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Cambodia Accuses 11 Pregnant Women of Breaking Surrogacy Law

PHNOM PENH — A Cambodian court on Tuesday charged 18 people, including 11 pregnant women, with violating laws against surrogate births. Phnom Penh Municipal Court...
A great white shark in 2009 off the coast of South Africa. Photo: Hermanus Backpackers / Wikimedia Commons

10 Indonesian Fishermen Accused of Shark Fin Smuggling

HONOLULU — Ten Indonesian fishermen arrested in Hawaii are accused of trying to smuggle nearly 1,000 shark fins from the U.S. to Indonesia. They had...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, fifth from left, and ASEAN leaders leave the stage following a brief group photo at the start of the ASEAN Plus China Summit in the ongoing 33rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 in Singapore. Photo: Bullit Marquez / Associated Press

Asian Leaders Push for Progress on South China Sea Pact

SINGAPORE — Southeast Asian leaders and China are touting progress in keeping peace in the contentious South China Sea as they work toward a...
Boeing's first 737 MAX 9 jet at the company's delivery center before a ceremony transferring ownership to Thai Lion Air in Seattle in a March 2018 file photo. Photo: Elaine Thompson / Associated Press

Pilots Say Boeing Didn’t Disclose Jet’s New Control Feature

Boeing didn't tell airline pilots about features of a new flight-control system in its 737 MAX that reportedly is a focus of the investigation...

Amnesty International Withdraws Award From Myanmar’s Suu Kyi

NEW YORK — Amnesty International has withdrawn its highest honor from Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi in light of what it said was...
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc waves to children on Nov. 2 outside the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. Photo: Minh Hoang / Pool photo via AP

Vietnam Ratifies Pacific Rim Trade Pact Abandoned by Trump

Vietnam's National Assembly has ratified a Pacific Rim trade pact abandoned by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, at left, shakes hands with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday at the Istana in Singapore. Photo: Feline Lim / Pool photo via AP

Singapore’s Lee and Former Rival Mahathir of Malaysia Renew Ties

SINGAPORE — Singapore's leader vowed Monday to strengthen ties with Malaysia, which is now led by a historic rival following a game-changing election.
Part of the reconstructed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane in 2015. Photo: Peter Dejong / Associated Press

MH17 Families Appeal to Trump to Press Putin for Information

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Families of those killed when a Buk missile blew Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 out of the sky above Ukraine in...
Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong, right, shakes hands Friday with his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel in in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: Tri Dung / Associated Press

Vietnam and Cuba Sign Trade Agreement, Pledge to Deepen Ties

HANOI — The leaders of Vietnam and Cuba on Friday pledged to deepen relations between two of the world's few remaining communist countries. President Nguyen...
Indonesian sailors participate in a mass casualty training scenario as part of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) in 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Joshua T. Rodriguez / Wikimedia Commons

Militant Shot in Attack on Indonesia Police

JAKARTA — Indonesian police say a suspected Islamic militant's attack on a police station in Jakarta has been thwarted by an officer who shot...

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