Bad weather hobbles Indonesia jet recovery; 7 bodies found
By EILEEN NG and ROBIN McDOWELL Bad weather hindered efforts to recover victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 on Wednesday and sent wreckage drifting far from the crash site, as grieving…
Southeast Asia
AirAsia plane carrying 162 lost; 3rd Malaysia airline shock
By ALI KOTARUMALOS and MARGIE MASON An astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia turned worse Sunday when an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappeared over stormy Indonesian…
Myanmar committee’s vote a setback for Suu Kyi
By AYE AYE WIN Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, meets Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala at his residence in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, June 13, 2014. A parliamentary…
Cambodian sex slavery activist quits US foundation
By SOPHENG CHEANG In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Somaly Mam arrives to the Somaly Mam Foundation’s second annual benefit in New York. The Cambodian woman who has been…
Thailand’s junta bans all anti-coup protests
By THANYARAT DOKSONE Thai soldiers form a line while guarding a bus stop area to prevent an anti-coup demonstration at Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, May 29, 2014. Hundreds…
Witnesses give account of how Thai coup unfolded
By TODD PITMAN and THANYARAT DOKSONE Thai soldiers patrol near the Army Club before former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives to report to Thailand’s ruling military in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday,…
WORLD SEA PIRACY FALLS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR
By EILEEN NG FILE – In this Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 file photo, masked Somali pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after the…
AP PHOTOS: PROTESTERS TRY TO SHUT DOWN BANGKOK
Anti-government protesters with national flags gather for a rally Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, in Bangkok, Thailand. Anti-government protesters took over key intersections in Thailand’s capital Monday, halting much of the…