Floods, Mudslides Kill 180 in Sri Lanka Search and rescue teams in southwestern Sri Lanka worked Monday to locate and evacuate people affected by days of floods… 05/30/2017 Aimas
Border Closure Hurts Afghan-Pakistan Produce Trade Cross-border fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan has suspended trade worth millions of dollars and stranded hundreds of trucks loaded with… 05/29/2017 Aimas
Pakistan Arrests Afghan Women Traveling on Fake Passports Immigration authorities in Pakistan have arrested three Afghan women before they boarded a flight to London using fake British passports. Officials… 05/29/2017 Aimas
India’s Limits on Selling Cattle Could Hurt Industry, Diets A new ban imposed by India's government on the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter to protect animals considered… 05/29/2017 Aimas
Indonesia Names Islamist Leader a Suspect in Pornography Case Indonesian police on Monday named an Islamist leader as a suspect in the exchange of pornographic messages and photos, a… 05/29/2017 Aimas
Japan Public Split on Idea to Cite Military in Constitution Poll results released Monday show that about half of Japan's population supports a constitutional revision that would clarify the legality… 05/29/2017 Aimas
Indian Government-Owned Rail Network Hires 23 Transgender People As 28-year-old Renjumol punches tickets for customers at the newly inaugurated metro in the southern Indian city of Kochi, he… 05/29/2017 Aimas
China Will Still Like the Philippines Despite Reported War Threat China will keep working toward a stronger friendship with the Philippines, which it sees as a valuable new ally in… 05/29/2017 Aimas
Philippine Forces Make Gains in Southern City Under Siege Philippine forces now control most of a southern city where militants linked to the Islamic State group launched a bloody… 05/29/2017 Aimas
North Korea Test-fires Another Ballistic Missile North Korea test-fired another short-range ballistic missile early Monday, just days after the G-7 demanded that Pyongyang give up its… 05/28/2017 Aimas
Philippines Pounds Militants As Civilians Found Shot Dead Philippine forces found the bodies of what appeared to be eight executed civilians as authorities launched fresh airstrikes Sunday to… 05/28/2017 Aimas
Foreign Firms Seek a Fair Shot at China’s New Silk Road Projects China's planned modern version of its ancient "silk road" may bring more than one trillion dollars of infrastructure investment along… 05/28/2017 Aimas
Nearly 100 Afghan Soldiers Killed in a Week A Taliban infiltrator has gunned down six government forces in southern Afghanistan, raising the number of army and police personnel… 05/28/2017 Aimas
India-Controlled Kashmir Under Strict Curfew to Quell Protests Government forces enforced a strict curfew in parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sunday, a day after the killing of a… 05/28/2017 Aimas
Zika Detected in India for First Time India has reported its first three cases of the Zika virus, including two pregnant women who delivered healthy babies. … 05/28/2017 Aimas
Some Are Troubled by US-China Ties in Arts and Education On the political and military front, U.S. China relations has been an often tense dance between governments. However, in arts… 05/27/2017 Aimas
Pakistan Reopens Afghan Border on ‘Humanitarian Grounds’ Pakistani authorities reopened the main Chaman border crossing at Afghanistan's request after shutting it down earlier this month when the… 05/27/2017 Aimas
Sources: 3rd US Naval Strike Force Deployed to Deter North Korea The United States is sending a third aircraft carrier strike force to the western Pacific region in an apparent warning… 05/27/2017 Aimas
Thousands Protest, Clash With Police in India Kashmir Massive anti-India protests and clashes erupted in Indian-controlled Kashmir Saturday after government forces in a gunbattle killed a prominent rebel… 05/27/2017 Aimas
Afghan Official: Suicide Car Bomb Targets Forces, Kills Civilians A suicide car bomber struck a convoy of government forces in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, killing at least 18 people and… 05/27/2017 Aimas