Voting Opens in Malaysia By-Election for PM-in-Waiting Anwar
PORT DICKSON, Malaysia — Voting has begun in a by-election is expected to see charismatic Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim win a parliamentary seat and...
Images of 2018: Photographers Capture a World in Motion
A human tide of would-be Americans, rolling toward the border. American rockets streaking across the darkness over Damascus. Students fleeing a gunman at a...
Vietnam Seizes 3 Tons of Ivory Smuggled From South Africa
HANOI — Police in northern Vietnam have seized nearly 3 tons of ivory smuggled from South Africa in the latest action taken against the illegal trade
Indonesia Ride App Go-Jek to Add 4 Southeast Asian Nations
JAKARTA — Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek says it will expand into Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and the Philippines in the next few months, vying with rival Grab for Southeast Asian customers.
2 New Yorker Artists Bring Colors, Smiles to Rohingya Camps
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh — With his blond dreads tied in a ponytail and baggy jeans caked with paint smudges, Max Frieder first arrived at the...
Malaysia Charges 4 Thais Over the Mass Graves and Human Trafficking Camps Found in...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Four Thai nationals were charged Friday under Malaysia's anti-trafficking laws in connection with the 2015 discovery of mass graves...
Vietnam Seizes Over 1 Ton of Ivory Smuggled in From Africa
HANOI — Authorities have seized more than a ton of smuggled ivory at a Vietnamese port where some 6 tons were seized last year.
Kim’s Murder Trial to Resume With Lab Visit for VX Evidence
KUALA LUMPUR — The trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader enters its second week with the court moving temporarily Monday to a high-security laboratory to view evidence tainted with the toxic VX nerve agent.
Malaysia to Pay US Firm up to $70M If It Finds Missing Plane
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Malaysia's government said Wednesday it will pay U.S. company Ocean Infinity up to $70 million if it can find the wreckage or black boxes of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 within three months, in a renewed bid to solve the plane's disappearance nearly four years ago.
Rohingya Upset UN Agreement Didn’t Address Citizenship
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh — Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled attacks in Myanmar said they were disappointed that a U.N. agreement signed earlier this week did not address one of their key demands: Citizenship.