STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB said Thursday that higher sales helped it post a modest rise in fourth quarter profits, offsetting the impact of...
TOKYO—Shares were lower Thursday as weak economic data from China and Japan deepened jitters over ongoing reductions in U.S. monetary stimulus. The U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision...
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine troops have killed at least 40 Islamic fighters and captured a rebel stronghold with a bomb-making facility in a three-day offensive against insurgents opposed to a...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Mark Baker, Malaysia and Singapore chief of bureau for The Associated Press, has been appointed to the new role of Southeast Asia photo editor, based in Jakarta,...
SASKATOON—A man who admitted to taking and hiding the daughter he fathered with his Brazilian mistress has been sentenced to 15 months in jail. Alexander Fiodor...
HONG KONG—Hong Kong will end visa-free visits by Philippine officials because their government has not apologized for the deaths of eight Hong Kong tourists nearly four years ago,...
BANGKOK, Thailand—Hotel occupancy rates in central Bangkok have plunged. Conventions have been cancelled. Business deals have been postponed. Tourist bookings for coming months are way down....
WASHINGTON—The United States says it will sponsor a resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Council that Sri Lanka is worried could call for an international investigation...
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine police officers played a “wheel of torture” game to have fun and punish criminal suspects during interrogations, including bouts of punching named after boxing star Manny...
TORONTO—A documentary about human smuggling has won the diversity award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. “The Defector: Escape from North Korea” claimed the...