American and Australian Tourists Die, Raising Toll to 4 in Laos Alcohol Poisoning Incident
An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, in what Australia's prime minister on Thursday called every parent's nightmare, and the U.S. State Department confirmed an American also died
US Defense Chief Regrets China’s Decision Not to Meet During Southeast Asian Security Talks
JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI, VIENTIANE — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed regret Wednesday that his Chinese counterpart chose not to hold talks with him...
Southeast Asian Defense Chiefs Meet in Laos as Maritime Disputes with China Are Flaring
Southeast Asian defense chiefs and representatives are meeting in the Laotian capital on Wednesday for security talks at a time of increasing maritime disputes with China in the Asia-Pacific
Typhoon Man-Yi Worsens Crisis From Back-To-Back Storms That Devastated the Northern Philippines
Typhoon Man-yi left at least three villagers missing, destroyed houses, knocked out power in entire towns and displaced large numbers of villagers before blowing away from the northern Philippines
Thailand Leads Southeast Asia in Road Fatalities, UN Special Envoy Warns
Southeast Asia is the second most-affected regions in the world when it comes to road accidents, after Africa, and Thailand “tragically leads in this statistics”
Volcanic Eruption Burns Houses in Indonesia, Killing at Least 10 People
Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores.
UN Envoy Warns Myanmar Is In Crisis, with Conflict Escalating and Criminal Networks ‘Out...
The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar warned that the Southeast Asian nation is in crisis, with conflict escalating, criminal networks “out of control”
Myanmar’s Civil War Reshaped in Past Year with Coordinated Offensive by Powerful Resistance Groups
Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime’s military with rapid gains of huge swaths of territory
Tropical Storm Battering Philippines Leaves At Least 24 People Dead
Widespread flooding and landslides set off by a tropical storm in the northeastern Philippines on Thursday left at least 24 people dead, swept away cars
Rights Groups Urge Thailand to Release Vietnamese Activist
A group of nearly three dozen rights groups called on Thailand's prime minister Friday to release a Vietnamese activist who has been ordered extradited home to face imprisonment on terrorism charges
