US Presses for Afghan Prisoner Swap Amid Coronavirus Fears The United States is calling on warring sides in Afghanistan to start a prisoner swap without further delay, citing urgency… 03/19/2020 Aimeast
Wuhan Reports No New Coronavirus Cases for First Time The Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus pandemic has for the first time reported no new daily cases,… 03/19/2020 Aimeast
Muslim Group Agrees to Disperse Mass Gathering in Indonesia Organizers of a Muslim missionary event in Indonesia on Wednesday agreed to disperse more than 8,000 attendees who had gathered… 03/19/2020 Aimeast
Clean Water Access for India’s Poor Spawns Virus Concerns Dharam Singh Rajput can't afford to buy hand sanitizer, which could help ward off transmission of the coronavirus in his… 03/18/2020 Aimeast
Vietnam Introduces Law Aimed at Fighting Climate Change Vietnam has introduced legislation to advance its greenhouse gas reduction goals as per the Paris climate accord, decreasing worries the fast-growing nation’s reliance on coal would… 03/18/2020 Aimeast
US-China Ties Further Tested After Journalists’ Expulsion Amid COVID-19 Outbreak The United States is pushing back on China’s actions to expel American journalists, a move that officials and observers said “serves… 03/18/2020 Aimeast
Myanmar Army Withdraws Criminal Complaint Against Reuters Myanmar’s army said on Wednesday it had withdrawn a criminal complaint it filed against Reuters news agency after being requested… 03/18/2020 Aimeast
Pakistan: Firefight Near Afghan Border Kills 4 Troops, 7 ‘Terrorists’ Pakistan said Wednesday a counterterrorism military raid near the border with Afghanistan has killed at least four soldiers, including an… 03/18/2020 Aimeast
TikTok Reveals 1st Members of New US Content-moderation Committee Chinese social video app TikTok named the initial members of a U.S.-focused content moderation committee to advise on its policies… 03/18/2020 Aimeast
China, Cambodia Hold Joint Military Drills to Shrug Off Coronavirus Fears China and Cambodia bucked the global trend of event cancellations this week by starting joint military exercises as a way to show… 03/18/2020 Aimeast
Coronavirus Prompts Malaysia Lockdown, EU Travel Ban Wednesday brought new restrictions on movement in Malaysia, as well as the start of a European Union ban on entry… 03/18/2020 Aimeast
India Shuts Down Taj Mahal, Ramps Up Measures to Control Coronavirus Outbreak India has closed the iconic Taj Mahal, one of the world’s most visited tourist sites, as it battles the spread… 03/17/2020 Aimeast
Bangladesh Journalists Up in Arms Over Controversial Arrest A Bangladeshi journalists trade organization is expressing outrage over the recent detention and one-year sentencing of Bangla Tribune correspondent Ariful… 03/17/2020 Aimeast
Malaysian Government Change Casts Doubt on Initiative to Stop Graft Malaysia’s new prime minister installed a tableau of advisers this month, not long after his shock appointment to become the… 03/17/2020 Aimeast
Taiwan Fighter Jets Confront Chinese Military Aircraft Taiwan says it scrambled its air force to drive away Chinese military planes that had flown into its airspace late… 03/17/2020 Aimeast
Coronavirus Pushes China to Show Mercy Rather Than Pursue Companies in Court Fearful of causing further harm to an economy laid low by the coronavirus epidemic, authorities in China have become a… 03/17/2020 Aimeast
India’s Stringent Virus Testing Criteria May Mask Death Toll A British citizen appeared at a public hospital in India's capital with a fever, difficulty breathing and a private clinic's… 03/17/2020 Aimeast
Millions of Girls Worldwide Still Subjected to Painful, Dangerous Genital Cutting The internationally condemned ritual of female genital mutilation (FGM) is practiced in at least 92 countries, according to a new… 03/17/2020 Aimeast
Rising COVID-19 Cases Pose Challenge to Pakistan’s Crumbling Health Care System Pakistan said Monday another 50 nationals returning from Iran have tested positive for coronavirus, taking the national tally of infections… 03/16/2020 Aimeast
Coronavirus Cases in Pakistan Spike; Dozens of Cases Reported Pakistan’s coronavirus cases jumped Monday from 52 to 136 in a single day, with most of the patients said to… 03/16/2020 Aimeast