Photos: Death toll soars in Bangladesh unrest A BenarNews journalist witnessed Border Guard Bangladesh members shoot three youths.

EXPLAINED: How Indonesian textile giant Sritex collapsed Mounting debt, falling sales and a court’s bankruptcy ruling forced the Solo-based company out of business.

Two “high-value targets” were among five suspected communist guerrillas killed in what the military described as separate clashes with government troops in the central and southern Philippines this ...

Fiji’s fishing ship graveyard highlights lax Pacific dumping controls Dozens of derelict boats, mostly from China, pose environmental and navigation hazards in Suva harbor.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reaffirmed the Trump administration’s defense commitments to America’s Pacific territories of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands and that any attack on them ...

Philippine court convicts 4 police officers for killings in Duterte drug war Victims’ families see convictions as “partial victory” in holding former president accountable for bloody anti-drug ...

Women candidates challenge Vanuatu’s male-dominated politics at snap election A national election will go ahead this week despite a devastating earthquake in the capital Port Vila last month.

Prabowo’s pledge to prioritize energy security stirs environmentalist concerns in Indonesia The president-elect says he will maintain efforts to boost domestic industries, convert forests into ...

How the 2014 coup continues to shape Thai politics Thailand’s military still has sway over the government, although a new civilian-led administration is in place, analyst Zachary Abuza writes.

Unexploded WWII bombs plague Palau amid US military build-up UXOs contaminate the Pacific but there's little clean-up funding despite hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on new defense ...

UNICEF rings alarm over child abuse crisis in Pacific Lack of government funding, religious and cultural barriers and drug use contribute to escalating human rights violations against children.

Pacific governments warned of ‘threat’ from Cambodia’s Prince Group A U.S.-based think-tank says the company could help China expand its influence.