Asia has been hit by over 20 earthquakes above a 2.5 magnitude in the last 24 hours, with four powerful ones in central and southeast Asia, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

More than 1,160 people have died as large parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been flooded after cyclones dumped ...

More than most regions in the world, Southeast Asia has found itself in the middle of the intensifying U.S.-Chinese rivalry. Most major countries in other parts of Asia are already spoken for: ...

Flooding across much of south-east Asia fuelled by a rare cluster of three tropical storms has claimed the lives of more than 400 people in five countries, with Indonesia and Thailand the worst hit so ...

There is considerable uncertainty in Southeast Asia regarding what a resurgent China means for the region. Over the past four decades, the once impoverished communist country has emerged as the ...

This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: East Asia, Central and North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Asia ...

Over the past two weeks, leaders from around the world headed to Southeast Asia for two prominent gatherings—the first trilateral summit between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim shakes hands with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, May 14, 2025. Credit: Sadiq Asyraf/Prime Minister’s Office of Malaysia Over ...