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Cambodia parliamentary election starts, with media muffled

Polls opened Sunday for Cambodians to vote for all 125 seats in the country's National Assembly, in a process widely criticized for the lack of a significant opposition to the ruling...

Death toll rises in catastrophic dam collapse in Laos

PHNOM PENH — At least 26 people are now confirmed dead and 103 others missing from Monday's catastrophic dam collapse in southern Laos. The Xepian-Xe Nam Noy dam collapsed in the southeastern province...

US plane lands in South Korea with war remains

A U.S. military plane flew to North Korea and returned with the remains of U.S. service members killed in the Korean War more than six decades ago, the White House press...

US base in Southern Syria sends ‘signal’ to Iran

PENTAGON — The United States maintains a base in southern Syria that limits Iranian forces’ ability to move through Syria’s al-Tanf border crossing, U.S. officials and experts tell VOA. “Our mere presence there...

Experts skeptical of N. Korean denuclearization gestures

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added to growing skepticism about North Korea’s commitment to eliminate its nuclear weapons arsenal, while testifying at a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday. In response to...

Blast near US Embassy in China isolated incident’: MOFA

MANILA -- The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has confirmed that an explosion occurred near the United States Embassy in China on Thursday but said the incident is an "isolated case." "I...

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