US president Joe Biden hosts ASEAN to demonstrate US hasn't lost focus on the Pacific
• 3 years agoThe ASEAN nations include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. However leaders from Myanmar and the Philippines, are not expected to attend the summit
Beijing's military bases on three islands in South China Sea threaten littoral nations
• 3 years agoThe information was provided by US Indo-Pacific commander Admiral John C Aquilino who said ‘China has upgraded fully their potentialities and the expansion of military equipment is definitely undermining the region’
ASEAN summit begins without Myanmar after bloc excludes junta chief from meet
• 3 years agoMyanmar’s refusal to let a special envoy meet ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi prompted the group to exclude junta chief Min Aung Hlaing from this week's summit
Joe Biden to host in-person Quad Summit at White House on 24 September, Narendra Modi to attend
• 3 years agoThe Quad summit will take place amid China's aggressive behaviour in the resource-rich South China Sea
US postpones southeast Asian leaders' March meeting due to coronavirus spread, say reports
• 5 years agoThe United States has postponed a meeting of leaders of southeast Asian nations that was set for Las Vegas in mid-March due to the spread of the coronavirus, a senior Trump administration official said Friday
Narendra Modi meets Shinzo Abe on sidelines of 35th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok for delegation-level meeting
• 5 years agoAlong with PM, EAM S Jaishankar, Commerce and Industry minister Piyush Goyal and other dignitaries attended the meeting
Donald Trump invites ASEAN leaders to 'special summit' in US next year after skipping ongoing annual meet
• 5 years agoPresident Donald Trump has invited ASEAN leaders to a 'special summit' in the United States early next year after skipping their ongoing annual summit in Thailand.
Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi to begin two-day visit to Thailand, RCEP negotiations on cards; Sonia Gandhi to meet all Congress presidents; day's top stories
Fp Staff • 5 years agoHere are today's top stories: Narendra Modi to begin two-day visit to Thailand for ASEAN-India, East Asia and RCEP summits today; West Bengal govt to facilitate return of 131 people working in Jammu and Kashmir; and more
Narendra Modi to visit Thailand from 2 to 4 November for ASEAN-India, East Asia and RCEP summits
• 5 years agoModi will be visiting Bangkok at the invitation of Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha
Fire rages across Indonesia's Sumatra, Borneo islands; residents suffer from respiratory problems, sore eyes due to smell of burning foliage
• 5 years agoAround 400 schools were closed on Tuesday in nine districts of Sarawak state on Borneo