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...
Malaysia Seizes Pig-Hair Brushes After Muslims Complain
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian authorities have seized thousands of paint brushes suspected of containing pig bristles after consumers in this Muslim-majority nation demanded a crackdown, officials said Wednesday.
Sydney Schanberg, Reporter of ‘Killing Fields,’ 82
NEW YORK — Sydney H. Schanberg, a former correspondent for The New York Times awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the genocide in Cambodia in 1975 — and whose story of the survival of his assistant inspired the film "The Killing Fields" — has died. He was 82.
Jailed Myanmar Journalists Join Khashoggi, ‘Guardians’ as Time Person of 2018
Time magazine on Tuesday recognized journalists, including slain Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi and two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar as its 2018 Person of the Year in what it said was an effort to emphasize the importance of reporters' work in an increasingly hostile world.
Indonesia’s Main Muslim Group Criticizes Blasphemy Sentence
JAKARTA — Indonesia's largest Muslim organization has criticized the blasphemy conviction and imprisonment of a Buddhist woman who complained that the call to prayer...
Facing Tumult at Home, Trump Begins Lengthy Asia Trip
HONOLULU — On his most grueling and consequential trip abroad, US President Donald Trump stands ready to exhort Asian allies and rivals on the...
Diplomats: Swiss Envoy to Germany to Be New UN Myanmar Envoy
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. diplomats say Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has selected Switzerland's Ambassador to Germany Christine Schraner Burgener to be the new U.N. special envoy for Myanmar.
Cambodia Opposition Braces for Dissolution Amid Crackdown
PHNOM PENH — A Cambodian opposition leader said Wednesday that he expects his political party to be dissolved in a Supreme Court ruling this week, a move that would further descend the nation into authoritarianism ahead of next year's general election.
Ride-Hailing App Grab Raises $2.5 Billion
JAKARTA — Japan's Softbank and China's top ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing are pouring USD $2 billion into the latest round of financing by cash-hungry Southeast Asian taxi app Grab.
