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Thai ex-PM leaves country before parliament votes on leadership

BANGKOK – Thailand’s influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Friday he has left the country by private jet, hours before his party looks...

Acting Thai gov’t moves to dissolve parliament

BANGKOK – Thailand’s acting prime minister has moved to dissolve parliament, his party said Wednesday, after the largest opposition party backed a rival candidate...

Opponents of Japan PM Ishiba seeking new leadership contest

TOKYO – Opponents of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Japan’s ruling party sought on Wednesday to rally support for a new leadership election, with...

Thai power vacuum won’t affect border security – Defense

Bangkok – Thailand’s lack of a formal government will not affect border security with Cambodia, the defense ministry said Saturday, as the kingdom scrambles...

Court to rule on PM’s fate after phone call row

BANGKOK – Thailand’s Constitutional Court met Friday to decide whether to throw suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra out of office over her handling of...

Thai court sacks Prime Minister over Cambodia phone call row

Bangkok, Thailand—Thailand's Constitutional Court sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her cabinet on Friday over her handling of the country's border row with Cambodia,...

Netanyahu’s move to fire security agency chief threatens new crisis in Israel

Jerusalem—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bid to dismiss a top security official has threatened to plunge Israel back into deep political crisis, with opponents on...

Impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon begins

Seoul, South Korea—The impeachment trial of South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol started Tuesday, with the country's Constitutional Court deciding whether to strip him of...

Blinken wades into political crisis with stop in South Korea

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies,...

South Korea’s Yoon vows to fight ‘until the very last minute’

Seoul, South Korea—South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday vowed to fight "until the very last minute," defending his shock decision last week to...

South Korea’s President Yoon clings to power after martial law U-turn

Seoul, South Korea—South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was still clinging to power Thursday, with his party announcing they will oppose an opposition impeachment motion...

Seoul stocks sink amid South Korea political crisis, Asian markets mixed

Hong Kong, China—South Korean stocks sank Wednesday while the won rebounded from earlier losses after President Yoon Suk Yeol dramatically declared martial law overnight before...

At least 17 dead in latest Peru clashes

At least 17 people died Monday in Peru as protesters trying to storm an airport clashed with security forces in the latest violent spasm...

Fighting in Iraqi capital leaves 23 dead as Shiite leader Sadr quits

Fighting between rival Iraqi forces raged for a second day Tuesday with rocket fire echoing from Baghdad’s Green Zone where 23 supporters of powerful...
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