AP Impact: Myanmar sanctions list languishes
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — If you're American and want to do business in Myanmar, there's a list of people and companies you have to steer…
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64 including Saudi Arabian woman scale Everest
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Mountaineering officials say 64 climbers, including a Saudi Arabian woman, have successfully scaled Mount…
Hard-line Afghan MPs block law protecting women
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked a law on Saturday that aims to protect women's…
Chance of survivors declines at Indonesian mine
TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue officials say falling rocks are hampering their progress in reaching 23 trapped workers at a U.S.-owned…
SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean…
Afghan police chief shot dead outside home
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Motorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban…
China arrests man over fake plane bomb threats
BEIJING (AP) — A man has been arrested for allegedly making fake bomb threats against several domestic flights bound for Shanghai,…
Myanmar leader frees prisoners ahead of US visit
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's president has pardoned at least 20 political prisoners just ahead of a historic visit to the United…
Southern China rains kill 55, leave 14 missing
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities say rainstorms that battered southern China this week have killed 55 people and left 14 others missing.
Bombs kill 9 inside elite Afghan housing complex
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of…
