Recent clashes between anti-government groups and security forces in Syria have put the Alawite community in the spotlight.

These were the first casualties after a hiatus of four months in the state in the clashes between majority Metei and minority ...

At least 40 Uyghurs have been deported to China,Thai authorities have confirmed, despite warnings from rights groups they ...

BANGKOK--A powerful ethnic armed group in western Myanmar claimed Friday ... Bryony Lau, deputy director for Asia at Human Rights Watch, told The Associated Press that “ASEAN has needed to ...

BANGKOK--major ethnic rebel group in Myanmar has announced a unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with the ruling military and called for a dialogue under Chinese auspices to help restore peace in ...

The Mon are an ethnic group from Burma, primarily residing in ... who migrated to Southeast Asia from southern China around 2,200 BC and were responsible for the Neolithic and Iron Age in the ...