SAN FRANCISCO — For many serious patrons of casinos, Chinese-ruled Macao has been the mecca of gaming, with high-end shopping and even higher-stakes tables. One of the world’s biggest gambling centers before the COVID-19 closures, Macao is now experien…

WASHINGTON — A former White House national security adviser said the Biden administration should call on China to act to show that it is serious about denuclearizing North Korea and that Washington’s options for dealing with North Korea’s nuclear and m…

BANGKOK — An annual joint military exercise between the United States and Thailand will kick off on Sunday on a reduced scale compared to pre-pandemic times, with traditional war games absent from a two-week program of largely humanitarian training dri…

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Philippine police have arrested a doctor in the capital, Manila, accusing her of being a leader of a Maoist rebel group that has waged a decades-long insurgency against the government.Maria Natividad Castro, 53, is being held with…

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei reported 2,988 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, another record high, bringing the national tally to 30,587.As a country of 420,000 people, Brunei saw its total cases exceeding 30,000 yesterday, one day after the daily number ex…