In Indo-Pacific, US Sends Conflicting Messages On the same week that the Trump administration published a report outlining its engagement in the Indo-Pacific and “commitment to… 11/06/2019 Aimeast
US Skips Talks as Asian Leaders Seek New Trade Deal President Donald Trump sent a low-ranking delegation to important summits with Southeast Asian leaders this week, triggering concerns about Washington’s… 11/06/2019 Aimeast
US Takes Notice as More Islamic State Branches Back New Leader The latest wave of endorsements for new Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has U.S. intelligence officials taking notice.IS… 11/06/2019 Aimeast
‘This City is Not Livable’: New Delhi Residents Decry Dirty Air Sakshi Chauhan has not left her house in a quiet inner-city slum in the Indian capital for the past six days… 11/06/2019 Aimeast
Afghan Border Fencing to Be Completed by 2020, Pakistan Says Pakistan said Tuesday it will have fenced off its traditionally porous border with Afghanistan by the end of next year,… 11/06/2019 Aimeast
Hong Kong Shops Shutter as Months of Protest Darken Economic Gloom Hong Kong jeweler Jun Lam has already closed one shop. His remaining outlet sits in an almost deserted shopping mall… 11/06/2019 Aimeast
Rising Sea Levels Threaten to Flood Southern Vietnam by 2100 It's not quite the first thing on everyone's minds in the booming financial center of Vietnam, but everyone kind of… 11/06/2019 Aimeast
India’s Increasing Defenses Eat Away at Farmland Along Border with Pakistan When half a dozen trucks loaded with construction material screeched to a halt on their farms, Baryam Singh and fellow… 11/06/2019 Aimeast
Key Islamic State Affiliate Appears to Back New Leader The reign of new Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi is getting a boost, thanks to the apparent endorsement… 11/05/2019 Aimeast
Pompeo: US Remains ‘Deeply Troubled’ by China’s Mistreatment of Uighur and Other Muslim Minorities U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that the United States remains concerned about reports of China’s harsh treatment… 11/05/2019 Aimeast
UN: Trump Tariffs Cost China $35B, Hurt Both Economies A trade war between the world's top two economies cut U.S. imports of Chinese goods by more than a quarter,… 11/05/2019 Aimeast
Industrial Growth Creates Nagging Air Pollution in Vietnam Five years ago, a car bound for the Ho Chi Minh City airport from downtown might get stuck in a… 11/05/2019 Aimeast
Heading into 2020, Trump Defends Faltering North Korea Talks as a Win North Korea may have stormed away from nuclear talks with the United States, set an end-of-year ultimatum, and fired missiles… 11/05/2019 Aimeast
India’s Capital Battles Record Pollution Levels India has become one of the world's top three countries with the worst air quality, and its capital is the… 11/05/2019 Aimeast
Trump’s Pick For State Department’s Number 2 Spot May Spur N. Korea Talks U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to tap Steve Biegun, the special representative for North Korea, as deputy secretary of state… 11/05/2019 Aimeast
North Korea Slams Inclusion on US Terror Report North Korea on Tuesday lashed out at the United States for mentioning Pyongyang in its annual report on state sponsors… 11/05/2019 Aimeast
Report: Sanctions on N. Korea Not Working; Harming Civilian Population A new report finds sanctions imposed on North Korea are failing to advance denuclearization prospects on the Korean Peninsula, while… 11/04/2019 Aimeast
Pakistan, Afghanistan Accuse Each Other of Harassing Diplomats Afghanistan and Pakistan have traded charges of harassment of their diplomats serving in each other's capitals, prompting Islamabad to halt… 11/04/2019 Aimeast
China’s Xi Affirms Confidence in Hong Kong Leader Chinese President Xi Jinping told Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Monday that he had confidence in her as protests… 11/04/2019 Aimeast
2 Activist Journalists Stabbed to Death in Indonesia Two Indonesian journalists mediating a land dispute between a palm oil company and residents have been found dead with multiple… 11/04/2019 Aimeast