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A prominent Georgian journalist was convicted Wednesday of slapping a police chief during an anti-government protest and sentenced to two years in prison in a case that was condemned by rights groups as curbing press freedom. She was arrested Jan. 12, one of over 50 people taken into custody on...

A silent prayer was held in Japan on Wednesday morning as it marked 80 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba attended the ceremony, along with officials from around the world and the city's mayor Kazumi Matsui. In a...

Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, has unveiled a roadmap of democratic reforms as the nation marks a year since a mass uprising toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Rallies, concerts, and prayer sessions were held in the capital, Dhaka, on Tuesday as people in the South Asian nation...

A new political party formed by the students who spearheaded an anti-government movement ousting former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rallied in Bangladesh’s capital and pledged to build a new Bangladesh amid political uncertainty over the next election. Separately, supporters of the student wing of...

Thai and Cambodian officials met in Malaysia for the first round of cross-border committee talks since a tense ceasefire was brokered last week after five days of deadly armed border clashes that killed dozens and displaced over 260,000 people. Monday’s talks focused on ironing out details to avoid...

Myanmar’s military government announced Thursday it was ending the state of emergency it first declared after seizing power 4 1/2 years ago and restructuring its administrative bodies to prepare for a new election at the end of the year. The plans for the polls on an unspecified date in December...

A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appeared shaky but remained in place Tuesday as tensions lingered despite a truce agreement to end deadly border clashes following economic pressure from the U.S. The ceasefire reached in Malaysia was supposed to take effect at midnight on Monday, but was...

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire after talks in Malaysia that aimed to halt the worst fighting between the neighboring countries in more than a decade. At least 35 people have been killed and more than 300,000 displaced by fighting that erupted on the...

Philippine troops killed seven communist guerrillas in an offensive Sunday in a central province and were pursuing several others in the latest flare-up of the decades-long insurgency that the military says is on the brink of collapse. Army forces killed two New People’s Army guerrillas in a clash...

Tens of thousands of people sought refuge as border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia entered a second day, heightening fears of a broader conflict. Tensions over a disputed border area erupted into fighting after a land mine explosion along the border on wounded five Thai soldiers on Wednesday...