Reports: Dozens Die in Violence Across Afghanistan At least 10 police officers and the wife of a police commander were killed in an ambush by Islamic State… 02/26/2017 Aimas
China Likely to Keep Spending More on Its Navy China's navy is likely to secure significant new funding in the country's upcoming defense budget as Beijing seeks to check… 02/26/2017 Aimas
Airport Safe, Malaysia Says; Autopsy Shows Nerve Agent Effect on Kim Jong Nam Malaysia's health minister said Sunday that autopsy results suggested a nerve agent had caused "very serious paralysis" that killed the… 02/25/2017 Aimas
Officials: Pakistani Religious Schools Increasingly Linked to Afghan Taliban When Afghan intelligence officials, assisted by international investigators, probed a terror attack last month that killed five Emirati diplomats in… 02/25/2017 Aimas
Indonesian President to Visit Australia for Talks on Trade, Security Indonesian President Joko Widodo is making his first visit to Australia Saturday, in a sign that tensions early this year… 02/25/2017 Aimas
Philippines Meth Trade Out of the Shadows Again Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs had until three weeks ago driven the trade in crystal methamphetamine underground, according… 02/25/2017 Aimas
Malaysia Asks Diplomat to Cooperate in Kim Case or Face Arrest Malaysia said Saturday it would issue an arrest warrant for a North Korean diplomat wanted for questioning in the murder… 02/25/2017 Aimas
Poisoned: A Look at Other Assassinations or Attempts A look at notable assassinations or attempted assassinations involving poison or chemicals: Kim Jong Nam Kim Jong Nam, the outcast… 02/25/2017 Aimas
Report: China Nears Completion of Militarizing Island Chain China is almost finished building military structures on its artificial islands in the South China Sea (SCS), Reuters reports, in… 02/25/2017 Aimas
Young Afghan Photographer’s Work Highlights Plight of Children, Women At 21, Shagofa Alikozay is a bright woman who isn't far removed from childhood in Afghanistan, which she illustrates with… 02/24/2017 Aimas
At Indian Observatory, Family Records Daily Life of the Sun In the early morning darkness, Devendran P. walks up a hill to a solar observatory in India’s southern hill town… 02/23/2017 Aimas
Four Richest Indonesians Wealthier Than Poorest 100 Million A report on inequality in Indonesia says its four richest men now have more wealth than 100 million of the… 02/23/2017 Aimas
Aide Says Obama Urged Trump to Press China on North Korea Former U.S. President Barack Obama advised his successor before leaving office to push for greater Chinese support to rein in… 02/23/2017 Aimas
Southeast Asia, China Move Toward Elusive Deal to Avoid Conflicts in Contested Sea A group of 10 Southeast Asian nations will try again this year to sign documentation for a code of conduct… 02/23/2017 Aimas
Germany Returns More Rejected Asylum-seekers to Afghanistan Germany has sent home another batch of Afghan asylum-seekers denied haven as a plane carrying about 50 people left the… 02/23/2017 Aimas
Indian PM Urges Farsighted, Balanced US View on Work Visas Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the United States to have a “balanced and farsighted” perspective on visas that… 02/22/2017 Aimas
Khmer Rouge Cadre’s War Crimes Charges Dismissed in Cambodia A U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia dismissed charges against a former cadre of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime on… 02/22/2017 Aimas
Malaysian Police Link N. Korean Diplomat to Kim Jong Nam Killing The Malaysian police on Wednesday said they want to question three new North Korean suspects, including a North Korean diplomat,… 02/22/2017 Aimas
Ex-Hong Kong Leader Sentenced on Corruption Charges A Hong Kong court has sentenced Donald Tsang, the Chinese territory's former chief executive, to 20 months in prison on… 02/22/2017 Aimas
NGOs: Pakistan Government Restrictions Hamper Campaigns to Curb Militancy Aid agencies in Pakistan’s restive northwestern region are struggling to provide services to help curb militancy and deliver aid because… 02/21/2017 Aimas