March 16, 2017 Indonesia, Australia agree to closer naval cooperation Indonesian and Australian leaders have committed to free trade and closer naval cooperation as they urge countries in the Asia-Pacific region with competing territorial claims to obey international law.
March 16, 2017 The Latest: Indonesia: Suspect was paid $90 to attack Kim The Latest on Malaysia's investigation into the apparent assassination of the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (all times local): 5 p.m.
March 16, 2017 Protesters mark Philippine revolt by condemning killings Hundreds of left-wing and pro-democracy activists have marked the anniversary of the 1986 revolt that ousted Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos to warn about the current president's dictatorial tendencies and condemn his decision to allow Marcos to be buried at a heroes' cemetery.
March 16, 2017 Malaysia awaits lab tests after nerve agent used in airport One day after Malaysia revealed that VX nerve agent was used in a bizarre killing at Kuala Lumpur airport, police say they have raided a condominium and were awaiting lab results on what they found.
March 16, 2017 Afghan official: IS militants kill 11 in mosque ambush An Afghan official says that 10 police officers and the wife of a police commander have been killed by Islamic State militants in northern Zawzjan province.
March 16, 2017 Malaysia warns North Korea to cooperate with investigation Malaysia said Saturday that it would issue an arrest warrant for a North Korean diplomat if he refuses to cooperate with the investigation into the deadly attack on North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un's exiled half brother.
March 16, 2017 Myanmar police blame grudge, not army, for lawyer's murder Senior Myanmar security officials say the assassination of a prominent legal adviser to the government was the result of a personal political grudge and not part of a bigger conspiracy by the military.
March 16, 2017 AP Analysis: Will China be North Korea's Trump card? China's announcement it has suspended North Korean coal imports may have been its first test of whether the Trump administration is ready to do something about a major, and mutual, security problem: North Korea's nukes.
March 16, 2017 AP Explains: What chemical weapons does N. Korea possess North Korea may have found a new use for its large stockpile of chemical and biological weapons, which are meant to attack South Korean and U.S. troops in case of another war.
March 16, 2017 Trump tower opens in Vancouver but the welcome isn't warm The furies unleashed by Donald Trump's rise to the U.S. presidency are shaking Vancouver, where a gleaming new Trump International Hotel and Tower is about to open.
