Southeast Asia News

Police rescued about 200 suspected Muslim Uighurs from a human smuggling camp in southern Thailand, police sources said on Friday, in the latest crackdown on a burgeoning trafficking network in Southeast Asia.

Muslim men leave a mosque after Friday prayers, just down the road of the home of Fariq Abdul Hamid, co-pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner MH370, center, Friday, March 14, 2014 in Shah Alam, Malaysia.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered national and local officials on Friday to take action to control fires in peat-rich Riau province, where heavy smoke has threatened people's health and disrupted air flights.

The Philippines has agreed to allow the United States access to its military bases under a new security deal being negotiated by the two allies, amid mounting concern over China's increasing assertiveness in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.

A Buddhist teacher was fatally shot on her way to school and then set ablaze Friday in southern Thailand, becoming the 170th teacher killed by suspected Muslim insurgents in the country's decade-long insurgency, authorities said.

Cambodia's military on Friday accused Thai troops of killing 15 villagers who illegally crossed the border to log for valuable timber.

The U.S. believes that the shutdown of two communication systems happened separately on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, two U.S. officials told ABC News.

Kuala Lumpur: The captain of a missing Malaysian jet is said to be an engineering buff who assembled his own flight simulator, while friends of the co-pilot are defending his reputation after one report portrayed him as a cockpit Casanova.

The highway that goes through Taroko Gorge in eastern Taiwan was recently named as one of the world's most dangerous roads by a United Kingdom-based website.

Malaysian authorities said on Thursday there was no evidence that a jetliner missing for almost six days flew for hours after losing contact with air traffic controllers and continued to transmit technical data.

Mahamaseng Duaramae, 45, a resident of Moo 3 in tambon Lo Jood, was attacked while walking to his rubber plantation about 3.30am, Pol Col Suthawej Areethai, chief of Waeng police station said.

The chief of the French air force was honoured by Singapore on Thursday for his role in helping to forge relations between the air forces of both countries.

Two Hong Kong men, believed to be triad members hired as hitmen, have been arrested for carrying out last month's cleaver attack on a former newspaper editor - a case that prompted fears of an assault on the city's press freedom.

A Chinese satellite looking into the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 "observed a suspected crash area at sea," a Chinese government agency said - a potentially pivotal lead into what has been a frustrating search for the aircraft.

An Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency personnel scans the seas aboard a boat on patrol in the Malacca Strait off Aceh province located in the area of northern Sumatra island on March 12, 2014 during the continued search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

AS the mystery surrounding the MH370 jumbo continues, more aircraft safety concerns are revealed.

Noor Jahan rocked slowly on the floor, trying to steady her weak body. Her chest heaved and her eyes closed with each raspy breath.

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Malaysian authorities have been accused of holding back information about why a plane carrying 239 people vanished in Southeast Asia.

A woman writes a message for passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane on a banner at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 12, 2014.