December 6, 2016 Group: China's opaque anti-graft probes rife with abuse A new report from a human rights group says torture, solitary confinement and coerced confessions are rife in investigations of Chinese Communist Party officials detained on suspicion of corruption.
December 6, 2016 Thailand's new king appoints a smaller council of advisers An official statement says Thailand's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has named an 11-member council of advisers, bringing in three new officials, including a former army chief and two representatives of the ruling junta.
December 6, 2016 Indonesia takes new step to combat loss of forests, fires Indonesia has strengthened its moratorium on converting peat swamps to plantations in a move a conservation research group says would prevent annual fires and substantially cut the country's carbon emissions if properly implemented.
December 6, 2016 AP Explains: What's behind persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority face discrimination and violence from the Buddhist majority in the Southeast Asian country.
December 6, 2016 Now in Bangladesh, Rohingya describe rape, murder in Myanmar The Myanmar soldiers came in the morning, the young mother says.
December 6, 2016 Live on TV: Samsung heir grilled by South Korean lawmakers It's a rare moment of public reckoning for South Korea's most powerful business leaders and possibly the worst day for Samsung's billionaire heir, courtesy of the country's biggest political scandal in years.
December 6, 2016 11 trapped in China's latest coal mine accident A gas explosion has trapped 11 Chinese coal miners underground, in the latest in a string of deadly accidents striking the industry after 53 miners were killed in two similar blasts last week.
December 5, 2016 Bergdahl's former platoon member dismisses pardon plea US Army Sgt Bowe Bergdahl’s former platoon leader said Monday the one-time prisoner of war -- who asked for a presidential pardon after being accused of endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan – “has to be accountable for his actions.”
December 5, 2016 Trump's Taiwan call, tweets point to flashpoints with China Donald Trump's unprecedented phone conversation with Taiwan's president and tweets criticizing China point to the possibility of major friction between the world's two largest economies.
December 5, 2016 Russia and China block Syria truce in UN vote Russia and China used their veto power in the U.N.
