MANILA, Philippines—Britain is looking at increasing its involvement in Asia’s economy and security but will not take sides in territorial disputes in the South China Sea involving...
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,...
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...
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...
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka—Sri Lanka’s ethnic Tamil-run provincial administration said Monday it wants to prove that the central government carried out an operation “akin to genocide” to...
HONOLULU—A judge handed an 18-month prison sentence to a Hawaii man who admitted he falsely reported a possible airplane hijacking because he was drunk and trying...
LOS ANGELES—The former owner of a notorious “revenge porn” website and another California man have been charged with stealing nude photos from hundreds of hacked email...