Pakistan’s Top Court Blocks Military Chief From Serving Another Term Pakistan’s highest court has temporarily suspended a government notification that allowed the country’s powerful military chief to serve another full… 11/26/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Leader Mulls Landslide Opposition Election Victory Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday the results of local elections in which opposition candidates won nearly 90 percent… 11/26/2019 Aimeast
Indian Troops Destroy Live Mortar Found in Kashmiri Border Town Officials in India say troops have destroyed a live mortar shell that villagers discovered in their Kashmiri border town.Indian police… 11/26/2019 Aimeast
Details Leak From China’s Mass Detention Camps in Xinjiang; US Official Blasts ‘Concentration Camps’ A new leak of classified Chinese government documents has revealed how authorities are using a massive data collection program to… 11/25/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Leader to ‘Seriously Reflect’ on Election Results After Landslide Pro-Democracy Win Hong Kong's leader said she respects the results of local elections in which pro-democracy forces scored a sweeping victory and… 11/25/2019 Aimeast
Poor Women Take the Strain as Climate Change Pushes Men to Leave Home As climate change drives men in Asia and Africa to abandon their farms and search for jobs further afield, women… 11/25/2019 Aimeast
China’s Netizens Snub State Media’s Interpretation of Hong Kong Election Results State-controlled media in China on Monday downplayed the landslide electoral victory claimed by pan democrats in Hong Kong with an… 11/25/2019 Aimeast
Afghan Authorities Urged to Release Human Rights Investigators An international rights group on Monday demanded authorities in Afghanistan immediately release two local human rights defenders who exposed an… 11/25/2019 Aimeast
Secret Documents Reveal How China Mass Detention Camps Work The Chinese government has detained more than a million Uighurs, Kazakhs and other ethnic minorities for what it calls voluntary… 11/25/2019 Aimeast
Nations Aim for Inclusive Trade; Vietnam Uses Small-Business Loans to Get There When politicians try to win votes by blaming foreigners for stealing jobs, economists say they ignore technology, which is what… 11/25/2019 Aimeast
2 Asian Allies Reweigh Their China Ties as Territorial Disputes Grow A summit this week between leaders of Pacific Rim allies South Korea and the Philippines is expected to show that… 11/25/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Forces Score Landslide Win Hong Kong pro-democracy forces scored a sweeping victory in local elections Sunday that saw a record number of voters deliver… 11/25/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Forces Headed for Landslide Election Win Hong Kong pro-democracy forces appear headed for a landslide victory in local elections that saw record turnout, delivering a stunning… 11/25/2019 Aimeast
UN Foreign Worker, 8 Afghan Soldiers Killed in Separate Attacks More than three dozen people are reported dead in a series of security-related incidents in Afghanistan, including a fatal attack… 11/24/2019 Aimeast
Foreigner in UN Vehicle, 8 Afghan Soldiers, 9 Civilians Die in Weekend Attacks More than three dozen people are reported dead in a series of security-related incidents in Afghanistan, including a fatal attack… 11/24/2019 Aimeast
Measles Epidemic Erupts in Samoa Twenty-two people have died from measles in Samoa.All the deaths, except one, were of children younger than five years old,… 11/24/2019 Aimeast
Massive Turnout in Hong Kong Elections Amid Unrest Hong Kongers voted in record numbers Sunday in a local election that is widely seen as a de facto referendum… 11/24/2019 Aimeast
At Nagasaki Ground Zero, Pope Calls for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Pope Francis, speaking in one of only two cities hit by atomic bombs in history, appealed Sunday for the abolition… 11/24/2019 Aimeast
On Edge From Violence, Hong Kong Holds Local Elections Hong Kongers are voting Sunday in a local election widely seen as a de facto referendum on pro-democracy protests that… 11/24/2019 Aimeast
US Security Adviser Decries World Silence on China Camps President Donald Trump's new national security adviser is criticizing what he says is silence from the rest of the world… 11/24/2019 Aimeast