As the Philippines takes over chairmanship of the 11-member bloc, here's what you need to know about the ASEAN member states ...

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.

It is now the ASEAN 11, not just 10 member-nations. They started as five founding members only on August 8, 1967, with the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand meeting and ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Manila assumes the 2026 ASEAN chairmanship, renewed fighting along the Cambodia-Thailand border and external mediation efforts place pressure on ASEAN’s centrality and credibility ...

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

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 ...

As ASEAN navigates the complex aftermath of Myanmar's controversial elections, the regional bloc's response has been cautious ...

Philippines Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro tells reporters that some ASEAN member states see the vote as potentially ‘positive,’ but stressed this did not amount to formal backing.