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An F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet lands Tuesday on the deck of the U.S. Navy USS Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea. Photo: Kin Cheung / Associated Press

US Carrier in Hong Kong After Bombers Fly Over S. China Sea

HONG KONG — A U.S. aircraft carrier docked in Hong Kong on Wednesday, days after a pair of American B-52 bombers flew over the...
Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, talks to journalists during a press briefing on a project titled "Nothing for Our Land," the Impact of Land Confiscation on Farmers in Myanmar, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Thein Zaw / Associated Press

Rights Groups Urge Myanmar to Make Amends for Seized Land

YANGON — Myanmar's government should expedite restitution for past illegal confiscations of land, an international human rights group said Tuesday, detailing how previous land...

Video Shows Kim Jong Un’s Brother Motionless on Gurney After Attack

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia — A Malaysian airport security video shows the poisoned half brother of North Korea's leader apparently unconscious on a gurney and being pumped with oxygen by medical attendants as they wait for an elevator to take him to an ambulance.
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...

Malaysia to Inspect Debris Found on Thai Beach for MH370 Link

BANGKOK — A large metal chunk has washed ashore in southern Thailand, but Malaysian authorities are cautioning against speculation of a link to a Malaysia Airlines flight missing almost two years.

Myanmar Government Says It Authorized Journalists’ Arrest

BANGKOK — Myanmar's presidential spokesman said Monday that the president authorized the arrest last week of two Reuters reporters for allegedly violating the state secrets act.
Frank Maile (left) in a photo uploaded to Facebook in 2016. Photo: Frank Maile / Facebook

Prosecutors: Pilot Filmed Underage Girls in Philippines

PLUMSTED, New Jersey — A New Jersey pilot created child pornography images and videos of two underage girls engaging in sex acts while he was in the Philippines, according to federal prosecutors.

Duterte Declares ‘State of Lawlessness’ After Bombing

DAVAO, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared a nationwide "state of lawlessness" Saturday after suspected Abu Sayyaf extremists detonated a bomb that killed...

Memorial 75 Years After Singapore Fell to Japanese Troops

SINGAPORE — It was 75 years ago that Singapore, the island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula that had been key strategic outpost...

Son of Aung Sang Suu Kyi is worried about her health in detention and...

GRANT PECK and TIAN MACLEOD JI, BANGKOK (AP) — The younger son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi says he has always...

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