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China is expanding its military cooperation with U.S. security partners in Southeast Asia, seeking to bind those countries closer to Beijing and loosen their long-established defense ties with Washington.

Ahammed Hossain, a Rohingya village leader who survived one of Myanmar’s biggest massacres, has investigated and listed crimes allegedly committed by the military against his people. “If we get justice, we might be happy again,” he said. Video: Daniel Epstein

President Trump said Thursday that a prominent Saudi journalist is likely dead and his Treasury secretary called off plans to attend a Saudi investment conference next week, amid strains over how to react to the suspected death of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Malaysia charged a former deputy prime minister with breaking money-laundering and corruption laws as Mahathir Mohamad’s government steps up investigations into graft allegations plaguing the former administration.

In Woodside, Calif., a 74-acre retreat located near the Bay Area’s current record holder owned by Masayoshi Son is coming on the market with no listing price.

China’s economic expansion slowed to its weakest pace since the financial crisis, as top financial regulators launched an extraordinary coordinated effort to calm jittery investors.

After years on the stock market’s sidelines, a number of highly valued Silicon Valley companies are gearing up to go public as soon as next year. Among the IPO candidates are ride-sharing companies Uber Technologies and Lyft, and data-mining specialist Palantir Technologies.

Physicists are using a growing array of new tools to engineer on a subatomic scale, with amazing results

Many American companies applauded the country’s move to pull out of an international postal agreement, but some organizations worried it could crimp the flow of global e-commerce.

President Trump said Thursday that a prominent Saudi journalist is likely dead and his Treasury secretary called off plans to attend a Saudi investment conference next week, amid strains over how to react to the suspected death of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

On Jamal Khashoggi, Trump officials need to speak to American values as well as interests.

HHS follows the Obama method: set policy first, find statute later.

DowDuPont’s agriculture unit is taking a $4.6 billion charge in the third quarter after the business lowered its long-term expectations on sales and profits, a move that underscores challenges agribusinesses are facing in the Americas.

Treasury takes Prudential off the too-big-to-fail list.

The politics of identity and attack have supplanted the old liberal tradition, which favored national unity.

Even her offense isn’t clear. It’s considered blasphemous to discuss ‘blasphemous’ comments.

Playing politics with other people’s savings is never popular.

From Saudi arms sales to ‘Horseface,’ the weirdness of the Trump presidency never seems to let up.

Democrats try to save Bob Menendez months after his bipartisan admonishment.

In the heart of the old city, a local historian discovered strange Hebrew inscriptions.

The fumes increase the risk of cancer and heart disease.

A caravan of about 3,000 migrants fleeing Honduras is continuing to gather near Guatemala’s border with Mexico, as President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military and close the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo: Reuters

CBS promoted two executives from subsidiary Showtime to senior leadership positions at CBS as the media company works to remake itself after a recent tumultuous stretch.

Retrofitting large architectural artifacts into a new house can add character, but takes plenty of time and money.

Paul Dano, in his directorial debut, tells a coming-of-age story set in 1960 Montana.