Independent civil society organizations in Vietnam are condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine, a stance at odds with Hanoi’s abstention vote at the United Nations.Cultural researcher Nguyen Khac Mai and Professor Nguyen Dinh C…

Japan and the Philippines agreed Saturday to consider further expanding defense cooperation against a backdrop of regional tensions and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The meeting in Tokyo of the two Asian nations’ foreign and defense ministers was the fi…

A Dutch teenager died when a group he was diving with off Malaysia’s coast went missing, officials said Saturday following the dramatic rescue of his father and two others.The three Europeans and their instructor got into trouble Wednesday after they