ASEAN

NEW YORK — From Malta to Minneapolis, here's a look at some destinations around the world that will be making news in 2018. They include designated culture capitals, places hosting sporting events and even a couple of cities – San Antonio, Texas, and New Orleans – celebrating their 300th birthdays.

SINGAPORE — Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak praised his country's relationship with neighboring Singapore on Tuesday, but added a jibe for his closest rival in upcoming elections.

KUALA LUMPUR — Two Chilean tourists accused of killing a man in Malaysia were sentenced to two years in prison Thursday after they pleaded...

PHNOM PENH — A court in Cambodia has charged an Australian woman and two Cambodians with violating the country's new ban on providing commercial surrogacy services.

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Rohingya insurgents, whose attack on Myanmar security forces last month triggered savage military reprisals, declared a monthlong truce Sunday as...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Myanmar's military issued its most forceful denial yet that security forces committed atrocities during "clearance operations" in the west of the country, saying an internal investigation had absolved them of any wrongdoing in a crisis that has triggered the largest refugee exodus in Asia in decades.

SHANGHAI — The last Malaysian Grand Prix will run on Oct. 1, bringing an end to a race that has been a fixture on the Formula One calendar for 19 years.

CANBERRA, Australia — Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi was welcomed to Australia's Parliament House on Monday for the official start of a state visit that has provoked protests over her muted response to a military crackdown against Rohingya Muslims.

(Chiang Mai City News)

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan authorities have arrested seven people, including at least one Buddhist monk, suspected of storming a United Nations safe house for Rohingya Muslim refugees last week.