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Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo addresses the media in 2017 during a visit to the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines. Photo: Bullit Marquez / Associated Press

Indonesia and Australia Sign New Economic Cooperation Deal

CANBERRA, Australia — Indonesian and Australian ministers signed an agreement to strengthen government economic exchanges on Monday as the neighboring countries work toward forging...
Reuters journalist Thet Oo Maung Maung, known as Wa Lone, is escorted by police upon arrival at court Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, outside Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Thein Zaw / Associated Press

Appeals Filed for 2 Myanmar Journalists in Secrets Case

YANGON — Lawyers for two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar have appealed the verdict that sent them to prison for seven years for illegal...
A Lion Air passenger jet is parked on the tarmac in 2012 at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia. Photo: Trisnadi / Associated Press

Grief, Anger Overflow as Families Confront a Silent Lion Air

JAKARTA — Distraught and angry relatives of those killed when a Lion Air jet crashed last week have confronted the airline's chief executive during...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in May arrives at Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Office in July in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Photo: Vincent Thian / Associated Press

Former Malaysian State Chief Detained, Face Graft Charges

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's anti-graft agency says the former leader of a timber-rich eastern state has been arrested and will face corruption charges as...
Navy divers inspect Saturday what is believed to be engine of the crashed Lion Air jet after it was retrieved from the sea floor, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Fauzy Chaniago / Associated Press

Data Recovered From Crashed Lion Air Data Recorder: Official

JAKARTA — Investigators succeeded in retrieving hours of data from a crashed Lion Air jet's flight recorder as Indonesian authorities on Sunday extended the...
An undated photo of Julius Trotter, 31. Photo: Associated Press

Death Penalty Possible in Killing of Vietnamese Tour Leaders

LAS VEGAS — A convicted felon who was on probation when police say he entered a Las Vegas Strip hotel room, killing two Vietnamese...
Protesters hold portraits of Jho Low illustrated as a pirate in April during a protest in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Sadiq Asyraf / Associated Press

US Charges Malaysian Financier in Multibillion-Dollar Scheme

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced charges Thursday against a fugitive Malaysian financier and two former Goldman Sachs bankers accused in a money laundering...
Members of National Search and Rescue Agency inspect debris Wednesday retrieved from the waters where Lion Air flight JT 610 is believed to have crashed, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Fauzy Chaniago / Associated Press

Divers Recover Lion Air Data Recorder on Indonesia Seafloor

JAKARTA — Divers on Thursday recovered a flight data recorder from the crashed Lion Air jet on the seafloor, a crucial development in the...
Asia Football Confederation President Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, left, poses Tuesday with FIFA President Gianni Infantino during an inauguration ceremony for the new building of the Asia Football Confederation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Vincent Thian / Associated Press

New Rule Boosts Bahraini Sheikh for Asian Footie Election

KUALA LUMPUR — A change in election rules approved Wednesday gave FIFA vice president Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa a better chance of retaining his leadership...
A Lion Air passenger jet takes off from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia, in a 2012 file photo. Photo: Trisnadi

Video Shows Passengers Boarding Fatal Flight

JAKARTA — Chilling video of passengers boarding Lion Air's fatal Flight 610 has been broadcast on Indonesian TV. It shows passengers' boarding passes being checked and...

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