In the wake of successful election in Myanmar over the weekend, the United States is taking action to relax some of the sanctions it has imposed on the country, also known as Burma, for more than two decades.
The worst flood in Thailand in 50 years has killed hundreds in the central and northern parts of the country, but now the water is rushing toward the capital city, endangering millions of lives and valuable property.
The youngest sister of Thailand's ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is poised to become the country's sixth leader in under five years. For more on Shinawatra's political success, we speak with the two reporters.
Yingluck Shinawatra is Thailand's president-elect, and the country's first female prime minister.
Rescue workers in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, are continuing to find bodies amongst the wreckage, as hopes of finding survivors diminish. Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with Rachel Harvey in Ofunato.
The prime minister of Thailand this morning rejected an ultimatum from anti-government protesters to call a snap election. Tens of thousands of demonstrators are currently in front of the army barracks in Bangkok where the prime minister has been staying.
International rescue teams are heading to Indonesia in a last-ditch effort to free trapped earthquake survivors. Marco Werman gets an update from the BBC's Rachel Harvey in Padang.