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Myanmar auction fails again to attract bidders for the historic home of ousted…
BANGKOK (AP) — A fourth attempt by Myanmar's authorities to sell by the home of imprisoned former leader Aung San…
Hong Kong’s business, political elite turn out for funeral of property…
HONG KONG (AP) — Prominent Hong Kong political and business leaders paid tribute Monday to the city's late…
North Korean leader Kim touts new naval destroyer, blames US for tensions
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled a new naval destroyer, claiming it as a…
Australians and New Zealanders commemorate war dead on Anzac Day
Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered across Australia and New Zealand for dawn services and street marches…
A new Netflix film features a hurtling Japanese bullet train with a ticking bomb
TOKYO (AP) — The highspeed bullet train says Japan as much as Godzilla, sushi and Mount Fuji. And it takes center…
US general says allied forces can repel Asia aggression as Philippines combat…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of allied American and Filipino forces opened annual combat drills Monday that…
Ahmadi community in Pakistan says one of their members is beaten to death by…
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A mob of Islamists allegedly beat to death a member of Pakistan's minority Ahmadi…
Myanmar frees nearly 4,900 prisoners including some political detainees
The head of Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's…
Roadside bomb kills 3 in southwest Pakistan as 2 polio workers are abducted in the…
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying security personnel in Pakistan’s…
Central Myanmar shaken by new quake in one of the biggest aftershocks since March…
BANGKOK (AP) — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck on Sunday morning near Meiktila, a small city in central Myanmar,…
New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country’s founding…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial…
South Korea’s military fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers cross…
South Korea says its military has fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the border. South Korea’s…
