Cambodia

A prestigious U.S. museum will hand back more than a dozen valuable antiquities to Cambodia, a prosecutor has said, after they were plundered and illegally trafficked into the institution's collection.

They were originally stolen by prolific antiquities trafficker Douglas Latchford who in 2019 was charged with operating a major network that stole treasures from Southeast Asia.

His critics denounce his role in decisions such as the massive US bombing of Cambodia, the invasion of East Timor or the Turkish invasion of Cyprus

 A dig in northern Iraq has unearthed a 2,700-year-old alabaster sculpture of the winged Assyrian deity Lamassu, which was found largely intact despite its large dimensions.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday received the credentials of the newly-appointed ambassadors of Norway, Finland and Cambodia.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will receive the credentials of the newly-appointed ambassadors of Norway, Finland and Cambodia on Wednesday.

The president will receive the credentials of Ambassadors Kristin Melsom of Norway, Niklas Lindqvist of Finland and Bunpa Tan of Cambodia, an official statement said.

JAKARTA - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with the FMs of Singapore and Cambodia, Vivian Balakrishnan and Sok Chenda Sophea, on the sidelines of the 43rd ASEAN summit in Jakarta on Monday to discuss cooperation and advancement of relations.

Ten foreigners accused of involvement in a major money laundering operation in Singapore were again remanded to custody on Wednesday, with new charges slapped on eight, as the city-state widens the net in one of its highest-profile crime cases.

Cambodians voted Sunday in an election that long-time leader Hun Sen is all but guaranteed to win as he looks to secure his legacy by handing the reins to his eldest son.

The 70-year-old former Khmer Rouge cadre has ruled since 1985 and faces no real contest in this vote, with opposition parties banned, challengers forced to flee and freedom of expression stifled.

Julian Sands, whose body was identified on June 27 after he disappeared in January while hiking in California, was a British actor who shot to fame as the romantic hero in 1980s period drama "A Room with a View."

Over the past 75 years, the United Nations sent more than 2 million peacekeepers to help countries move away from conflict, with successes from Liberia to Cambodia and major failures in former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.