POLITICS: PHNOM PENH- Hun Sen pulls passport perk- Report on Yingluck escape spurs move
‘Old and dear friends’ Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia and ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The courtesy passport issue has
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US POLITICS: BANGKOK- Trial of model claiming Trump secrets to begin in Pattaya
This file photo taken on Aug 20, 2018 shows detained Belarusian model Anastasia Vashukevich better known by her pen name
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LAW & COURT: VIENTIANE- 191 telecom fraud suspects deported to China
Police on Friday deported 191 Chinese nationals on suspicion of telecommunications fraud, following investigations by Lao and Chinese police. Acting
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POLITICS: RAKHINE STATE- Aid groups barred from Rakhine conflict zones
A Myanmar border guard police officer mans his station at the Goke Pi police outpost, in Buthidaung Township, northern Rakhine
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Russia Condemns UK Foreign Army Base Plans, Says Ready to Defend Interests
Russia has condemned plans by Britain to open military bases in Southeast Asia and the Caribbean and said it stood
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KYAUKPHYU (Rakhine state, Myanmar)- Hope and fear in Myanmar town seen as next Chinese outpost
Rakhine is the second-poorest state in Myanmar. Chinese investments flowing into the strategic township of Kyaukphyu, part of China’s Belt
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WORLD POLITICS: OTTAWA- Saudi teen runaway leaves for Canada
OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada was taking in an 18-year-old Saudi asylum seeker who fled her
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WORLD-U.N.: JAKARTA- Indonesia Takes Up UN Security Council Seat
Indonesian Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, second from right, attending a flag installation ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New
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POLITICS: KUALA LUMPUR- Malaysian King abdicates: 5 things about the Russian ex-beauty queen he reportedly wed
Photos that were said to be of the couple’s wedding went viral on social media, with reports naming Sultan Muhammad
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US POLITICS: WASHINGTON- Pence and White House officials leave meeting with congressional aides with no end to shutdown
Pence, Kushner and Mulvaney meet with Democratic aides to discuss shutdown . . Vice President Mike Pence and other senior
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