KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday urged Asia-Pacific leaders to choose dialogue over coercion and cooperation over confrontation, as he opened the East Asia summit at a time of sharpening rivalry between the United States and China.

Donald Trump danced with performers as he disembarked from Air Force One in Malaysia for the first stop of his tour in Asia.

Trump's most anticipated meeting on the three-country tour is with China's Xi on Thursday -- the goal being to end a monthslong trade war.

President Trump touched down in Japan on Monday, as he treks across Asia for a series of high-stakes meetings. He paid a short visit to the nation’s emperor before retiring for the night. En route from Malaysia,

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan has warned Southeast Asian counterparts that neutrality is shrinking due to big power rivalry

Earlier, Trump was sent off by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Saifuddin and representatives from the United States Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, including US Ambassador to Malaysia Edgard D. Kagan,

President Donald Trump presided over the signing of a peace declaration between Thailand and Cambodia amid a flurry of news of trade deals with Asian nations.

President Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met Sunday in Malaysia amid trade tensions between their two countries. “President Trump meets with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at [Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)] summit,