Protesters condemn US policies as ASEAN summit begins in Manila
Southeast Asian leaders arriving in the Philippines for the ASEAN summit have been met with protests over how expensive basic commodities have become. There is also anger over the US-led AI supply chain initiative called Pax Silica, as Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo reports.
The Summit between leaders of India, U.S., Australia, and Japan is being held in a non-Quad country for the first time, expected to address critical minerals and energy supply chains and safety of seafarers
Modi is also set to join Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for the annual Quad summit in Manila. There is, however, no official word on the Quad summit.
Leaders of French-speaking nations gathered in Phnom Penh as a row over who should lead the Francophonie and Congo’s threat to quit put pressure on Macron to broker consensus.
ASEAN summit comes as US president embarks on Asia trip that will see him meet China's Xi.
Finishing negotiations for disputed South China Sea agreement will be a 'tall order', analysts say.
Energy disruptions as a result of the US-Israel war on Iran is a key issue for the import-dependent bloc.