East Timor president calls new elections to break deadlock
Jan 26, 2018
East Timor's president says the country will hold a new election after the minority government formed last year was unable to get its policy program and budget through parliament
Malaysia raises interest rate for first time in 4 years
Jan 25, 2018
Malaysia's central bank has raised its key interest rate for the first time in four years ahead of general elections due by August
Mezzanine collapse inside Jakarta tower hurts nearly 80
Jan 15, 2018
A mezzanine floor inside the Jakarta Stock Exchange tower collapsed on Monday, injuring nearly 80 people and forcing a chaotic evacuation
The Latest: Tremor occurred before floor collapse in Jakarta
Jan 15, 2018
A college student visiting the Jakarta Stock Exchange says she felt a tremor just before a mezzanine floor collapsed into the building's lobby, with the debris hitting and injuring some of her friends
A hospital spokeswoman says injuries are being assessed on 28 people after structural collapse in Jakarta Stock Exchange
Jan 15, 2018
A hospital spokeswoman says injuries are being assessed on 28 people after structural collapse in Jakarta Stock Exchange
Indonesia hard-line Muslims protest ban on Facebook accounts
Jan 12, 2018
Muslim hard-liners have protested in Indonesia's capital against Facebook's blocking of accounts belonging to their group
Malaysia to pay US firm up to $70M if it finds missing plane
Jan 11, 2018
Malaysia's government will pay U.S. company Ocean Infinity up to $70 million if it can find the wreckage or black boxes of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 within three months
Singapore arrests 17 suspected in Shell oil heist
Jan 9, 2018
Singapore police arrest 17 men, seize tanker, $2.3 million linked to theft of oil from Shell refinery
Malaysia OKs new search by private company for missing plane
Jan 7, 2018
Malaysia's government has approved a new attempt by a private company to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Pulp giant stirs new conflicts with Indonesian villagers
Dec 21, 2017
Less than five years after it pledged to end dozens of disputes over land and gain local consent for new plantations in Indonesia, one of the world's largest paper companies is backsliding on those vows.