YANGON: For decades, China has sought to maintain influence among armed ethnic groups in Myanmar in lawless border areas while also providing support to military leaders in charge of the South-East ...

But no major new projects were agreed during the two-day visit by President Xi Jinping, the first of any Chinese leader in 19 years. Analysts said Myanmar was generally cautious of investments by ...

The port is also the starting point for oil and gas pipelines that will transport energy via Myanmar to Yunnan. But these plans are now in jeopardy. President Xi Jinping had spent years ...

The United Nations' refugee agency called on Indonesia to let in about 150 Rohingya refugees stranded off Aceh province for ...

India will retain investment curbs on bordering nations, the finance minister said, days after it struck a pact with China on ...

NEW DELHI: 34 countries have officially applied for BRICS membership. The 10 new members and 10 partners will be announced in ...

India will host the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Bocce & Bowling Competition from November 18 to 23 for the first time in ...

Indonesia and Russia will hold their first ever large-scale naval exercises off the coast of Surabaya next month as part of a ...

The EU is investing billions into Southeast Asia, and European officials are pushing for deeper ties at the annual ASEAN ...

Thailand set to propose a new path for a political solution after a regional peace effort made scant progress.

Few hours ago Russia 39;s City of Kazan became the world 39;s hottest epicentre of events where leaders and representatives of over 40 countries and international organisations were expected to attend ...