset where as Eastern Standard Time (EST) is a UTC -5:0 timezone offset. Time difference between Asia/Kolkata and Eastern Standard Time (EST) is 10:30 hours ie.

PM Modi and Trump launched the US-India COMPACT for a "mega partnership," aiming to enhance ties in defense, trade, and ...

Advanced weather modelling maps show when Brits are set to face blizzards with nine inches of snow to fall. It has been a bitterly cold week in parts of the country ... to the east of Scotland ...