Samoa Measles Cases, Death More Than Double in a Week The number of suspected cases of measles on the Pacific island of Samoa has more than doubled over the past… 12/01/2019 Aimeast
China Accuses UN Rights Chief of Inflaming Hong Kong Unrest China accused the U.N. high commissioner for human rights of emboldening radical violence'' in Hong Kong by suggesting the city's… 12/01/2019 Aimeast
Global Protests in 2019 Corruption, poor economies, political autonomy and personal freedom are among the many issues driving demonstrators' demands for reform around the… 12/01/2019 Aimeast
High-Ranking Taliban Official Killed In Northern Afghanistan A high-ranking Taliban official has been killed in clashes with security forces in Jowzjan province in Afghanistan's north, a local official… 11/30/2019 Aimeast
Taliban-Planted Bomb Kills Afghan Army General; Drone Strike Kills at Least 6 Civilians Officials in southern Afghanistan say a bomb explosion Saturday killed a senior military commander and wounded at least three other… 11/30/2019 Aimeast
US Sending Ships to South China Sea to Teach Beijing, Not Fight It An unusually strong surge of U.S. Navy activity this month in the South China Sea shows that Washington is trying… 11/30/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong’s Young and Elderly Come Together Retirees and secondary-school children came together Saturday in Hong Kong to protest what they see as China's creeping interference in… 11/30/2019 Aimeast
Taliban-Planted Bomb Kills Afghan Army General Officials in southern Afghanistan say a bomb explosion Saturday killed a senior military commander and wounded at least four other… 11/30/2019 Aimeast
Facebook Places Label on User’s Post Under Singapore ‘Fake News’ Law Facebook said Saturday it had issued a correction notice on a user’s post at the request of the Singapore government,… 11/30/2019 Aimeast
From a Box to a Coffin: The Long, Deadly Road for Vietnamese Migrants They left Vietnam carrying dreams of small fortunes and the heavy burden of family expectations.But they died in a box,… 11/30/2019 Aimeast
Approaching Typhoon, Snafus Mar Southeast Asian Games An approaching typhoon is threatening to complicate the hosting by the Philippines of the largest biennial games in Southeast Asia,… 11/30/2019 Aimeast
North Korea Threatens Ballistic Missile Test Under Japan’s ‘Nose’ North Korea made perhaps its most direct recent threat to resume longer-range missile tests, warning Saturday it may soon launch… 11/30/2019 Aimeast
Singapore Tells Facebook to Correct User’s Post in Test of ‘Fake News’ Laws Singapore instructed Facebook on Friday to publish a correction on a user's social media post under a new "fake news"… 11/29/2019 Aimeast
Chinese Ambassador Visits Huawei Exec Under House Arrest in Canada China's ambassador to Canada on Friday called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to "correct its mistake" of detaining Huawei… 11/29/2019 Aimeast
LGBT Activists in China Seek to Change Marriage Civil Code It was only after her partner's death that He Meili realized the full meaning of marriage.As a lesbian couple in… 11/29/2019 Aimeast
India, Sri Lanka Reset Relationship As Sri Lankan Leader Visits New Delhi India has offered to lend $400 million to Colombo for infrastructure development as it reaches out to build ties with… 11/29/2019 Aimeast
Students in Pakistan Demand Right to Form Unions Thousands of Pakistani students marched in demonstrations spanning the country Friday demanding the right to once again form student unions,… 11/29/2019 Aimeast
Taliban Ready to Resume Peace Talks After Trump’s Kabul Visit The Taliban said Friday they were ready to restart peace talks with the United States, a day after President Donald… 11/29/2019 Aimeast
Japan’s Ex-Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone Dies at 101 Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, a giant of his country’s post-World War II politics who pushed for a more… 11/29/2019 Aimeast
Tibetan Man Dies After Self-immolation Protest Against China A former Buddhist monk has died in eastern Tibet after setting himself on fire this week to protest China’s repressive… 11/29/2019 Aimeast