A summary of Asian news for the second week of May 2026 covering major dam protests in Southeast Asia recent election shifts ...

A Hindu teacher has withdrawn a religious conversion case against the authorities of a Catholic school in Uttar Pradesh state ...

Arrests follow years of investigations, failed bid to flee Syrian camps, our correspondent in Melbourne reports ...

Ruben Mendoza explores the profound contrast between the combative rhetoric of President Donald Trump and the peaceful ...

The Catholic Church has reframed the global issue of energy transition as an ethical and spiritual responsibility by bringing ...

The Bombay High Court has barred the entry of a new 2,000 capacity casino vessel into Goas Mandovi River as of May 2026. The ...

Priests, they said, often serve as first responders for those struggling with mental health.

Three hikers -- two Singaporeans and a local -- died in an eruption on May 8 of Indonesia's Mount Dukono volcano, where they found themselves in a no-go zone, officials said. The eruption on Halmahera ...

Philippine Church leaders and ecologists have urged ASEAN leaders to take concrete climate action following the May 2026 ...

Ahead of the first anniversary of his election to the chair of St. Peter, it was announced that Pope Leo XIV is officially ...

Trump raises his voice; the Vatican lowers the temperature. And in the restraint of that communiqué, a kind of rhetorical ...

UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews released his final report on Myanmar in April 2026, urging the international community to ...