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Anwar Ibrahim, left, stands next to Malaysia Prima Minister Mahathir Mohamad during the 1998 UMNO Annual Meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Vincent Thian / Associated Press

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
Photo: Dino Adyansyah / Flickr

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.
Rohingya refugee children play outside their makeshift school in January in the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: Manish Swarup / Associated Press

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.

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