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          Southeast Asia

          China's foreign minister Wang Yi, right, shakes hands with Philippine foreign secretary Alan Peter Cayetano during the gala dinner of the Association of South-East Asian Nations Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM) and Related Meetings in Manila, on August 6, 2017. Mark R Cristino / AFP

          South-East Asian nations finally give voice to concerns over South China Sea

          AsiaAugust 06, 2017
          Officials link arms as they pose before a meeting of the 50th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila on August 5, 2017. AFP / Erik De Castro

          Vietnam challenges China at security talks

          AsiaAugust 05, 2017
          Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the 113th Founding Anniversary of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in metropolitan Manila on August 2, 2017. A presidential aide said on August 4 that the president had decided to make education free at all state universities. Aaron Favila / AP Photo

          Duterte makes education free in Philippines' state universities

          AsiaAugust 04, 2017
          A Royal Malaysian Customs (RMC) officer displays seized pangolin scales during a press conference at the Customs Cargo Complex near Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia on August 2, 2017. EPA / Ahmed Yusni

          Malaysia seizes rare animal parts worth almost Dh3.6 million

          AsiaAugust 02, 2017
          British home secretary Amber Rudd is visiting Silicon Valley to urge major internet companies to do more to remove extremist comment. Alastair Grant / AP

          UK home secretary urges internet companies to take more action on extremist comment

          EuropeAugust 01, 2017
          Yemenis Rafek Al Sanani, right, and Abdel Rahman Zaid look through their documents in Serdang, on the outskirts of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, where they are waiting to travel on to the United States after winning the US government's "green card" lottery. Rozanna Latiff / Reuters / July 20, 2017

          Yemen appeals to US to let in citizens stranded in Malaysia

          July 31, 2017
          Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte gestures during his second state of the nation address at the House of Representatives in Quezon city, north of Manila, on July 24, 2017. Aaron Favila / AP

          Philippine mayor accused of drugs trafficking shot dead by police

          AsiaJuly 30, 2017
          Tropical storm Gorio brings deluge to the Philippines - in pictures

          Tropical storm Gorio brings deluge to the Philippines - in pictures

          AsiaJuly 27, 2017
          Venezuela's angry opposition is pushing for a boycott of an upcoming vote that it dismisses as a ploy by president Nicolas Maduro to cling to power. AFP / Ronaldo Schemidt

          Venezuela opposition to start two-day anti-Maduro shutdown

          AsiaJuly 26, 2017
          TOPSHOT - Hijab-clad Malaysian Muslim girls from the Little Caliphs kindergarten circumambulate a mockup of the Kaaba, Islam's most sacred structure located in the holy city of Mecca, during an educational simulation of the Hajj pilgrimage in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur on July 24, 2017. Thousands of Malaysian children took part in a practice run for the Muslim hajj pilgrimage on July 24, walking round a model of the holy Kaaba shrine under the tropical sun. The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, which capable Muslims must perform at least once, and marks the spiritual peak of their lives. / AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN

          Young pilgrims in Malaysia practice for a journey to Mecca - in pictures

          AsiaJuly 25, 2017
          Rescuers carry a body bag containing the remains of a victim of the fighting in Marawi during a mass burial at a public cemetery in the city on July 24, 2017. Ted Aljibe / AFP

          Fighting continues in Philippine city of Marawi — video

          AsiaJuly 24, 2017
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          World in focus - best photos for July 24, 2017

          WorldJuly 24, 2017
          Anti-government protesters display an effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte during a march towards the Philippine Congress ahead of Duterte's State of the Nation address in Quezon city, Metro Manila Philippines July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

          Protesters in Manila demand Duterte deliver on promises - in pictures

          AsiaJuly 24, 2017
          Indonesian president Joko Widodo has asked law enforcement officers to shoot drug traffickers if they resist arrest. Beawiharta / Reuters

          Indonesian president orders officers to shoot drug traffickers

          AsiaJuly 22, 2017
          East Timorese workers count votes in Dili during parliamentary elections on July 22, 2017. Nuno Veiga / EPA

          East Timor votes for parliament amid huge challenges

          AsiaJuly 22, 2017
          Philippine marines load ammunition onto an armoured personnel carrier at the frontline in Marawi on July 22, 2017. Ted Aljibe / AFP

          Philippines votes to extend martial law in south until end of 2017

          AsiaJuly 22, 2017
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