Pete Hegseth came out strongly against diversity and inclusion initiatives during his first week as secretary of defense. A 57-year-old political bloc got a rare mention in the halls of the U.S.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international negotiations, asked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For more than half a century, Jose Luis Guterres has been East Timor's voice to the world - first as a diplomat in exile during ...

ASEAN may have weathered 2025’s economic and geopolitical shocks, but it must address its structural and strategic ...

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn't tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact ...

While ASEAN's status as an invited guest in the G20 affords the bloc some influence, permanent membership would give it crucial consensus-building power. ASEAN is important both economically and ...

Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia’s smallest economy, is now ASEAN’s newest member. On Oct 26, the regional body voted in the island nation as its eleventh member at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not endorse elections in military-ruled Myanmar, Malaysia's foreign minister said Tuesday, citing concerns over the lack of ...

A 57-year-old political bloc got a rare mention in the halls of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. During the confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Secretary of ...