Philippines Approves GMO Rice to Fight Malnutrition A breed of rice genetically engineered to combat vitamin A deficiency has received approval from regulators in the Philippines.Supporters say… 12/19/2019 Aimeast
Pakistan Seeks Removal of Judge for Ordering Public Hanging of Musharraf Pakistan's government announced Thursday that it was seeking to disqualify the head of a three-judge panel that ruled that the corpse of… 12/19/2019 Aimeast
Six Charged With Treason in Indonesia After Papua Protest An Indonesian prosecutor charged five men and a woman with treason on Thursday, accusing them of organizing a protest in… 12/19/2019 Aimeast
Islamic Summit Opens in Kuala Lumpur Saudi Arabia is one of a handful of Muslim nations not in attendance at a four-day conference in Kuala Lumpur… 12/19/2019 Aimeast
Pakistan Warns India Deploying Missiles in Kashmir to Launch Attack Pakistan says rival India has deployed, among other escalatory steps, medium-range missiles in the disputed Kashmir allegedly to stage a… 12/19/2019 Aimeast
Early Afghanistan Poll Results Expected in Coming Days, Official Says Preliminary results from Afghanistan's delayed presidential polls will be announced in the coming days, an election official said Thursday, after… 12/19/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Police Freeze $10 Million in Protest Fund Hong Kong police on Thursday said they had frozen HK$70 million ($10 million) from a major fund for donations to… 12/19/2019 Aimeast
Small Blasts Hit Rakhine Town as Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Visits Three small explosions went off in a southern Rakhine town in Myanmar Thursday just before civilian leader Aung San Suu… 12/19/2019 Aimeast
Indian Police Ban Protests Amid Citizenship Law Outrage Police detained several hundred protesters in some of India’s biggest cities Thursday as they defied a ban on assembly that… 12/19/2019 Aimeast
Court Convicts Masterminds of 2009 Philippines Massacre A Philippine court on Thursday found members of a prominent political clan guilty of carrying out a 2009 massacre that… 12/19/2019 Aimeast
Australia’s Most Populous State Declares Wildfire Emergency Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales declared a seven-day state of emergency Thursday as oppressive conditions fanned around… 12/19/2019 Aimeast
New Zealand: Bodies of 2 Missing Since Volcano Eruption May Never Be Found The bodies of two people missing and presumed dead since a New Zealand volcano erupted last week may never be… 12/19/2019 Aimeast
Lots of Posturing, Little Progress in US-North Korea Talks in 2019 There was lots of posturing but little progress in 2019, as the United States and North Korea spent much of… 12/18/2019 Aimeast
Musharraf Sees ‘Vendetta’ Behind His Conviction Pakistan’s ailing former president on Wednesday said the death sentence given to him by a court in a treason case… 12/18/2019 Aimeast
Backlash to India’s New Citizenship Law Poses Challenge to Modi When India’s contentious new citizenship law passed easily through parliament, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has a strong majority,… 12/18/2019 Aimeast
Warmbier’s Parents Praise Bill Seeking Further North Korea Sanctions The parents of Otto Warmbier, an American student who died after 17 months in a North Korean prison, hailed on Wednesday new congressional… 12/18/2019 Aimeast
US, India Hold Strategic Talks as Domestic Crises Distract Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper were meeting with their Indian counterparts Wednesday for strategic and… 12/18/2019 Aimeast
It’s Sizzling: Australia Experiences Hottest Day on Record Australia experienced its hottest day on record and temperatures are expected to soar even higher as heatwave conditions embrace most… 12/18/2019 Aimeast
Sanctions-Hit Huawei Plans Components Plant in Europe Chinese telecommunications group Huawei is working on a plan to build its own components at a site in Europe, its… 12/18/2019 Aimeast
India Plans Bio-Gas Plants to Tackle Toxic Pollution, But Experts Skeptical India is planning to set up more than 100 bio-gas plants and provide thousands of farmers with machines to dispose… 12/18/2019 Aimeast