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Indonesian Minister to Raise Rohingya Plight With Suu Kyi

JAKARTA — Indonesia's president has called for an end to violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state and sent his foreign minister to discuss the plight of Rohingya Muslims with the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Southeast Asian Nations to Coordinate Against ISIS Returnees

CANBERRA, Australia — Southeast Asian and Pacific governments will hold a summit in August to coordinate against the security threat posed by homegrown Islamic...

Police Say They Made Progress in Ivory Trade Crackdown

BANGKOK — Efforts by the government to curb sales of ivory have been successful following criticism of widespread trafficking in the country, police and conservationists said.

Cambodia’s Biggest Hydropower Dam Now Producing Electricity

PHNOM PENH — Cambodia's largest hydropower project officially began producing electricity Monday as the country tries to increase its energy capacity to reduce energy...

China to US: Stay Out of South China Sea Talks

WASHINGTON — The United States shouldn't obstruct efforts by China and its neighbors to agree on a code of conduct in the disputed South...
Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar prepare to leave a transit shelter in 2017 in Shahparirdwip, Bangladesh. Photo: Gemunu Amarasinghe / Associated Press

Experts Air New Concerns About UN Response to Myanmar Crisis

GENEVA — U.N.-backed investigators who examined a crackdown by Myanmar security forces that caused hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks during a press conference in May in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Associated Press

Ex-PM Najib Razak Faces New Corruption Charges in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR — Police and Malaysia's anti-graft agency say detained former Prime Minister Najib Razak will face at least two dozen fresh charges of...

Trump, Kim to Hold Second Nuclear Summit With World Watching

HANOI — President Donald Trump is paying a courtesy call on his Vietnamese hosts while North Korea's Kim Jong Un was expected to take...
Angkor

Cambodia Is Investigating Youtubers’ Abuse of Monkeys at the Angkor UNESCO Site

SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — A baby monkey struggles and squirms as it tries to escape the man holding it by the neck over...

New Type of ATM Skimmer Found in Phuket

(The Phuket News)

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