March 17, 2017 The Latest: N. Korean ambassador decries Malaysia expulsion The Latest on Malaysia's investigation into the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother (all times local): 5:55 p.m.
March 17, 2017 US military remains dominant in Asia, but China is rising China's announcement of a 7 percent rise in military spending for the year came shortly after President Donald Trump called for a 10 percent increase in America's defense budget, prompting renewed scrutiny of how the two countries' capabilities compare.
March 17, 2017 Police open fire on protesters in southern Nepal, killing 3 A government official says police in Nepal have opened fire on protesters who were attempting to disrupt a political rally, killing at least three.
March 17, 2017 NKorea: US-SKorea exercises leading to 'nuclear disaster' North Korea is warning that U.S.-South Korean military exercises are driving the Korean Peninsula and northeast Asia toward "nuclear disaster." North Korea's U.N.
March 17, 2017 Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan to cooperate on transport, energy The ex-Soviet nations of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have agreed to cooperate more closely on energy and transport.
March 17, 2017 Thai king strips monastic title from wanted Buddhist abbot A Buddhist abbot whom police are seeking to arrest for accepting donations of embezzled money has been stripped of a royally bestowed religious title.
March 17, 2017 Pakistan says attack by militants kills 5 soldiers The Pakistani army says militants killed five soldiers when they attacked three military posts in a tribal region along the Afghan border.
March 17, 2017 Myanmar says ethnic rebels stage raid on northeastern town Myanmar says at least 30 people were killed in fighting triggered by a pre-dawn attack by an ethnic rebel group in the country's northeast bordering China.
March 17, 2017 Malaysia protecting its 'dignity' in expelling NK ambassador Malaysia is protecting its "sovereignty and dignity" by expelling the North Korean ambassador, the prime minister said Monday, as relations between the countries frayed over the poisoning of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader.
March 17, 2017 Minister says terror coming from tribal regions not Punjab Police say about 1,300 suspected militants have been arrested in a sweep of hideouts in Pakistan's largest province of Punjab.
