Pakistan Halts International Flights to Counter Coronavirus Pakistan temporarily halted all international incoming and outgoing flights Saturday to try to curtail the spread of coronavirus as the… 03/21/2020 Aimeast
Norway Joins Nations to Request Rescheduling of Tokyo Olympics The vice president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee, Toshiaki Endo, said Saturday the committee is not in the… 03/21/2020 Aimeast
Thai Activists Protest New Xayaburi Dam on Mekong River A series of dams on the transboundary Mekong River has reduced water levels, damaging fisheries and causing other environmental problems for the… 03/21/2020 Aimeast
Singapore Reports First Coronavirus Fatalities Singapore has reported its first coronavirus-related fatalities, a 75-year-old woman and a 64-year-old man. Singapore’s health minister, Gan Kim Yong, made… 03/21/2020 Aimeast
North Korea Launches More Ballistic Missiles, Even During Pandemic North Korea has test-fired what appear to be two short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea’s military said Saturday. The weapons were fired… 03/21/2020 Aimeast
US Admits Taliban Offensive Is Whittling IS’s Grip on Afghanistan Almost a week since the Afghan Taliban trumpeted the defeat of the Islamic State in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, U.S. officials… 03/20/2020 Aimeast
US Urges End to Afghan Political Rift to Advance Peace, COVID Fight The United States on Friday urged Afghan leaders to end a lingering political dispute and work together to advance peace-building… 03/20/2020 Aimeast
Southeast Asian Laws Target Rise in Cyberbreaches Not everyone who wanted to buy the bank cards stolen from Southeast Asian owners would pay the same price: The… 03/20/2020 Aimeast
Australia Closes Borders in Response to Coronavirus Crisis Australia is becoming a fortress. It is banning foreign travelers beginning Friday as it tries to stop the spread of… 03/20/2020 Aimeast
4 Men Hanged for 2012 Brutal Gang Rape in Indian Capital More than seven years after the brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student in New Delhi sparked… 03/20/2020 Aimeast
7 Years After Gang Rape, India Women’s Safety Still Elusive Four men were hanged Friday, seven years after being convicted of the brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old… 03/20/2020 Aimeast
Vietnam Readies for Tentative Economic Rebound as Coronavirus Caseload Stays Low Vietnamese officials are preparing for a limited economic revival as their coronavirus caseload stays low.Despite its land border and close… 03/20/2020 Aimeast
Asian Markets Mostly Up Friday After Wall Street’s Modest Gains Asian stock indexes were mostly up Friday after Thursday’s modest gains on Wall Street. Investor hopes that governments and central banks… 03/20/2020 Aimeast
Journalists say Police Beat Them at Baku Protest Journalists covering a protest outside the Turkish Embassy in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on Wednesday said police beat them and took… 03/20/2020 Aimeast
South Korea’s Coronavirus Battle Isn’t Over Yet Even though South Korea has drastically reduced its number of new coronavirus infections, public health officials and analysts are warning… 03/20/2020 Aimeast
Iran Airline’s ‘Humanitarian’ China Flights Criticized by Skeptics as Profit-Driven A government-backed Iranian airline that has flown to and from China as both countries battled worsening coronavirus outbreaks is facing… 03/20/2020 Aimeast
World Depends on China for Face Masks But Can Country Deliver? Phones have been ringing off the hook lately for Brian Edwards, a sales manager of a small medical supply company… 03/19/2020 Aimeast
Pakistan Economy Hurt by Shopping Mall Closures in USA, Europe As malls and shopping centers close in Europe and America because of the coronavirus pandemic, the ripples are being felt much farther downstream.… 03/19/2020 Aimeast
ASEAN Summit in Vietnam Postponed Until end-June Over Coronavirus A summit of Southeast Asian and other international leaders scheduled in Vietnam early next month has been postponed until end-June… 03/19/2020 Aimeast
4 to be Hanged in India for 2012 Gang Rape, Murder Four men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in 2012 are… 03/19/2020 Aimeast