Experts: Muted US Criticism of North Korea’s Missile Tests Emboldens Its Weapons Program Baik Sung-won and Kim dong-hyun contributed to this report.WASHINGTON — Muted U.S. criticism of North Korea’s missile tests is encouraging… 08/31/2019 Aimeast
Taliban Insurgents Assault Key Afghan City as Peace Talks Continue The Taliban have staged a “large-scale” predawn attack on an important city in northern Afghanistan, even as leaders of the… 08/31/2019 Aimeast
2 Million in India’s Assam State Face Prospect of Becoming Stateless About two million people living in India’s northeastern state of Assam face the unnerving prospect of becoming stateless as authorities… 08/31/2019 Aimeast
Australia Plans to Rescue at-Risk Native Fish A worsening drought is pushing parts of eastern Australia towards a “Fish Armageddon,” according to senior politicians.With not much rain… 08/31/2019 Aimeast
Residents of Kashmir Border Town Urge Modi to End Lockdown While millions of people continue to live under a prolonged security lockdown in Indian-controlled Kashmir, villagers near the border on… 08/31/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Police Urge Residents to Stay Away from Unauthorized Rallies A major protest planned for Saturday was called off by organizers after an appeals board denied permission for the demonstration.It… 08/31/2019 Aimeast
Indonesia Says Internet Access Block to Stay Until Calm Returns to Papua VOA's Yuni Salim contributed to this report. Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology said Friday that it would continue to block telecommunication services in… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
Rights Groups Urge China to End Enforced Disappearances Marking the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances on Aug. 30, several human rights groups called on China to stop using… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
Khan: Pakistan Will Stand With Kashmir Thousands of people in Pakistan took to the streets Friday in mass demonstrations protesting India's recent decision to revoke the… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
Pakistan PM’s Effort to Spotlight Kashmir Gets Lackluster Response The Pakistani prime minister's call for the country to show solidarity with Kashmiris by standing outside their homes, shops and… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
Foreign Minister: Taiwan-US Relations Probably at Their Best Ever Taiwan’s relations with the United States have reached their strongest point ever despite a lack of formal diplomatic ties as… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
Prominent Hong Kong Activists Arrested in Crackdown on Protests Police in Hong Kong have arrested three prominent pro-democracy activists, ahead of a major protest that had been planned for… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
Kahn: Pakistan Will Stand With Kashmir Thousands of people in Pakistan took to the streets Friday in mass demonstrations protesting India's recent decision to revoke the… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Christians Call for Reform Among protesters on the streets of Kong Kong are many who are prompted by their religious faith. Christians, like others… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
In India’s Assam State, a Campaign against Illegal Immigrants Jeopardizes Millions In India’s northeastern Assam state, anxiety and panic is mounting among nearly four million people who fear they may no… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Democracy Activists Arrested, Protest Canceled Hong Kong police arrested well-known activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group Friday in a mounting… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
Verdict Delayed for 2 Cambodia Journalists in Espionage Case A verdict has been delayed in the espionage case against two Cambodian journalists who worked for the U.S. government-funded Radio… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
Villagers Tired of Living Dangerously Along Kashmir Frontier Villagers in Chakothi in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir are frustrated with living in constant fear of fighting along the heavily militarized frontier… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
Myanmar Court Imprisons Filmmaker for Army Remarks A court in Myanmar has found a prominent filmmaker guilty of defaming the military with his postings on Facebook and… 08/30/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Activist Arrested Ahead of Weekend Protests Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested Friday ahead of another weekend of planned protests in the Chinese-ruled city… 08/30/2019 Aimeast