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...
Pope’s South Asia Trip Brings Hope to Tiny Catholic Groups
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Pope Francis on Monday begins a six-day trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh. While attention will focus on how Francis addresses the Rohingya Muslim crisis, the trip also holds huge significance for the tiny Catholic communities in each country.
China Says Myanmar, Bangladesh Back Its Rohingya Proposal
BEIJING — China's foreign ministry on Monday said Myanmar and Bangladesh have endorsed its call for a negotiated resolution of the Rohingya refugee crisis.
Doctor Gets Life Term in Hong Kong Over Yoga Ball Killings
HONG KONG — An anesthesiologist convicted of killing his wife and daughter by placing a yoga ball that leaked carbon monoxide in their car...
Report Faults Safety Failures, Defects in Lion Air Crash
JAKARTA — Pilots fought against an automated system that pitched a Boeing jetliner's nose down repeatedly because of a faulty sensor until they finally...
Karen Villager Jailed 1.5 Years for Illegal Logging
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Camps Full as Rohingya Flee Myanmar into Bangladesh
SHAH PORIR DWIP, Bangladesh — Aid officials said relief camps were reaching full capacity as thousands of Rohingya refugees continued to pour into Bangladesh...
Sub-equipped Ship Departs South Africa to Search for MH370
JOHANNESBURG — A U.S.-based company has dispatched a ship into the Indian Ocean in hopes of quickly resuming the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 if it soon secures a contract to do the job.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Spends 3rd Straight Birthday In Detention
TOKYO - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, 78, has spent her third birthday in a row under detention following the ouster of her democratically...
Pope’s Place as Refugee Champion Tested in Myanmar
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis heads to Myanmar and Bangladesh with the international community excoriating Myanmar's crackdown on Rohingya Muslims as "ethnic cleansing" but his own church resisting the label and defending Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi as the only hope for democracy.