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The United Nations Secretary-General designate Antonio Guterres speaks during his swearing-in ceremony in 2016 at U.N. headquarters. Photo: Seth Wenig / Associated Press

UN Chief Urges Pardon for 2 Journalists Jailed in Myanmar

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he hopes Myanmar's government will pardon "as quickly as possible" two Reuters journalists jailed on charges...

Malaysian Ex-PM, Former Treasury Chief Charged With Graft

KUALA LUMPUR — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his ex-treasury chief have been jointly charged with criminal breach of trust involving 6.64...

UN: Myanmar Violence Meant to Expel Rohingya

GENEVA — A report by the U.N. human rights office says attacks against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar point to a strategy to instill "widespread...

Myanmar Violence and Sea Disputes To Dominate ASEAN Talks Joined by US, Russian and...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Myanmar’s prolonged civil strife, tensions in the disputed South China Sea and concern over arms buildups in the region are...
Protesters pelt police with bricks, rocks and other objects in June during a protests in Vietnam. Image: Kinh Citizen / YouTube

Vietnam Jails 6 for Disturbing Public Order in Protests

HANOI, Vietnam — A court in south central Vietnam has sentenced six people to up to two-and-a-half years in prison after finding them guilty of throwing rocks, bricks and gas bombs at police in protests against a proposed law on special economic zones.
Malaysia's prime minister and president of the ruling party coalition "National Front," Najib Razak, center, prays at an April 7 launch event for upcoming general elections in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Vincent Thian / Associated Press

Najib Heads Into Tough Race, Vows to Make Malaysia Great

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak unveiled a lavish election manifesto with cash benefits targeting rural ethnic Malays, his key voting bloc,...

Prosecutors Urge Life Imprisonment for Khmer Rouge Leaders

PHNOM PENH — Prosecutors in the U.N.-backed trial of two leaders of Cambodia's former Khmer Rouge regime on charges of genocide and other crimes called Thursday for life imprisonment as the only appropriate punishment.

New Jakarta Airport Terminal Flooded Days After Opening

JAKARTA — The operator of the Indonesian capital's main airport has apologized to passengers for flooding at its brand new terminal after rains overcame drainage pipes and inundated the arrivals area on Sunday.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 taxis in 2011 in Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy. Photo: Alan Wilson / Wikimedia Commons

Russia: Missile That Shot Down Flight MH17 Was Ukrainian

MOSCOW — The Russian military says the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came from the arsenals of the Ukrainian army, not...

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