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Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia and Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi, pose for a group photo during the opening ceremony for the 33rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Singapore. Photo: Bullit Marquez / Associated Press

Mahathir: China Should Define Claims in South China Sea

MANILA — Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday that China should define its "so-called ownership" in the disputed South China Sea so other...
French national Arthur Desclaux is seen at the immigration office Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Photo: Aung Shine Oo / Associated Press

Frenchman Completes Sentence for Myanmar Drone Flight

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — A French man sentenced to one month in prison with hard labor for flying a drone in Myanmar completed his term...

Indonesia Court Allows Dam in Orangutan Habitat to Proceed

MEDAN, Indonesia — Environmentalists lost a court challenge Monday to a Chinese-backed dam in Indonesia that will rip through the habitat of the most...
In this June 1970 file photo, taken by Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut, south Vietnamese Marines rush to the point where descending U.S. Army helicopter will pick them up after a sweep east of the Cambodian town of Prey-Veng during the Vietnam War. It only took a second for Associated Press Photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut to snap the iconic black-and-white image of Phan Thi Kim Phuc after a napalm attack in 1972, but it communicated the horrors of the Vietnam War in a way words could never describe. Nick Ut / Associated Press

Remains of US Air Crew Lost Over Laos in Vietnam War Identified

WASHINGTON — The remains of three air crew members who were lost during a resupply mission over Laos during the Vietnam War have been...
This image from video shows an undated photo of Nazrin Hassan. Image: The Prospect Group / YouTube

Wife, Stepsons Charged for Murder of Malaysian CEO

KUALA LUMPUR — The wife and two teenage stepsons of a Malaysian company CEO who died in an incident that attracted national interest were...
Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia gestures as he talks about his vision for the Mekong region in the World Economic Forum on ASEAN at the National Convention Center Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: Bullit Marquez / Associated Press

Hun Sen Imposes Deadline on Lifting Political Bans

PHNOM PENH — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen warned opposition politicians Monday that they should act quickly if they want bans on their political...
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un take a walk Thursday after their first meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel. Photo: Evan Vucci / Associated Press

The Art of the Walk? Summit Collapse and Trump’s Diplomacy

HANOI — President Donald Trump framed the breakdown of his nuclear summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un as wisely knowing when "to walk."...

Bangladesh: We’ll Become Unable to Take New Myanmar Refugees

UNITED NATIONS — Bangladesh's foreign secretary said Thursday his country will need to stop accepting more refugees from Myanmar and accused its government of...

US, North Korea Offer Dueling Accounts of Talks Breakdown

HANOI — In open dispute, the U.S. and North Korea offered contradictory accounts Thursday of why the summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong...
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In a Summit First, Kim Jong Un Takes US Media Questions (Video)

HANOI — So here's a bit of history made at President Donald Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un: for what is almost certainly the...

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