Taliban Say They Are Ready to Battle Afghan Forces The Taliban on Wednesday said they were prepared to battle Afghan forces after the president told troops to resume offensive… 05/13/2020 Aimeast
Poll: Majority of Taiwanese Support Closer Ties With US Over China The majority of Taiwanese citizens reject mainland China and hold positive views of the United States, a U.S. poll indicates.The… 05/13/2020 Aimeast
Clashes Erupt in Kashmir After Indian Troops’ Fatal Shooting of Civilian Hundreds of angry demonstrators clashed with government forces Wednesday in Indian-administered Kashmir after soldiers shot dead a young man at… 05/13/2020 Aimeast
US Pushes for Afghan Reconciliation Despite Terror Strikes The United States is pressing the Afghan government and the Taliban insurgency to come together to bring to justice the… 05/13/2020 Aimeast
Afghan Refugees in Pakistan Suffer under Coronavirus Lockdown Nearly two and a half million Afghans live in Pakistan as either registered or undocumented refugees. Their lives have been… 05/13/2020 Aimeast
US Should Give ASEAN Alternatives to Chinese Loans, Ex-Envoy Says As China emerges from the COVID-19 crisis earlier than most nations, it has the time and resources to switch focus… 05/13/2020 Aimeast
New Zealand Reports No New COVID Cases for 2nd Straight Day Officials in New Zealand announced no new cases of COVID-19 were detected for the second straight day Wednesday as most… 05/13/2020 Aimeast
Pushed to the Brink Again, Islamic State’s Afghan Affiliate Claims Deadly Attacks As mourners gathered for the funeral of an influential police commander in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, a suicide bomber detonated… 05/13/2020 Aimeast
Tajik Reporter Attacked in Dushanbe A reporter for the Asia-Plus news agency says he was attacked and beaten by unknown assailants.Abdulloh Ghurbati, a 23-year-old journalist,… 05/12/2020 Aimeast
India Announces $265 Billion Package to Revive Battered Economy Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a massive package of more than $265 billion to revive an economy battered by… 05/12/2020 Aimeast
India Resumes Limited Train Service as It Eases Lockdown India reopened parts of its huge rail network on Tuesday, running a limited number of trains as it looks at… 05/12/2020 Aimeast
Homophobia Hampers South Korea’s Virus Campaign As South Korea grapples with a new spike in coronavirus infections thought to be linked to nightspots in Seoul, including… 05/12/2020 Aimeast
Trump Administration Moves To Halt Pension Fund Investment in Chinese Stocks The Trump administration is pressing a board charged with overseeing billions in federal retirement dollars to halt plans to invest… 05/12/2020 Aimeast
Afghan Funeral Bombing, Hospital Raid Kill Dozens Officials in Afghanistan say a suicide bombing of a funeral in an eastern province and a militant raid on a… 05/12/2020 Aimeast
Australian Police Make Arrest in 1988 Death of Gay American Man Police in Australia have made an arrest in the death of a gay American man more than 30 years ago.The… 05/12/2020 Aimeast
Shanghai Disneyland Reopens Thousands of visitors in face masks Monday streamed into the Shanghai Disney Resort, the first of the Disney theme parks… 05/11/2020 Aimeast
Afghans Claim to Have Captured Top IS Commanders Afghanistan's intelligence agency claimed Monday it has captured three senior Islamic State commanders who were directing the terror group's operations… 05/11/2020 Aimeast
‘Tale of 2 Outbreaks’: Singapore Tackles Costly Setback Weeks after two of his roommates were diagnosed with COVID-19, Mohamad Arif Hassan says he's still waiting to be tested… 05/11/2020 Aimeast
South Korea Delays School Reopening as New Coronavirus Cases Rise South Korea is extending school closures by an additional week as new COVID-19 infections are on the rise. COVID-19 is… 05/11/2020 Aimeast
Restart Or Re-Stop? Economies Reopen But Chaos Abounds Plastic barriers and millions of masks appeared Monday on the streets of Europe's newly reopened cities, as France and Belgium… 05/11/2020 Aimeast