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Pahang state Crown Prince Tengku Abdullah arrives for a private event Friday at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Associated Press

Pahang State’s New Sultan Tipped to be Next Malaysian King

The central Malaysian state of Pahang's soon-to-be new sultan is tipped to become the country's next ...
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, arrives Saturday at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Photo: Chris Young / The Canadian Press via AP

Rahaf Alqunun Reaches Her New Home in Canada

TORONTO — Tired but smiling, the 18-year-old Saudi woman who said she feared death if deported back home arrived Saturday in Canada, which offered...
US President Donald Trump attends a round table discussion on border security with local leaders in January in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press

US Shutdown Sets Record as Trump Tweets into Void

As the partial government shutdown slipped into the record books Saturday, members of Congress had left town, no negotiations were scheduled and President Donald Trump tweeted into the void.
Image: China Global Television Network

Coal Mine Collapses in Northern China, Killing at Least 21

Twenty-one coal miners were killed when a mine collapsed in northern ...
US President Donald Trump leads a round-table discussion on border security Friday with local leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press

Report: FBI Probed Whether Trump Secretly Worked for Russia

WASHINGTON — Law enforcement officials became so concerned by President Donald Trump's behavior in the days after he fired FBI Director James Comey that...
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, at right, walks with an unidentified woman Friday in Bangkok. Photo: Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press

Saudi Runaway Rahaf Leaves For Canada, Thanks World For ‘Saving My Life’

BANGKOK — An 18-year-old Saudi woman who said she was abused by her family and feared for her life if deported back home left...
Attorney Vincent McOwen holds up a photo of Steven James Granville on Friday at the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok.

Family Alleges Foul Play in Phuket Death of British CEO

BANGKOK — Nearly six years after police wrote off injuries sustained by a British resort owner as a bike accident, his family came forward...
People pick up beer cans that fell from an overturned truck Friday in Phuket City. Photo: Mana Sombat / Facebook

Brew Bandits: Crowd ‘Cleans Up’ 80,000 Cans of Leo on Phuket

PHUKET — When a truck carrying nearly 90,000 cans of Leo Beer flipped Friday morning in Phuket City, men, women, children and even motorcycle taxis rushed in to lend a hand.
Thailand's chief negotiator Gen. Udomchai Thamsarorat speaks Friday at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand.

Thailand Pushing Hard for BRN to Join Southern Peace Talks

Fresh attempts to open dialogue with separatists in the Deep South will include the most hard-line group for the first time ...

Canada, Australia Willing to Accept Saudi Woman: Thai Police

BANGKOK — Several countries including Canada and Australia are in talks with the U.N. refugee agency to accept a Saudi asylum seeker who fled alleged abuse from her family, Thai police said Friday.

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