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WASHINGTON ~ President Barack Obama’s national security advisor James Jones has rejected ex-vice president Dick Cheney’s claim that dismantling Bush-era... Read More →

PHNOM PENH ~ Talks between Southeast Asian and European ministers opened in the Cambodian capital on Thursday with pledges to... Read More →

SEOUL ~ South Korean and US troops went on higher alert on Thursday after North Korea announced it is scrapping... Read More →

DILI ~ The chief minister of Australia’s Northern Territory visited East Timor on Wednesday with the largest foreign delegation to... Read More →

COLOMBO ~ Sri Lanka celebrated victory over the Tamil Tigers with a national holiday on Wednesday as the army hunted... Read More →

YANGON ~ Myanmar’s military junta put the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi back behind closed doors on... Read More →

SEMNAN ~ President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Wednesday that Iran had successfully test-fired a new medium-range missile, drawing a warning... Read More →

ISLAMABAD ~ A deadly battle is looming over the capital of Swat, where armed Taliban have mined roads and dug... Read More →

ISLAMABAD ~ A deadly battle is looming over the capital of Swat, where armed Taliban have mined roads and dug... Read More →

BANGKOK ~ Thailand, which was forced to cancel a key Asian summit in April amid chaotic anti-government protests, has failed... Read More →