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President Obama struck back at critics who claim he is too soft on terrorism and is too easily appeasing countries in Southeast Asia where human rights are less a priority. However, Mr. Obama said he remains committed to defeating the Islamic State, and said he will meet with French leaders to come up with a plan. (Associated Press)

Obama vows to continue Islamic State fight, partner with France

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on China's aggressive moves in the South China Sea by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JAMES BORTON: Erasing a line in the South China Sea

By James Borton

Illustration on China's menacing moves in the Pacific by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

TIMOTHY WALTON: China’s challenge to U.S. Asia policy

By Timothy A. Walton

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks at his papers during the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

Senators in both parties blast Obama administration for playing politics with trafficking report

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Kerry pitched the administration's controversial nuclear deal with Iran to a skeptical House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday, pushing back against the allegation it would ease crippling sanctions forever in exchange for temporary concessions on weapons development. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Slavery concerns rise over Trans-Pacific Partnership

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Malaysian police forensic team members inspect a freshly exhumed human body from an unmarked grave in Wang Burma at the Malaysia-Thailand border outside Wang Kelian, Malaysia Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Malaysian authorities have found one corpse as they started digging for bodies at an abandoned jungle camp used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand. The discovery came as forensics teams began the grim task of exhuming nearly 140 suspected graves in the mountainous area where trafficking syndicates were known to hold migrants for ransom. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Obama wants to trade human rights for trade authority

By Judson Phillips

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2014 file photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks in Washington. Republicans lawmakers in statehouses nationwide are working to weaken organized labor, sometimes with efforts that directly shrink union membership. Walker's signing of right-to-work legislation in Wisconsin on Monday puts his defiance of organized labor even more at the center of his nascent presidential campaign. And the inability of unions to exact a price for the first round of legislation targeting them in 2011 is encouraging even more proposals to limit their power. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Obama glossing over Malaysia’s trafficking record, trade opponents say

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

U.S. to boost Malaysia for addressing human trafficking

By Martha Mendoza - Associated Press

The indigenous Kadazan-Dusun people claimed that a group of exhibitionist Western tourists so offended local animist spirits that they triggered a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that killed 18 climbers June 5 on Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Associated Press)

Nude tourists at Southeast Asia’s sacred sites spark exhibitionism fad worries

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Malaysian police forensic team members inspect a freshly exhumed human body from an unmarked grave in Wang Burma at the Malaysia-Thailand border outside Wang Kelian, Malaysia Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Malaysian authorities have found one corpse as they started digging for bodies at an abandoned jungle camp used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand. The discovery came as forensics teams began the grim task of exhuming nearly 140 suspected graves in the mountainous area where trafficking syndicates were known to hold migrants for ransom. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

REP. MARK MEADOWS: TPA shouldn’t reward human rights violators

By Rep. Mark Meadows

Thai Foreign Minister Thanasak Patimaprakorn speaks at the "Special Meeting on Irregular Migration in the Indian Ocean" regarding the Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrant crisis at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. In the past month, more than 3,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar and impoverished Bangladeshis hoping to find jobs have landed on the shores of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, drawing international attention to a crisis in Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

EDITORIAL: Southeast Asia crisis focuses attention worldwide problem

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Htin Linn, the head of the Myanmar delegation, points while speaking at the "Special Meeting on Irregular Migration in the Indian Ocean" regarding the Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrant crisis at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 29, 2015. A regional meeting called to address the swelling tide of boat people in Southeast Asia began Friday with a defensive Myanmar official criticizing those who blame his country for causing the crisis, saying "finger pointing" would not help. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Myanmar warns against ‘finger pointing’ at migrant meeting

By Jocelyn Gecker and Malcolm J. Foster - The Washington Times

Malaysian National Police Chief Khalid Abu Bakar speaks at press conference in Wang Kelian, Malaysia on Monday, May 25, 2015. Malaysian authorities said Monday they have discovered 139 suspected graves in a series of abandoned camps used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand where Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar were believed to have been held. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Malaysia: Human traffickers’ camps had 139 suspected graves

By Eileen Ng - Associated Press

A Rohingya boy sleeps on the floor at a temporary shelter in Langsa, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

U.S. readies air patrols in search for Rohingya boat people

By Jocelyn Gecker and Eileen Ng - Associated Press

Migrants sit on their boat as they wait to be rescued by Acehnese fishermen on the sea off East Aceh, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Hundreds of migrants stranded at sea for months were rescued and taken to Indonesia, officials said Wednesday, the latest in a stream of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants to reach shore in a growing crisis confronting Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/S. Yulinnas)

Malaysia orders sea search-and-rescue for migrants

By Eileen Ng and Jocelyn Gecker - Associated Press

Rescued migrants arrive in Simpang Tiga, Aceh province, Indonesia Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Hundreds of migrants stranded at sea for months were rescued and taken to Indonesia, officials said Wednesday, the latest in a stream of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants to reach shore in a growing crisis confronting Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Malaysia, Indonesia to offer temporary shelter to migrants

By Fakhrurradzie Gade and Eileen Ng - Associated Press

Newly arrived Bangladeshi migrants receive medical treatments at Kuala Langsa Port in Langsa, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, May 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

1,000 migrants land in Indonesia, Thailand in growing crisis

By Niniek Karmini and Thanayrat Doksone - Associated Press

Malaysia turns away 800 boat people; Thailand spots 3rd boat

By Eileen Ng and Thanyarat Doksone - Associated Press