Rampant sand mining in the Mekong River is directly weakening critical seasonal river flows that sustain Southeast Asia’s ...

New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face ...

Introduction More than 75% of the global population resides in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where ...

Archaeologists working in western Asia Minor say they have mapped a dense constellation of 483 ancient settlements that once ...

Southeast Asia is not seeking to influence the Taiwan question—only to survive it. The hope is that restraint, dialogue, and neutrality can keep the region from being dragged into a calamity it ...

Climate change supercharged devastating floods that killed more than 1,600 people across parts of South and Southeast Asia, according to new research. A trio of tropical cyclones battered the region ...

Medieval Christians drawing boundaries around ancient Israelite tribes on Holy Land maps had no idea they were influencing how later mapmakers would depict political power. Those red ink lines, meant ...

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the wrong way round—showing the Mediterranean to the East—but its inclusion set a ...

New research shows over 2,400 mines along mainland Southeast Asia rivers Mines may be releasing deadly chemicals into river water, says Stimson Center think-tank Many rare earths mines operate with ...

The commander of U.S. Forces Korea is urging military planners to rethink how they view East Asia — literally — by rotating the map. Army Gen. Xavier Brunson argues that turning a regional map 90 ...

The Russian Academy of Sciences is reportedly seeking funding from the Kremlin for a feasibility study for a project to divert water from the Ob River to Central Asia. The request raises an immediate ...

Thousands of villagers in the Philippines have been moved to safety as Super Typhoon Ragasa brings torrential rains and powerful winds as it passes over the archipelago on its way toward Hong Kong and ...