WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, the first such challenge to Beijing under U.S. President …
Soldiers distribute pictures of Isnilon Hapilon, who has a U.S. government bounty of $5 million for his capture, in Butig, Lanao del Sur in the southern Philippines on Feb. 1.PHOTO: MARCONI B. NAVALES/REUTERS By …
By Te-Ping Chen Updated May 24, 2017 9:37 a.m. ET Taiwan’s top court ruled that current law defining marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman was unconstitutional, paving the way for the …
SCOW — President Rodrigo Duterte is seeking a loan from Russia to buy firearms after the United States halted a rifle deal over his administration’s track record on human rights. Duterte asked Russia President Vladimir Putin …
Trump-Duterte phone call: Full transcript 24 May 2017 at 09:493,489 viewed4 comments WRITER: ONLINE REPORTERS The following is apparently the full transcript of the phone call initiated April 29 by US President Donald Trump to …
By Fillipe Villamore MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines placed the southern island of Mindanao under martial law on Tuesday after armed men belonging to two terrorist groups affiliated with the Islamic …
By Martin Petty and Manuel Mogato | MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte cut short a visit to Russia and imposed martial law on the island of Mindanao on Tuesday after a fierce bout of …
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told Russian leader Vladimir Putin that the Philippines needs modern arms to fight Islamic State and that he expected Russian support. Duterte also said he had to halt his visit …
Thailand’s 2014 military coup – its second putsch in a decade – led to predictions that autocratic junta rule would see Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy become the region’s new “sick man”, just as traditional …
Cathy Chin left Malaysia for Australia feeling she had been treated as a “second-class citizen” because of her ethnicity. “Malaysia is a beautiful country but the politics is sickening. Religion is put first, scholarships …
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