A U.N. expert on human rights says hundreds of people displaced by the collapse of a dam in Laos are facing bleak prospects for recovering their homes and livelihoods...

Researchers say Indonesia's air quality has deteriorated from among the cleanest in the world to one of the most polluted over the past 2 decades, shaving 5 years from life expectancy in some regions...

Asian stocks advance as US, China begin fresh round of trade talks...

Global shares are mixed as Chinese and U.S. trade negotiators prepare for their latest round of talks aimed at ending a tariffs war between the world's two biggest economies...

China plans to hold a multinational fleet review next month in the northern port of Qingdao to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army Navy...

Thailand's Election Commission has released full preliminary results of the recent general election, though some of data appears inaccurate, adding to concerns over the management the nation's first p...

US trade negotiators arrive in China to resume talks on dispute over technology...

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen says her government has asked to purchase new fighter jets and tanks from the US...

United Nations human rights expert urges communist-ruled Laos to focus less on foreign-invested dam and railway contracts and devote more resources to helping its children and the poor...

Papuan independence fighters are vowing more attacks on a highway that's the Indonesian president's key development project in the troubled easternmost region...