Yemeni Players United for Football to Make Tournament Debut
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Civil war raging at home.
Football players who struggle to play or get paid.
A coach who never enters the...
Indonesian Presidential Candidates Spar Over Corruption
JAKARTA — Indonesian President Joko Widodo accused his election rival of allowing corrupt candidates on his legislative ticket and failing to include women in...
Belarusian Model Who Claimed Trump Info Arrested in Moscow
MOSCOW — A Belarusian model who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian interference in the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president was arrested immediately upon her arrival in Moscow on Thursday following deportation from Thailand.
Stocks Slip on Worries Over Chinese Outlook, Huawei Probe
SINGAPORE — World markets were mostly lower Thursday on renewed concern over the outlook for China's economy after some provinces lowered their growth targets...
Rights Lawyers Challenge Indonesia Detention of 3 Activists
JAKARTA — Human rights lawyers said Thursday they were mounting a court challenge to Indonesia's detention of three Papuan activists on charges of treason.
The...
Indonesian Presidential Campaign Heats up With First Debate
JAKARTA — Echoing the campaign tactics of Donald Trump, former Indonesian Gen. Prabowo Subianto says his country, the world's third-largest democracy, is in dire...
Millennia-Old Thai Antiquities Returned From US Collections
BANGKOK — Forty-six ancient artifacts aged thousands of years have been returned to Thailand from collectors in the United States, the Culture Ministry announced Thursday.
Gay Rights Group Takes Issue With Karen Pence’s New Employer
WASHINGTON — Karen Pence's return to teaching at a Virginia school that lists "homosexual or lesbian sexual activity" as among the disqualifying criteria for...
Rising Mekong No Cause for Alarm: Engineer
CHIANG RAI — A state engineer Thursday dismissed panicked reports in the media and online that the Mekong River is about to flood.
Water released...
Rail Construction Halted, Drivers Fined as Smog Persists
BANGKOK — Major construction will be suspended and gross polluters busted across the capital as the authorities struggle to reduce the unhealthy smog levels which have plagued the capital for days.
