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Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, right, sits next to Malaysia's reform icon Anwar Ibrahim during a Monday rally in Port Dickson. Photo: Vincent Thian / Associated Press

Malaysian PM Rallies for Successor, Former Foe Anwar

PORT DICKSON, Malaysia — Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is campaigning for his designated successor and former foe Anwar Ibrahim, urging voters to support...
Indonesian red cross team carry the body of a tsunami victim following a massive earthquake and tsunami Monday at Talise beach in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo: Tatan Syuflana / Associated Press

At Mass Grave Above Indonesian City, Many Questions Linger

PALU, Indonesia — From the mountain range, the bay was a sparkling blue and the small city huddled around it a mosaic of bright...
Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong poses in January as he meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis before their talks in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: Tran Van Minh / Associated Press

Vietnam Nominates Communist Party Chief to Become President

HANOI — The ruling Communist Party of Vietnam has decided to nominate its general secretary as the sole candidate for the presidency, succeeding late...
Plumes of volcanic ash rise out of Mount Soputan, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, from the village of Tombatu, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo: Yehezkiel Dondokambey / Associated Press

Volcano Erupts on Same Indonesian Island as Earlier Quake

JAKARTA — A volcano erupted Wednesday on the same central Indonesian island struck last week by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, but no evacuations...
Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, arrives at the Anti-Corruption Agency for questioning Wednesday in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Photo: Vincent Thian / Associated Press

Wife of Malaysian Ex-PM Grilled a Third Time Over Graft

KUALA LUMPUR — The wife of Malaysian former Prime Minister Najib Razak is being grilled by the anti-graft agency for a third time over...
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi briefs the media after a meeting with Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at the Norway government guest house in 2012 in Oslo, Norway. Photo: Markus Schreiber / Associated Press

Canada Revokes Myanmar Leader’s Honorary Citizenship

OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada's Parliament formally stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship on Tuesday for complicity in the atrocities committed...
Indonesian soldiers line up the bodies of earthquake and tsunami victims for a mass burial Tuesday in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo: Rifki / Associated Press

Desperation Grows as Death Toll Soars From Indonesia Quake

PALU, Indonesia — Trucks carrying food for desperate survivors of the earthquake on Indonesia's Sulawesi island rolled in with a police escort Tuesday to...
Indonesian red cross team carry the body of a tsunami victim following a massive earthquake and tsunami Monday at Talise beach in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo: Tatan Syuflana / Associated Press

In Neighborhood Buried by Quake, Kin Found in Final Embrace

PALU, Indonesia — For two days, Edi Setiawan helped pull the dead and the living out of a sea of mud and debris, all...
Local fishing boats move in to recover the passengers and crew of an Air Niugini flight Friday following the plane crashing into the sea on its approach to Chuuk International Airport in the Federated States of Micronesia. Photo: James Yaingeluo / Associated Press

Passenger’s Body Found in Pacific Lagoon After Plane Crash

CANBERRA, Australia — A passenger's body has been found in the Pacific lagoon where a plane crash-landed last week near an island runway in...
Former Communist Party Secretary General Do Muoi, front center, is helped to walk to pay respects to late Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap at the National Funeral House in 2013 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: Hoang Dinh Nam / Associated Press

Do Muoi, Former Vietnam Communist Party Chief, Dead at 101

HANOI — Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Do Muoi, a committed communist, has died at age 101. The government said in...

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