The deadly Bali ferry sinking in early July has cast fresh light on regional maritime safety, as analysts warn that worsening climate risks are colliding with chronic enforcement failures.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met his Japanese and Philippine counterparts in a meeting Thursday on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ annual ministerial meetings in Malaysia. The U.S., Japan and the Philippines have been building a trilateral bloc to broaden security and economic cooperation.

Southeast Asia now finds itself caught in a middle-democracy trap where development sidelines democratic progress

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has warned that global trade is being weaponized as U.S. tariffs loom over Southeast Asia.

The U.S. Secretary of State wants to bolster defense ties in the Indo-Pacific, while distrust of Trump’s commitments to the region, particularly on economic issues, runs deep.

Pakistan have reached the final of the Men's U18 Asia Cup 2025 after a nail-biting penalty shootout victory over Malaysia at the National Hockey Training Centre in Dazhou, China, on Friday.The

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, as Washington continues to push for a ceasefire in Ukraine. The talks were held on the sidelines of a foreign ministers' meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in person in Malaysia for the second time, as relations between the United States and Russia begin to sour. The two held a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting on Thursday.