Rebecca Tan

New visitors are flocking to the Philippines’ Sulu Archipelago. But the specter of violence — both real and imagined — persists.

Jerusalem officials say they are razing structures as part of an “urban renewal” project. Rights groups fear Israel is pressuring Palestinian residents to leave.

Despite repeated protests from their countries, Israel has continued to let migrant laborers work in high-risk military zones.

Israel’s extremist settlers see few barriers to their plans to rule the West Bank now that Trump is returning to the White House.

Philippine leaders say they can turn their attention to the South China Sea because they’ve secured peace with separatist rebels. But the situation remains precarious.

China’s effort to dominate the disputed waterway is taking a toll on the network of underwater cables that provide essential Internet connectivity in Asia.

A school bus carrying dozens of students exploded into flames near Bangkok on Tuesday, Thai officials said.

The incident, the first time in decades that Beijing and Manila have clashed over the Sabina Shoal, may derail efforts to lower tensions in the South China Sea.

The crackdown on human rights comes at a time when the United States is deepening security and economic ties with Hanoi.

Dhaka and several other Bangladeshi cities have been engulfed by protests in opposition to a new policy reserving a portion of government jobs for certain groups.