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Indonesia Limits Access to Telegram App, Readies Total Ban

JAKARTA — Indonesia say it's blocking web versions of the Telegram instant messaging app and will block the app completely if it continues to be a forum for radical propaganda and violent militants.

N. Korea Sends Diplomats to Malaysia to Get Kim Jong Nam’s Body

KUALA LUMPUR — North Korea has sent a high-level delegation to Malaysia to seek the return of the body of leader's Kim Jong Un's slain half brother.

Dozens of Rohingya Refugees With Bullet Wounds in Bangladesh

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh — A hospital near Bangladesh's southeastern border has become overcrowded with dozens of Rohingya refugees who arrived with bullet wounds and broken bones after fleeing violence in western Myanmar.

Khon Kaen Model Raises Questions in the Northeast

(The Isaan Record)

China to set up consulate in Phuket

(Phuket News)
Alba, an albino orangutan, sits inside a cage before being released Wednesday in the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo: Andi Jatmiko / Associated Press

Alba the Albino Orangutan Returned to Jungle in Indonesia

BUKIT BAKA BUKIT RAYA, Indonesia — The world's only known albino orangutan climbed trees, foraged for food and began building a nest after being...
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte attends a meeting between business leaders and heads of states of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC in 2016 during their annual forum in Lima, Peru. Photo: Martin Mejia / Associated Press

Philippines Eyes Greater Regulation of Islamic Schools

SINGAPORE — The Philippine defense secretary said Sunday that authorities there will standardize teaching in both public and private Islamic schools in the wake of a militant siege last year that raised fears of greater radicalization in the country.
A luxury yacht named 'Equanimity' is seen Feb. 28 in the Benoa harbor in Bali, Indonesia. Photo: Ambros Boli Berani / Associated Press

Indonesia Returning Yacht at Center of Malaysia Graft Probe

Indonesia is returning a luxury yacht allegedly bought with funds stolen from a Malaysian state investment company after a ...

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