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In this photo taken on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, and released by Intan Syari, Indonesian Intan Syari poses in her wedding dress with a bouquet of flowers on the day of her planned wedding in Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia. Photo: Associated Press

Woman Wears Wedding Gown Alone After Fiance Dies on Lion Air

JAKARTA — An Indonesian woman whose fiance died on a Lion Air flight that plunged into the sea was photographed in her wedding dress...

Red Cross Says Conditions Not Right for Rohingyas to Return

UNITED NATIONS — The International Committee of the Red Cross says conditions are not right for Rohingya Muslim refugees to return safely to Myanmar...
Khieu Samphan, at left, former Khmer Rouge head of state, and Nuon Chea, at right, who was the Khmer Rouge's chief ideologist and No. 2 leader, sit in the court hall at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh in an October 2013 file photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Photo: Mark Peters / Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia via AP

Verdicts on Khmer Rouge Leaders May Be Tribunal’s Last Gasp

PHNOM PENH — The tribunal judging the criminal responsibility of former Khmer Rouge leaders for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians will...
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, right, meets Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday in Singapore. Photo: Bernat Armangue / Associated Press

Pence Says Myanmar’s Handling of Rohingya ‘Without Excuse’

SINGAPORE — Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rebuffed criticism over her government's treatment of its ethnic Rohingya Muslims. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence...
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 Slams Myanmar’s Suu Kyi for Handling of Rohingya

SINGAPORE — Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed sharply criticized Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday for her handling of an ethnic crisis...

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...

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