Commune Elections a Big Test for Hun Sen Cambodians go to the polls early next month to elect more than 12,000 district officials, but the ballot is also… 05/23/2017 Aimas
For Many Cambodians, June 4 Commune Elections Are About Change In 2001, Cambodian authorities forced Sar Neang and his family from their home in the center of Phnom Penh to… 05/23/2017 Aimas
Trial of Ousted South Korean President Begins Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye denied all charges against her at the opening of her trial Tuesday in Seoul.… 05/23/2017 Aimas
Branstad Confirmed as Ambassador to China The U.S. Senate has confirmed Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as the next ambassador to China. The confirmation came by a… 05/23/2017 Aimas
Ousted South Korean President Set to Face Trial Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye is due in court Tuesday to face trial over the massive corruption scandal that… 05/22/2017 Aimas
Indigenous Australians Win Decades-Long Land Rights Battle After a 30-year battle, indigenous groups on Australia’s Cape York peninsula are celebrating the return of more than 160,000 hectares… 05/21/2017 Aimas
UN Security Council to Meet on North Korea’s Latest Missile Test The United Nations Security Council plans to have an emergency meeting Tuesday in response to North Korea's latest ballistic missile… 05/21/2017 Aimas
German Aid Worker, Afghan Security Guard Killed in Kabul Unknown gunmen have killed a German aid worker and her Afghan security guard in Kabul before kidnapping a Finnish woman… 05/21/2017 Aimas
TPP Countries Agree to Move Forward Without US Countries remaining in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreed Sunday to explore ways to move the trade deal forward after U.S.… 05/21/2017 Aimas
Vendor With Bird Flu Prompts China to Close Poultry Markets China will shutter poultry markets in a district of southwestern Sichuan province after a man fell ill with the H7N9… 05/21/2017 Aimas
President’s ‘Regular Jae-in’ Touch a Hit With South Koreans He removes his own jacket, brushing off an aide who tried to take it off like a butler. He takes… 05/21/2017 Aimas
Leader of Indonesia’s Largest Muslim Group Calls for Secular Nation Weeks after Jakarta elected a governor whose campaign called for Islam to dominate politics and society, the leader of Indonesia's… 05/21/2017 Aimas
Report: China Killed CIA Sources, Hobbled US Spying Program China killed or imprisoned 18 to 20 CIA sources from 2010 to 2012, hobbling U.S. spying operations in a massive… 05/21/2017 Aimas
Taliban Attempt to Take Afghan City From Three Sides Taliban fighters launched a three-pronged attack on parts of the central-eastern Afghan city of Ghazni overnight, driving a Humvee packed… 05/20/2017 Aimas
Asia Pacific Trade Ministers Meet, Seek to Revive TPP The Pacific Rim trade ministers started their two-day meeting in Hanoi Saturday focusing on free trade and regional economic integration… 05/20/2017 Aimas
Pakistan’s Social Media Crackdown Alarms Critics A Pakistani government crackdown on social media to deter anti-military content has prompted accusations of curbing freedom of expression and… 05/20/2017 Aimas
US Defense Secretary: Military Response to North Korea Would Be ‘Tragic’ U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said North Koreans probably learned a lot from their latest rocket launch, adding that… 05/20/2017 Aimas
Philippine President Alleges China Threatened War Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte says Chinese President Xi Jinping threatened him with war if the Philippines begins drilling for oil… 05/19/2017 Aimas
Taiwan President Marks First Anniversary as Discontent Grows Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen marks the first anniversary of her presidency this weekend, avoiding scheduled speeches to review achievements, as… 05/19/2017 Aimas
Duterte Says China’s Xi Threatened War If Philippines Drills for Oil Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday Chinese counterpart China Xi Jinping had warned him there would be war if… 05/19/2017 Aimas