Journalist and Time magazine's 2018 Person of the Year was released from jail Thursday after posting bail for cyber libel, a charge seen by freedom of speech advocates as a way to muzzle the media.

Sri Lanka will soon end a 43-year moratorium on capital punishment and begin hanging condemned inmates within a couple months.

Authorities in the Philippines said Wednesday that four people wanted in connection to Sunday's bomb blasts in Jolo, Sulu turned themselves in.

Two people were killed and four others were injured Tuesday after a grenade was lobbed into a mosque in the Philippine city of Zamboanga.

Twin bombs struck a cathedral in the Philippines on Sunday before services, killing at least 27 people and injuring at least 83 others, authorities said.

A statue dedicated to "comfort women" who were raped and assaulted in wartime has been removed in the Philippines, only two days after its unveiling.

On Dec. 12, 1968, Arthur Ashe became the first African American to be ranked No. 1 in tennis in the United States.

The Balangiga Bells -- a memento from United States' military victory more than a century ago -- were returned to the Philippines Tuesday.

Three Philippine police officers were found guilty of killing a local teen on Thursday.

China is planning an underwater sea base, a latter-day "Atlantis" that runs on artificial intelligence.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte have agreed to work together on infrastructure projects.

Three church bells that were taken by U.S. troops during the Philippine-American War more than a century ago will be returned to the Philippines.

Former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos was convicted on seven charges of graft related to the theft of up to $200 million from her nearly two decades in office.

Brazil's business elite has played a role in how the country has swung from the far left to the far right in a little over a decade.

Typhoon Magkhut weakened Sunday after making landfall in mainland China and Hong Kong, and earlier killing more than 50 in the Philippines.