"One of the things that often happen when there is an aircraft mishap is that the people who are the most clueless, like ...

As he does regular weightlifting, Wickramasinghe, in his day job of parsing the markets, is projecting that the Straits Times ...

It is no surprise that a top member of the Trump administration, like Hegseth, faces concerns, as there have been worries that the boss himself may not be keen on Southeast Asia.

While Hegseth fumbled in responding to questions from Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who was born in Bangkok and injured in combat ...

After airing Antony Blinken‘s final interview as Secretary of State on The New Yorker Radio Hour on Friday, host David Remnick had New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos on the show to discuss ...

Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks struggled to answer basic questions during their Senate confirmation hearings this week. There was litany of obfuscation and waffling across the ...

Republicans appear poised to confirm Trump's controversial nominee to lead the government's largest and most complex agency ...

Donald Trump did not nominate Pete Hegseth as defence secretary for his knowledge of global affairs, but the lapse highlights two concerns for Southeast Asian countries, says RSIS’ Kevin Chen.

Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, an Iraq War veteran who served in ... our oldest treaty ally of 190 years; when you can’t name Singapore where we have an air base, are you kidding me?” Her questioning ...

On "Forbes Newsroom," Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) slammed Pete Hegseth as unqualified to be Secretary of Defense, and said that Sen. Joni Ernst's (R-IA) and other Republican Senators backing ...

A senator told Hegseth: "I suggest you do a little homework before you prepare for these types of negotiations." ...