North Korea Says It Doesn’t Want to Talk to US North Korea said Monday that while it views the U.S. decision to postpone joint military drills with South Korea as… 11/18/2019 Aimeast
US Extends License For Businesses to Work With Huawei by 90 Days The United States on Monday granted another 90 days for companies to cease doing business with China's telecoms giant Huawei,… 11/18/2019 Aimeast
Malaysia Readies New Deal for Bangladesh’s Fleeced Migrant Workers Malaysia is edging toward a new deal with Bangladesh to lift a ban imposed on migrant workers from Bangladesh more… 11/18/2019 Aimeast
In Hong Kong, Chinese Soldiers’ ‘Voluntary’ Street Cleaning Stirs Worries Dozens of Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers helped clear protester barricades from a street Saturday, emerging from their barracks for… 11/16/2019 Aimeast
Pakistani Ex-PM Sharif Granted Permission to Travel for Medical Treatment A court in Pakistan has allowed ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for four weeks for medical… 11/16/2019 Aimeast
Myanmar Rejects International Court’s Jurisdiction Myanmar's government has rejected the International Criminal Court's decision to allow prosecutors to open an investigation into crimes committed against… 11/16/2019 Aimeast
Xi Warning May Prompt Harsher Crackdown in Hong Kong, Analysts Say The Hong Kong government is probably considering measures to strengthen its crackdown on anti-government protesters after Chinese President Xi Jinping… 11/16/2019 Aimeast
Chinese Troops Join Hong Kong Cleanup as Protesters Retreat Chinese troops came out of the barracks in Hong Kong on Saturday — not to quell protests but to help… 11/16/2019 Aimeast
Muslim Voters Attacked as Sri Lanka Elects President Muslim voters traveling by bus to polling stations in northern Sri Lanka were attacked by gunfire and stones and blocked… 11/16/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong May Be Considering Emergency Measures to End Unrest The Hong Kong government is probably considering measures to strengthen its crackdown on anti-government protesters after Chinese President Xi Jinping… 11/16/2019 Aimeast
Afghan Prisoner Swap Falling Apart Amid Uncertainty About Inmates Whereabouts Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, in a televised speech to the nation earlier this week, announced that his government would release… 11/16/2019 Aimeast
Inside Campus Fortresses, Hong Kong Students Prep for Battle Student protesters are barricading themselves in at universities across Hong Kong, stockpiling makeshift weapons and turning campuses into what look… 11/15/2019 Aimeast
Afghan Taliban Blame US for Failed Prisoner Swap The Afghan Taliban are blaming the United States for this week's failed prisoner swap between the two adversaries, saying the American… 11/15/2019 Aimeast
US, Taiwan Team Up to Stop Small Countries From Allying With China Taiwan and the United States have sent their first joint trade delegation to one of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies as tiny,… 11/15/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Protesters Issue Demands, Begin Leaving a University Protesters who had barricaded themselves in a Hong Kong university this week began to leave Friday after partially clearing a… 11/15/2019 Aimeast
Pakistan Introduces New Vaccine to Fight Typhoid Pakistan is the first country in the world to introduce a new vaccine into its routine immunization program for children… 11/15/2019 Aimeast
Trump’s ‘America First’ Approach to Military Cost-Sharing Could Hurt Alliance with Seoul Washington’s defense cost-sharing demand could hurt the U.S.-South Korean alliance, said a former military general, suggesting the demand seems to… 11/15/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Condemns Attack on Justice Secretary; Protests Paralyze City The Hong Kong government condemned Friday an attack by a “violent mob” on the city’s justice secretary in London, the… 11/15/2019 Aimeast
In Uganda, Dissidents Adapt to Evade Huawei Assisted Government Spying On Aug. 13, 2018, Bobi Wine was in campaign mode.The popular musician-turned-parliamentarian was attending a rally for Kassiano Wadri, a… 11/15/2019 Aimeast
North Korea Says It Issued Ultimatum to South Over Resort North Korea on Friday said it issued an ultimatum to South Korea that it will tear down South Korean-made hotels… 11/15/2019 Aimeast