A volatile cocktail of climate stressors, weak institutions, and faltering water diplomacy is setting the stage for future ...

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan — The European Union announced a "new era" in ties with Central Asia on Friday at a major summit in Uzbekistan, as Brussels presses its influence in the region in the face of ...

The first summit between leaders of the EU and the five countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. I believe our ...

Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon’s council of ministers has elected Karim Souaid as central bank governor – a candidate backed by the country’s bank lobby and a businessman who many say is ...

increasingly hemming it into the central lowlands. The fighting has displaced more than three million people in Myanmar, with widespread food insecurity and over a third of the population in ...

Newsweek's map below illustrates the earthquakes that took place across central and southeast Asia within the last day. The earthquakes in Myanmar will have the most significant impacts ...

A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday (Mar 28), triggering widespread panic and destruction. People fled buildings as the ground shook, with tremors felt not just in ...

The escalating trade war with the U.S. has prompted Beijing to further expand its ties with Central Asia, analysts say, as state-backed firms look to substitute U.S. imports and reroute exports.

“The country analysis suggests a number of country programs may have been effectively closed down, particularly in Central and East Asia but also in West Africa, Central Europe, and the Americas ...

Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission has frozen nearly 40 of his bank accounts and placed him under a travel ban, but the central bank is urgently seeking to freeze his overseas properties as ...

The graphic map shows shakemap intensity near the region of Mandalay. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the United Nations was mobilising in Southeast Asia to help those in need.