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Luxury yacht "Equanimity" is anchored in the waters Monday off Batam Island, Indonesia. Photo: Djalu / Associated Press

Malaysia: Indonesia Returns Yacht Seized in Graft Probe

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Monday that Indonesia has handed over a yacht allegedly bought with money stolen from the...

Watchdog Says Australia Lawmakers Increasingly Exploit Race

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's racism watchdog said on Monday the country is experiencing a resurgence in lawmakers exploiting race to advance their political agendas...
A resident on Tuesday inspects a mosque damaged by an earthquake in North Lombok, Indonesia. Photo: Tatan Syuflana / Associated Press

Soldiers Pull Man Alive From Collapsed Mosque

MATARAM, Indonesia — Soldiers have pulled a man alive from the rubble of a large mosque that collapsed in northern Lombok during Sunday night's...
Rohingya Muslim women with their children stand in a queue outside a food distribution center in January at Balukhali refugee camp 50 kilometers (32 miles) from, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: Manish Swarup / Associated Press

Human Rights Group Opposes Moving Rohingya to Island Camp

BANGKOK — A human rights group is calling on Bangladesh's government to abandon plans to relocate Rohingya refugees to a small, uninhabited island said...
A man walks inside a cathedral Sunday where debris has fallen after an earthquake in Bali, Indonesia. Photo: Firdia Lisnawati / Associated Press

Powerful Quake Rocks Indonesian Tourist Island, 91 Dead

MATARAM, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok, killing at least 91 people and shaking neighboring Bali, as authorities said...
A luxury yacht named 'Equanimity' is seen Feb. 28 in the Benoa harbor in Bali, Indonesia. Photo: Ambros Boli Berani / Associated Press

Indonesia Returning Yacht at Center of Malaysia Graft Probe

Indonesia is returning a luxury yacht allegedly bought with funds stolen from a Malaysian state investment company after a ...
Residents walk on Nusa Dua Beach in 2015 in Bali, Indonesia. Photo: Thomas Depenbusch / Flickr

Australian Woman Detained in Bali on Suspicion of Journalism

An Australian graduate student said she's being deported after officials accused her of being a journalist.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, at left, meets Myanmar's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin on the sidelines of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting on Saturday in Singapore. Photo: Joseph Nair / Associated Press

Pompeo Calls on Myanmar to Release 2 Reuters Reporters

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Myanmar on Saturday to immediately release two Reuters journalists held on charges of possessing secret documents.
Residents walk on Nusa Dua Beach in 2015 in Bali, Indonesia. Photo: Thomas Depenbusch / Flickr

Fishing Boat Capsizes off Java, All 13 Aboard Missing

JAKARTA — A rescue official says 13 people are missing after a fishing boat capsized off Indonesia's main island of Java. The boat, Bunga Hati...

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Japanese macaques nap in the shade to avoid sunshine at a Tokyo zoo while people crowd in a swimming pool to escape the summer...

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