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Indonesia detains 12 fishermen after sea clash with Vietnam
Associated Press, Published on 29/04/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's navy said Monday that one of its patrol vessels was rammed by two Vietnamese coast guard ships after intercepting a boat it says was fishing illegally in its waters.
Two suspected insurgents killed in Pattani
Associated Press, Published on 10/04/2018
» Police said they shot and killed two suspected Muslim insurgents who ambushed a police unit Tuesday in the southern province of Pattani, a day after bombs in a neighbouring province injured 12 people.
Women sailors' 'harrowing survival' tale doubted
Associated Press, Published on 01/11/2017
» HONOLULU: Two Hawaii women who say they were lost at sea on a sailboat for months never activated their emergency beacon, the US Coast Guard said, adding to a growing list of inconsistencies that cast doubt on their harrowing tale of survival.
Ship collision exposes Asean territorial spat
Associated Press, Published on 24/08/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - The collision between the <i>USS John S. McCain</i> and an oil tanker has exposed a long-simmering dispute between Singapore and Malaysia over which country should control a 60m-wide guano-encrusted outcrop at the edge of the South China Sea.
Damaged US warship arrives in Singapore, 10 missing
Associated Press, Published on 21/08/2017
» SINGAPORE -- The <i>USS John S. McCain</i> has docked at Singapore's naval base with "significant damage" to its hull after an early morning collision with an oil tanker as vessels from several nations searched Monday for 10 missing US sailors.
Americans set for midday eclipse on Monday
Associated Press, Published on 21/08/2017
» SEATTLE - Millions of Americans are converging on a narrow corridor stretching from Oregon to South Carolina to watch the moon blot out the midday sun Monday.
Indonesia navy denies wounding 4 Vietnam fishermen
Associated Press, Published on 25/07/2017
» JAKARTA -- Indonesia's navy has disputed reports that four Vietnamese fishermen were wounded in a weekend incident that was the second clash between the two countries in the South China Sea in two months.
4 Indonesian soldiers killed in South China Sea exercise
Associated Press, Published on 18/05/2017
» JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's military says four soldiers were killed when a Chinese-made anti-aircraft cannon malfunctioned during an exercise in the Natuna island chain in the South China Sea.
Chinese tourist kidnapped in Malaysia
Associated Press, Published on 03/04/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Suspected Filipino insurgents seized a Chinese tourist and a hotel worker from a dive resort in eastern Malaysia and then fled by speed boat, Malaysian and Philippine officials said on Thursday.
Vietnam detects plane's last signal
Associated Press, Published on 08/03/2014
» HANOI - Vietnamese authorities said on Saturday they had detected the last signal from a missing Malaysia Airlines flight off Vietnam's southwest coast over the South China Sea.