BANGKOK — As Thailand’s ailing 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej begins the second month of a hospital stay Monday, his countrymen are wondering just how sick he really is.
MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine military tribunal acquitted 11 officers Thursday of plotting a foiled 2006 coup against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The rivals for Honduras’ presidency toned down hopes for an end to the nation’s political standoff despite an apparent breakthrough by negotiators who said they had reached consensus on ousted President Manuel Zelaya’s return to office.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Negotiators reached a tentative agreement Wednesday on whether to return ousted President Manuel Zelaya to office, but both the deposed Honduran leader and the coup-installed president responded to the plan only by saying that talks would go on.
ISLAMABAD — Just last week, Pakistan’s foreign minister was playing down his army’s objections to a multibillion dollar U.S. aid bill. Days later, after a session with the army chief, he was back in Washington urging U.S. lawmakers to address the very concerns he had dismissed.