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...
WASHINGTON—Japan’s ambassador called for improved relations with China on Wednesday as the top U.S. intelligence official warned that territorial disputes and nationalist fervour are increasing the...
MANILA, Philippines—British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Thursday that his country was preparing to accept the most vulnerable Syrian refugees this year. Hague told a news conference...
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine economy expanded 7.2 per cent in 2013 despite the havoc wrought in the last months of the year by a super typhoon, an earthquake and a...